Polar Flight - Anchorage - Special (1969)

Title: "Special".
Polar Flight - first BOAC flight from London to Japan, stopping off in Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America (USA). Colour item.
Various shots BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) jet airliner taking off from London Airport. M/S pilots in cockpit of aeroplane. C/U controls. M/S passengers. Good shot of airborne plane. C/U navigator. M/S passenger looking out of porthole. Aerial shot of mountains from plane. Various shots Japanese air hostess serving dinner to passengers. Various shots plane flying over mountains, we see Mount McKinley (sp.?). M/S plane navigator plotting course. More shots of plane in flight. Various shots hostess handing out certificates to passengers to prove they have flown over the North Pole. M/S in cockpit.
Various shots aeroplane landing in Anchorage. Various shots of "Welcome to Anchorage" sign with tomahawks on. Various L/Ss of city. Various shots of motor sledges, a man gets onto snow mobile and rides off. Various shots of huskies being hitched up to traditional sleigh. We see the huskies run off, pulling the sleigh behind them. L/S plane taking off from Anchorage.
M/S of hostess talking to pilots in cockpit. Aerial shots mountains. L/S sunset from plane, looking over wing of aeroplane. Various shots of Japanese city at night - good shots of neon lights and signs flashing (could be Osaka or Tokyo, unclear from commentary).
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[@vivekv1922]

I'm just blown away by the narration.

[@stevem2323]

Narration is crazy good.

[@davidlibby5740]

Flew to Narita, Tokyo via Anchorage on 04 April 1982 with my airline carrier, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747-300 series. Excellent flight and a fantastic vacation to Japan. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@letsplayfreakde1273]

My grandpa told me about how he once flew to Japan and they had that lay over in anchorage, back then I was really young and I didn't understand why they didn't fly eastward, now I miss my grandpa, rest in peace, I think it's crazy that soon we'll fly Westward to Japan again if it goes on like it does rn (well actually they might fly over like the middle East but let's not get into that) cause we are now at a time where he lived again.

[@user94783]

don't be like that about the middle east😭😭😭

[@cee_el]

Wait. Why did they fly to Alaska?

[@letsplayfreakde1273]

@@cee_el cause they couldn't fly over the USSR

[@StrangeInvestments]

I knew your grandfather very well - nice guy.

[@ianstewartorr8455]

My cousin worked for. NEC and he returned from Japan via anchorage one year in the 1990’S greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@aviationlba747]

Those were the days!

[@scotty6346]

The 707 starts off with RR Conway engines and ends up with PW JTDs!! 😂

[@Cl4rendon]

Yep, too funny. BOAC had the- 300 & -400 in use.

[@dionvielvoye3923]

when flying whas still glamours

[@farahvogue8623]

Thanks🌺

[@boreyrak808]

Nice oldie fying airctaft!

[@Toast0808]

Now that European air carriers are once again blocked from flying over Soviet - excuse me, *Russian* airspace, this is the way once again that European carriers will be traveling to Asia. Anchorage Airport better gussy itself up quick. The planes will be coming back!

[@aristocratprofit2412]

I had heard in this era, flight attendants were called air hostesses in some countries, and this video also introduced Japanese flight attendants air hostesses. However Japanese people hear the word hostess, we are reminded of women who entertain men with drinks at bars or clubs, so we don't use the word hostess in Japanese aviation industry.

[@simonf8902]

Gorgeous stuff.

[@simonf8902]

Let be these 1960s docos.

[@aristocratprofit2412]

この時代、ＣＡのことをエアーホステスと呼んでいた国もあったと聞いていたけど、このビデオでもエアーホステスと日本人ＣＡのことを紹介していたけど、日本人はホステスという言葉を聞くと、バーやクラブで男性をお酒でもてなす女性のことを思い出す為、日本ではあえてホステスという言葉を使っていなかったんだよね。

[@oscarzermeno3871]

How many hours was the flight from London to Anchorage?

[@stephenholland5930]

It's around 4500 miles, so I'm guessing around 9 hours. I thought Mr Cholmondley-Warner might have mentioned it in his narration!

[@titan9259]

About 10 hours

[@alfaaresemilano]

Smoking in the Avion 😢😢😢

[@ruf154]

И даже буржуи в то время выглядели вполне пристойно

[@user-xq3kg8hk5q]

😍😍😍😍😍😘

[@jcbusto122]

This is the Rockwell 1969 North to South Polar Navigation!? This is pathetic...

[@weerobot]

Never The Antarctica....!!!!

[@kevinfitz8516]

faint NZ air disaster vibes here

[@alfaaresemilano]

Smoking in the Avion 😢😢😢