“ WINGS TO ENGLAND AND BELGIUM ” 1950s PAN-AM AM AIRLINES EUROPE TRAVEL PROMO FILM XD49514

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This film “Wings to England and Belgium“ advertises Pan Am Airline’s service to England and Belgium. The film also introduces the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, a large long-range airliner developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter, which first flew for Pan Am in 1949. The 377 featured two passenger decks and a pressurized cabin. Opening: closeup of plane propeller. Pan Am Stratocruiser aircraft on tarmac. Men and woman in coats looking together. A plane taxis at what appears to be LaGuardia Airport (0:32–0:40). A couple enters the “Exhibit Building.” Uniformed tour guide shows model plane (double-decker “Clipper“) to visitors (0:54–1:28). Actual Clipper is shown flying in sky. Scenes of upper / lower decks. A film producer on board holds camera (1:43). Passengers look out windows: aerial shot of English countryside, upon approach (2:09). London from above (2:19): Parlia