UNITED AIRLINES DC-8 AIRPLANE TRIP BY JET 78924

Made in 1961, AN AIRPLANE TRIP BY JET features a United DC-8 aircraft flying out of New York International Airport, or Idlewild, later to be re-named JFK Airport, bound for San Francisco. The new jetway, a moveable bridge connecting the airport terminal to the plane, is shown along with many other modern features of the airport. On the aircraft, stewardess service is seen including a standard safety lecture at the 4:30 mark, a meal served in flight at 6:30, and more.
The Douglas DC-8 (also known as the McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is a four-engine long-range narrow-body jet airliner built from 1958 to 1972 by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Launched after the competing Boeing 707, the DC-8 nevertheless kept Douglas in a strong position in the airliner market, and remained in production until 1972 when it began to be superseded by larger wide-body designs, including the Boeing 747, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. United Airlines chose the DC-8 over the Boeing 707.
John F. Kennedy International Airport was originally Idlewild Airport after the Idlewild Beach Golf Course that it displaced. It was built to relieve LaGuardia Airport which was overcrowded soon after opening in 1939. Construction began in 1943, and about $60 million was initially spent of governmental funding, but only 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land on the site of the Idlewild Golf Course were earmarked for use.
The project was renamed Major General Alexander E. Anderson Airport in 1943, after a Queens resident who had commanded a Federalized National Guard unit in the southern United States and died in late 1942. In March 1948 the New York City Council changed the name to New York International Airport, Anderson Field, but the common name was "Idlewild" until 1963.
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[@frankchapman2954]

wow!! the recline angles of those seats..

[@davidhoffman1278]

frank chapman , First class, back in second class life was much rougher.

[@bigglesflysagain1749]

.....hhhmmmmmm....supposedly arriving in SFO....but taxiing at 9.57 one sees LAX in the background......hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...but all is "forgiven" because of the great DC-8 footage !!

[@jeffk19]

I know right. And at the gate in”SFO” the show a Boeing 720 with the jetway up to the rear door .

[@stevedow5842]

How the world has evolved! Only little boys could be 'future pilots' and little girls could only be 'future stewardesses' -- I work for an airline (gate agent) and once had a flight where both pilots were young women and the four flight attendants were middle-aged men!

[@Ben-xe8ps]

Bob and Sue were really lucky that their parents could afford for them to travel First Class.

[@suomenpresidentti]

What a nice place to move in 1961. Just few years and it is really exciting place to be a young adult.

[@xenonman]

Back when anyone with a college degree could usually find a lifetime career!

[@BlueSky-qv7cd]

My first trip alone at that age was in a 707, in the late 60s

[@jakeianmartinez9902]

how old were you? how was it?

[@moemanncann895]

Nice of Captain Bob to bring it down to 2000 ft over Denver and the Rockies

[@FlyToChina0071]

I don't have anything to add, but thanks for the long description and also nice to see a video from "the good old days". I like the "lounge" on the plane. It looks simple. I wonder if the children were invited to the cockpit. That would have been an experience of a lifetime Cheers Adam

[@stratus262j2]

I was blessed to have taken many such coast to coast trips on United DC 8's during the 1960's. What great memories !! The younger generations today have no idea how much fun it was to fly back then. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

[@jakeianmartinez9902]

but it can also be boring remember they don't have TV and all that until the 80s I think and it's waaayyy safer now compared to before

[@davidhoffman1278]

Stratus 262J , The cabin would have been filled with tobacco smoke.

[@misfittim5349]

OHH the good old days

[@josephtafur]

Misfit Tim when flying was fun now its sucks ass particularly on United.

[@Bushkangaroo59.]

Wow 😯 no standing in a security line.👍😂

[@Mikey300]

5:02 Sue: Positive Rate, gear up! Bob: Gear coming up!

[@pete84101]

Around 9:55, I didn't know the LAX Theme Building was in SFO

[@Mikey300]

Pete Trebesch must have been a really big earthquake.

[@marlenevan4661]

Around 5:00, the takeoff from IDL was actually SFO, right over the UAL maintenance base.

[@jumpinjack1]

Don't worry Skippy wont freeze into an ice cube.....we hope.

[@jjohnsonTX]

Anyone notice that #3 & 4 were in reverse thrust, as the -8 was turning out of the departure gate ?

[@kellingc]

Was Kennedy Steve working that day?

[@montysmith6355]

and jet engines have no propellers...wow what a concept.

[@freedomramos8933]

At least they didn't kick the kids off the plane..

[@jakeianmartinez9902]

I know right

[@josephtafur]

Freedom Ramos when United Airlines didn't suck.

[@xenonman]

People behaved civilly in those days. It was also very rare to hear a foreign language spoken.

[@brucesumter4327]

wow so col 1961 i forgot when they have the first music on board airlines ?? can you tell me ty

[@rah62]

How come Sue & Bob's parents look as old as their grandparents?

[@PeriscopeFilm]

This was before the era of plastic surgery, sunscreen, and good nutrition...everyone smoked back then too!

[@rah62]

Ah yes - I was beginning to think it was a bunch of old folks (like in "Rosemary's Baby") running a child-smuggling ring!

[@davidhoffman1278]

Anastasia Beaverhausen , Cheapest actors and actresses they could find. This is a reused script. They even downsized the dog to save money compared to the previous script.

[@josephtafur]

When United airlines gave you lunch and was fun to fly and the dogs survived the flight. Now, they suck, dragging people off and dogs die in flight.

[@xenonman]

There were also less than 200 million people in the US, and immigration was kept under control

[@gasaholic47]

xenonman Which has exactly jack shit to do with the video, asshole.

[@davidbrown8303]

I was 6 years old.

[@montysmith6355]

any volunteers to become members of the mile high club???

[@NMMakster]

Sue and Bob are probably now in their late 60s

[@davidhoffman1278]

Wait, can a company be charged with copyright violations for reusing a script? I am sure this was originally about a DC-6/7 flight from Chicago. First class, treated nicely. What they didn't show was second class where customer service agents practiced tormenting the passenger procedures. Narrow seats, narrow armrests, and mystery mush for food service. 😀

[@jakeianmartinez9902]

David Hoffman really? I heard coach class was way better than it is today

[@davidhoffman1278]

Jakeian Martinez , Actually second class back then was somewhat better for cross country, JFK to LAX for example, but for shorter flights things weren't so great. The 2nd class seats were too narrow then, just like they are today. Shortages of overhead bin space were similar to today.

[@jonathonjankovich2362]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing about a DC-7 video! “They just bought a house...and they want the kids with them.” That line reminded me.

[@sundance2005]

Try landing in LAX.

[@tgs6027]

Skippy DOA

[@cadmadero]

Bob 👉 pilot / Sue 👉 stewardess / 🙄

[@davidhoffman1278]

cadmadero , Today Rob(Roberta) wears the striped dress and demands access to the female lavatory, while Sue(Suesana) wears pants and demands access to both female and male lavatories.

[@vermontviking]

cadmadero Bob was drafted and killed In Vietnam, Sue became a hippie and joined a commune.