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Airport Traveler Meets Air Traffic Control

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keywords: video footage of faa, chicago o'hare airport, los angeles international airport, dc-8 aircraft, air traffic controllers, air control tower

Synopsis: Four businessmen in Chicago board a passenger plane bound for Los Angeles showing the passenger experience and all the aircraft and airport support staff in action to make this particular flight a success but also how aircraft both big and small are efficiently handled...(read more)

  • Date: 1963
  • Duration: 00:33:16
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Color
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

Airport Traveler Meets Air Traffic Control

Airport Traveler Meets Air Traffic Control

1963 FAA Federal Aviation Agency film, using images and scenes from a United Airlines flight from Chicago O’Hare Airport to Los Angeles International Airport.

Four businessmen board a Chicago Helicopter Airways Sikorsky S-58C helicopter for a flight to Chicago O’Hare. Chicago skyline with helicopter in foreground. Aerial view of Chicago O’Hare airport with passenger planes at the arrival and departing gates. Passengers at airport boarding gate, airline employee makes boarding announcement, passengers entering loading ramp to plane.

Images of interior scenes of first class section of DC-8 passenger plane aircraft. Female flight attendant stewardess takes a passenger's coat and hat. Retro uniform fashions of flight attendants stewardess.

United Airlines aircraft departs gate and takes-off. Exterior shot of Air Traffic Control Center building; interior scene of Air Traffic Controllers at their work stations. Scene of a private plane taxiing, taking off from small airport and in flight. View of airport from airport control tower, air traffic controllers in airport control tower. Point of view pov of DC-8 pilot as plane is taxiing to runway, cut to DC-8 taking off, cut back to pilot point of view of plane taking off and in flight. CU of flight crew of pilot, co-pilot, and engineer. CU Image of hand only rotating knob on aircraft instrument panel.

Various scenes of air traffic controllers at work at air traffic control centers directing and controlling aircrafts in flight. Image of a VOR navigation station. CU of DC-8 Captain pilot making an announcement to passengers. Stewardess female flight attendant picking up food tray from passenger.

FAA Academy building in Oklahoma City; training of air traffic controllers at FAA Academy. DC-8 plane landing at Los Angeles airport, passengers exiting unloading ramp into terminal.

Shot List:

00:00:28;28

Image of Sikorsky S-58 C Chicago Helicopter Airways helicopter lifting off from pad and in flight. Aerial view of Chicago O’Hare with passenger planes at the arrival and departing gates.

00:02:39;26

Man at airport ticket counter at boarding gate, airline employee makes boarding announcement, passengers entering loading ramp to plane.

00:03:53;00

Two airline stewardess United Airlines Flight Attendants, CU of female Flight Attendants. Retro uniform fashion of female flight attendant stewardess.

00:04:31;28

Douglas DC-8 passenger plane departs airport loading gate, cut to No Smoking Please Fasten Seat Belt sign. DC-8 plane takes off.

00:07:53;16

Exterior shot of a Air Traffic Control Center building; interior scene of Air Traffic Control personnel air traffic controllers at their work stations.

00:08:30;00

Private plane taxiing and taking off from small airport.

00:09:25;28

View of airport from airport control tower, air traffic controllers in airport control tower.

00:10:29;22

Airline passenger with small baby.

00:14:50;14

Point of view pov of DC-8 pilot as plane is taxiing to runway, cut to DC-8 taking off, cut back to pilot point of view of plane taking off and in flight. CU of flight crew of pilot, co-pilot, and engineer.

00:16:37;19

CU Image of hand only rotating knob on aircraft instrument panel.

00:17:39;11

Image of a VOR navigation station.

00:19:26;09

CU of DC-8 Captain pilot making an announcement to passengers.

00:20:54;11

Controllers, radar screens, and equipment in a air traffic control center.

00:24:53;18

Stewardess female flight attendant picking up food tray from passenger.

00:25:53;15

FAA Academy in Oklahoma City; training of air traffic controllers.

00:32:09;13

DC-8 plane landing at Los Angeles airport, passengers exiting unloading ramp into terminal.