SAS - Scandinavian Airlines Promo Film - 1959

Great footage of DC-7Cs, DC-6s, CV-240, CV-440s, plus some absolutely great Caravelle scenery as well! For educational & non commercial purposes only. If the film needs to be removed, please contact me directly, and I will do so immediately. Be sure to check my channel for the best in VINTAGE & RARE airliner videos!
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[@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534]

The chime..... Absolutely awesome !!!!Home made chime !!!!! J'adore....

[@willyboy3581]

Again, locking into another fragment of my childhood. As a child growing up in Manila, I was an enthusiastic "plane spotter" (though I was unaware of the term at that time); as often as I could talk him into it, my very patient father would take me to the international terminal, and among the planes I saw were the SAS Zurich-Rome-Athens-Karachi-Bangkok-Manila-Toky0 flight (and/or its return) seen here in its in-terminal boarding stage. Beyond that, this is a wonderful capsule history of SAS, marking its transition into the jet age: thanks so much for posting it!

[@mogumogu3686]

The editing and camera work of this documentary are next level...

[@taketimeout2share]

BTW as a child I had an SAS battery powered DC 7 where the air-hostess would walk up and down the aisle seen through a transparent panel in the fuselage. Made in Japan, I think. I still miss it now.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

I had the same ! It was great fun !

[@arkvadik8578]

Had a 707 with an opening door, with the stewardess behind. Beautifully made in Japan.

[@templerman1]

Loved your video. Quite a nice stroll down the corridors of my youthful memories. Caravelles were such a neat little jet liner. I loved flying on them. Almost as much as I did flying on BOAC VC-10's.

[@kingjumo2266]

In the mid-60's I flew from LAX to Copenhagen on an SAS DC-8 and it was a great trip !!

[@terrybaker8156]

King Jumo I'd be interested to hear more details!

[@donneary7104]

Like King Jumo, I also flew LAX to Copenhagen on SAS. I went in July 1962 on what was called the polar route. We did make one stop for fuel in Greenland. I think it was at Thule Air base, if I remember correctly. I think the whole trip to CPH was 12 to 14 hours. It was my first international trip and I was a young 17 year on my way to Oslo, Norway via Copenhagen. It was right after dawn when we made sight of the Danish capital. I remember looking out of the window and being amazed at the bright red roofs of many of the buildings below. I spent an amazing July and August in Oslo before returning via the same route back to LAX. It was a trip I remember well and the SAS flight experience was first rate. It was a trip of a lifetime for me. P.S. Scandinavian females certainly earn their well known reputation of beauty.

[@nigeldallas9054]

SAS lost a DC-8-62 LN-MOO Sverre Viking Flight 933, at Santa Monica Bay, California. Controlled flight into water from CPH-LAX on 13 January 1969. Unfortunately 12 pax and 3 flight attendants perished.

[@jasonking6892]

Happy days 👍🇬🇧

[@RockerWasRight]

The old Convairs were beautiful birds in the air!

[@bunkie2100]

Since my dad was one of the first SAS employees, I got to fly on the Metropolitan, the Caravelle and the DC-7 back around when this film was made. A year later, SAS got it's first DC-8, Dan Viking. Flew on that one too.

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

There are DC 4 Skymasters to be seen. Piston-engines not Turboprops.

[@tsf5-productions]

Yes! Great film footage and editing for a promo film of the era...even if I didn't understand literally a word that was in the film. Another thing: the audio is very clear...the plane sounds, everything.

[@strafrag1]

Wonderful film. Air travel was so exciting back then.♥

[@templerman1]

Yes it was such a different time, almost another world. No ripped jeans and some tee shirt.

[@igormarinkovic1531]

​@@templerman1 Yes because only rich traveled

[@dragonmeddler2152]

What a classy people, the Scandinavians.

[@manecascris3897]

Thank YOU for sharing all these gems, they are real rarities....in these days of troubled skies its always refreshing to go back in time and relax...;)

[@BritanniaPacific]

I love the old army styled uniforms the pilots are wearing, gives it a sense of authenticity to the video.

[@iamra_n3189]

Oh the nostalgia. Glorious, glamorous nostalgia!

[@Brian98121]

Great video. Love the DC-6 and DC-7 frames. Those were the days of real flying, unlike the sardine cans we have to fly in now.

[@granskare]

In 1959 I flew on a CV plane from Helsinki to Stockholm...a nice flight indeed thanks for this video :)

[@apexxxx10]

granskare *I flew from HEL to SIN by Finnair! Bangkok Johnnie CarSanook Media Thaimaa*

[@ricardocanpanella4629]

Estes clássicos cm o 707 990 Dc8 e caravelle me fascina até hoje! Ótimo

[@royalanania3306]

Everything is spotless as it should be .

[@jonteske4267]

The Caravelle was the first jet I was ever on. Milwaukee to Cleveland.....then I had to get on a DC-6 to finish the trip to Baltimore. What a comedown. That DC-6 was the last 4 engine propeller plane I ever was on.

[@drdewott9154]

Well if it makes you happy there's an intact SAS caravelle at the Danish museum of Technology in Elsinore (The Ulf Viking to be exact). They also have a DC3, lot's of other smaller aircrafts and the seating compartment of a Rocket.

[@joshuastavos4376]

THANK YOU FOR THIS MASTERPIECE!

[@2flyabove]

That was a treat to watch. Thanks for sharing it.

[@tumbleweedweed3691]

Flew in a Caravelle once and loved it!

[@chrisjohnson6876]

La Belle Caravelle..just such svelte styling. The best looking aircraft (styling) design ever penned, in my opinion. I love the way the tail fin extends down the fuselage, and those windows

[@samarbahadur3231]

Wonderful film

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

In 1960s I had a giant battery model of an SAS DC6 with cockpit levers , rotating engines, moving undercarriage and even moving stewardesses

[@EnergeticWaves]

overwing fueling, that must have been fun in the rain, and taken forever.

[@CJSnews]

Great video. Interesting fashion those days.

[@xstensl8823]

notice how well people dressed

[@HC-cb4yp]

I wish these people would control their emotions!

[@exeuroweenie]

I'm Scandinavian (Danish) born.It's hard for us to control our emotions.I had an emotion once,it sucked.I had to have it surgically removed using public healthcare.

[@ketoking9435]

I'm in my 50s and now know they bing bing a xylaphone before announcements,,,learn a new thing every day,,, Brilliant vid,,

[@davef.2811]

An almost-new DC-7C... wow!

[@JerjerB]

It's always nice to hear seabirds before an airplane comes in

[@Pedrogodsil]

Excelente vídeo. Muito boas as imagens da fabricação do Caravelle . Que vôo também aqui no Brasil. Gostei das janelas panorâmicas que acho são do DC 7 ou 8. Parabéns

[@FamiliaSagardia]

1959, SAS Airlines

[@taketimeout2share]

Real planes. Real nice. Thank you. Where is that Xylophone now?

[@johneddy908]

SAS' Caravelles were powered by Rolls-Royce Avon turbojets, and soon it will fly the new Airbus A350, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB turbofans, the airline's first Rolls-Royce powered aircraft in more than half a century to the best of my knowledge.

[@Ryelasse]

Scandinavian Airlines' A330-300's are also powered by RR engines :)

[@bobbypaluga4346]

It's cool, the guy in the band director's uniform waving his huge white gloves and cute little flags. Of course Scandinavian women are ahead of the curve, elegantly smoking their cigarettes with great style. Who wants to die old after all?

[@MarcusLeepapi]

Very nice...Thanks for this video.

[@bambang303378]

Great video and thanks for sharing. I wonder how much WTI price in those days. I wonder what was the ticket prices and all.

[@johannesbols57]

To you NIMBYs who complain about jet noise now, just listen to 9:10 - 9:17. The Caravelle blew out the microphone of the film camera. THAT was jet noise!

[@nigeldallas9054]

If SAS pilots don't get back to work soon, SAS may go like Air Berlin, WOW , Monarch etc, They are losing profit daily , which may defer the A350s on order for later this year! simpleflying.com/sas-strike-profit/ If that was'nt bad enough then this: simpleflying.com/swedish-people-not-flying/?Bibblio

[@dragonmeddler2152]

When I was in the US Navy one day while in port in Hong Kong I spent a day plane spotting at the old Kai Tak airport. By far the loudest jet of the dozens we watched take off was a Caravelle flown by Royal Air Cambodia. Had to cover my ears even though at sea I worked on the flight deck of my ship.

[@granskare]

I have a promotional 45rpm record from Turkey. It shows an SAS picture and a song on the other side.

[@johneddy98033]

I wonder if SAS had aircraft named "Erik Viking" and "Leif Viking" in its fleet over the years, after two men reputed to be the first Europeans to sail into North America more than a thousand years ago.

[@TheSolnabo]

SK was the 2nd operator of Caravelle after AF :D Mange tak för videon

[@LegazyL]

SAS was the launch customer of the type, so no, SAS was before AF :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle

[@kristoferkristensen9021]

The Caravelle was one of the most beautiful planes to take to the sky. I was born too late...

[@onkelmarvin8360]

The Caravelle was as shitty as they come. It might`ve been beautiful, but the flying was absolutely horrible. I`ve flown it several times, and the first time was in 1974, going to Greenland. The trip up there, was so bad, that my grand mother, bought the return tickets with Maersk Airlines instead. They were using a Boeing 737, and the flight home was smooth and pleasant. So you didn`t miss out on anything.......unless you like throwing up......

[@kristoferkristensen9021]

@@onkelmarvin8360 I still envy you for the experience you had, Onkel Marvin. Aviation history! But you're right, throwing up is not really my thing.

[@kristoferkristensen9021]

@@onkelmarvin8360 I have to ask, what are some other experiences you've had that one simply can't have anymore? Have you flown on some of the British ones? VC10? Trident?

[@onkelmarvin8360]

@@kristoferkristensen9021 Hey Kristofer. I`ve flown many types, The Trident across Africa ( almost as bad as The Caravelle ), DC-8, Boeing 727 and 707, Tristar 101, DC-9, MD 81, Fokker 50, The Tupolev 154, and in The Army, The C-130 Hercules, and an old beat up DC-3 several times ( for parachuting ). Still.........The Caravelle stands out, as being the worst aviation experience of my life, even The Tupolev, which had large areas of rust all over the plane, and didn`t seem properly maintained, was great compared to The Caravelle. Envy..........you don`t have to feel that, just consider yourself lucky, that you never had to fly that piece of junk. About " The throwing Up Part "....we flew from Copenhagen To Reykjavik.......and half the cabin had their heads in a " Barf-Bag " all the way to Iceland. We had to refuel there, which took 3 hours, and when they announced that we were flying on..........NOBODY.........and I do mean NOBODY........wanted to go back on that plane, people were scared shitless. Take care Kristofe,r and have a Merry Christmas mate.

[@kristoferkristensen9021]

@@onkelmarvin8360 Thank you so much for sharing that and I wish you the same :)

[@EricLehner]

1959 is probably close to the peak year in Western civilization.

[@danielshon]

S´wonderful !

[@johnk.lindgren5940]

" I see piston engines and women in tweed smoking, men wearing hats and schlepping suitcases sans wheels " Bangkok-Johnny, again

[@joseaugustomontoyagraphicd476]

cool

[@user-zh7mo7bi2e]

awesome crosswind landing?

[@johneddy908]

Did SAS get its first Douglas DC-8 before or after this film was made?

[@MsTommyknocker]

+John Eddy After I think. SAS is just a shadow of what it once was.

[@drdewott9154]

After. The Caravelle was their first ever Jet aircraft which was introduced to the airline in 1959. The DC-8 Came into the fleet a year later in 1960

[@rickhobson3211]

What is the aircraft at 7:31? Amazing. Addendum; I found it. It's a Farman F.120

[@mieczyslawskowronski8462]

Lotniska i samoloty bez terroru polityków

[@MegaAv8or]

Wow, that lady at 1:25 looks a lot like Frida Kahlo.

[@brianskafica328]

I liked the Caravelle, Europe's first pure jetliner, in this film. There were plans for the Caravelle to be licenced to Douglas Aviation, makers of the DC8 and DC9, for U.S. airlines. I have learned that United was the only U.S. airline to fly the Caravelle. True?

[@bigglesflysagain1749]

...."the ONLY way to fly....."

[@rainaarasheed1714]

I with become a sas pilot in swend

[@mcdonnell220]

[@chulaia4]

Didn't understand the language, but I enjoyed this 7 minute movie. Goes back in time on SAS's past airliners ,from the 30's to the French Caravelle, has great shots of the DC 7C and Convair 240. I do remember the Caravelle when United had them and it took of just like this video, like a rocket! The Caravelle was loud, I lived 6 miles from the airport and the house shook when it flew over.

[@mcdonnell220]

Nice toy Scott! I had the Swissair version, and our family collected about three of the Tekno SAS DC-7Cs in the 1960s. I believe they were all bought at Magasin's department store in Copenhagen, or possibly Thorngreens toy store.

[@mcdonnell220]

Oh yeah, those are very nice indeed, is that the same as the "In Flight" series?

[@chulaia4]

Hey Scott, I have a United Caravelle that this Frenchmen re-worked ,it's a little bit larger than the 200 scale ,picked it up over 10 years ago at the Newark show. Wish they would come out with the Caravelle in the 200 scale.

[@chulaia4]

It's a super dinky toy, I believe it's a 144 scale, went downstairs to check on it. The rear stairs opens but the gear doesn't retract. That's a good video, they have some odd balls that go way back.

[@MajorCaliber]

Seeing and hearing RADIAL engines raises my testosterone levels... confirmed by actual blood tests! :D

[@a26invader]

Nice, where did you get this film from?

[@mcdonnell220]

A guy from Sao Paulo sent this over, along with a bunch of Varig stuff. Supposedly, he's looking for a KLM version from around the same era.

[@varigdc10]

+Classic Airliners & Vintage Pop Culture Funny, I'm a guy from Sao Paulo, remember when VARIG and CRUZEIRO had these in early 60's!

[@mcdonnell220]

Oh, they sure did! I was born in '61, so I missed a good chunk of the good stuff, but by '65, I was getting pretty good, knew all the airliner types, etc. Flew on a couple SAS Caravelles in the '60s, really nice.

[@elversoderberg9633]

1959 no 2014

[@strafrag1]

Kontakt.

[@gunerozgur35]

vaavuh

[@SWSimpson]

I like how the plane flies over a nature reserve for birds.... yikes

[@bigglesflysagain1749]

Great plane, the Caravelle....copied its cockpit design from the COMET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johneddy908]

That could be the case since both were powered by Rolls-Royce engines, especially the Comet 4 which flew the first jet-powered trans-Atlantic flight between New York and London.