Toronto Pearson Airport 1975

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Another archive clip of black and white 8mm film footage. This one's Pearson Airport in Toronto, around 1975. Released for use everywhere - just credit me if you use it, please. Interesting interior shots before LCD screens and modern technology for signage inside the airport. Old buses, cars.

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@raptorspostgametalk 7 жыл бұрын

this was the year my dad came to Toronto from Jamaica in 1975

@lansd3 11 жыл бұрын

A nice blast from the past. I used to visit the airport from the 60's right through to the last day T1 was demolished. You should have taken some movies from the upper floors of the parking garage of T1 back in the day as that was the best place to see the airplanes. Thanks for posting!

@Vincent_Sullivan 10 жыл бұрын

Hi Dana; Mucho thanks for posting this! I was feeling nostalgic tonight about my first job which was at Pearson between 1975 and 1980 and just on a whim searched for "Pearson Airport 1975" on You Tube. What a blast to find this! It sure brings back a lot of memories... Vince Sullivan

@cmck1970 9 жыл бұрын

Nice, vestibule 1 departures. My dad use to work at Pearson on the ramp and I spent a lot of time watching airplanes, loved it. thanks for posting.

@flyguy905 Жыл бұрын

I wasn't born until the late 90s but it's always interesting seeing those old departure screens and their routings. YQR sandwiched between Winnipeg and Calgary with a 732 and another flight direct with a run on to Calgary is just something I'd never see these days. Wish I was old enough to see some of the variety in the early 2000s. Everything is the same and looks boring now.

@adey88splace 6 жыл бұрын

This video brought back memories. Working there in the 80.s cargo section.

@thevultrantransituniverse1487 7 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see cities that the airport served back then.

@jackietrujillo9612 2 жыл бұрын

wow it sure brings me back memories. l came to Canada in 1975 and l remember how the airport was back then. when l came out the plane all the passengers walk down these steal stairs sttaight to the airport. They don't do that anymore.

@copa-jungle-jet4030 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this vintage. I have great memories flying out of T1 in the 80s on CPAir. T2 was quite sterile in design. Not at all different from MEX T1 now.

@dickdehaan9715 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the smell of the jet engines up in the parking area and the observation areas they used to have. The new generation kids will never know unless they put smellavision on their cell phones!!!!!!

@muchorelaxo5580 Жыл бұрын

We still use the pay mover pushback truck in the video.

@infinitebuzz 11 жыл бұрын

Nice footage. Brings back many memories ;). Too bad youtube messed up the de-interlacing

@jaypek43-Phil 10 жыл бұрын

Great job on the foley work!

@louisea9607 9 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love that but the airport was called Toronto International Airport back then not Pearson.

@vintagesupermarkets5210 7 жыл бұрын

Was also referred to as Malton back then. BTW, awesome historic footage. This was also after the Rapidair brand was introduced as depicted in the sign near the start of the film, but to Montreal only. I believe the Rapidair branding came to Ottawa flights in 1978.

@TheCRTman 11 жыл бұрын

Now this is what I call a trip to the past! :D

@spm116 7 жыл бұрын

I worked at the airport from 1976 to 1979, so I remember it well. There was an expansion that began on Terminal 2 in 1976 to build a new international departures and arrival areas, on the east end of the building. Terminal 2 was reasonably well designed to handle the larger jets , but like the new Terminal 1, there was a lot of walking to do, especially in the domestic departures area. Old Terminal 1 became virtually obsolete in 1969, when the first Boeing 747 pulled up to a gate, because the baggage carousels and waiting areas were designed before the age of the jumbo jets and couldn't handle anything bigger than the DC-8 stretch jets or Boeing 707s. It was a crowded terminal and, by 1975, after it had been around for 11 years, had a tired, worn-out look.

@siobhanstevenson7739 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Love it. Question: What took us so long to put wheels on the bottom of our suitcases?

@showdown2006 2 жыл бұрын

I remember T2 quite well. There was metered parking at the drop off area on departures level. So people could go in with you to see you off to the gate. Back then even if you didn't have a ticket for domestic flight you could right to the gate to see someone off.

@rockybudgeboa 10 жыл бұрын

I miss the old Pearson :(

@sheltv100 10 жыл бұрын

I remember that Terminal 1 building. They tore it down in 2004.

@canman5060 7 жыл бұрын

Was there only one airport terminal in 1975 ?

@spm116 7 жыл бұрын

There were two terminals - old T-1 and T-2. Terminal 2 was opened in 1972 and Air Canada took up full occupancy in 1973.

@danielocarey9392 9 жыл бұрын

A couple airplanes, several buildings.

@mohamedhanehar3842 5 жыл бұрын

I came to Canada in 1975 from Ceylon better days

@torontotim421 7 жыл бұрын

Wow.. Talk about a flashback. Like many here... echo a sentimental longing for Toronto International Airport . It's a damn shame Aeroquay outlived its usefulness so quickly. If you think about it.. opened in 64. The design was revolutionary yet ultimately flawed in that it simply could not by design accommodate the millions of passengers and aircraft movements that it would encounter today. Regardless.. shame the structure could not be put to some other use at Pearson. I missed heading up to the top of the parking garage and spending a few hours on a lazy summer afternoon watching the 727', DC-9's, 1011's , 747 1's n 2's roll in and out - not to mention some of the great old Canadian carriers - CP, Wardair, Worldways, Nationair, Nordair, Odyssey International etc.. Of course the original Air Canada red n whites surrounding Aeroquay then lined up at Terminal 2 is a fond memory.

@jaypek43-Phil 10 жыл бұрын

Didn't look all that busy!