Filmorama Holiday

Documentary (1954)

Production:
Jack Camp (Writter and Editor)
Norman F.Schley (Narrator)

A journey through Europe in the mid 50s: Portugal (Lisbon, Sintra), Spain (Madrid,Toledo), Italy (Rome,Venice), Switzerland (Geneva), Netherlands (Amsterda and countryside), France (Paris) and UK (London and countryside).

Lockheed Constellation

Start of the film inside the cockpit of a Constellation.

Douglas C-47A-25-DK Skytrain

Ready for boarding at Aeroporto de Lisboa - Portela.See discussion tab
Registration EC-AET, c/n 13375. Delivered new to the USAAF, registered 42-93461. Transferred to RAF as Douglas Dakota III in 1945, registered KG616. Sold to Westminster Airways in January 1947, registered G-AJAY. Sold to Iberia in June 1950, registered EC-AET, named 52. Sold to Fuerza Aérea Española in 1966, registered T.3-67, then 745-67. Written off in October 1980, missing between Madrid and Perpignan on ferry flight to German Museum.

Flight to Madrid.

Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster

Boarding at Aéroport de Paris-Orly for a flight to London.
Registration F-BELI, c/n 3098. Delivered new to the USAAF in August 1943, registered 41-37307. Sold to American Airlines in 1949, registered N90409, named 409. Sold to Air France in August 1949, registered F-BELI. Shot at by Russian MiG15 fighters while enroute to Berlin-Tegel (EDDT/TXL) in April 1952. Repaired. Leased to Royal Air Cambodge in December 1964, registered XU-GAH. Bought by Royal Air Lao in June 1968, registered XW-TDE. Written off in February 1972, went missing over Laos reportedly shot down (23 fatalities).

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).