Jet Transport Sets US Mark.
Jet Transport Sets US Mark.
Clip: 353690_1_1
Year Shot: 1955
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1610
Original Film: 028-719-02
HD: N/A
Location: Washington, DC
Timecode: 00:08:26 - 00:09:01
Audio is low on screener America's first all-jet transport completes a trans-continental flight in 3 hours and 58 minutes, toppling speed marks, and foreshadowing dramatic cuts in airline schedules in the near future. Establishing shot - A Boeing 707 Stratioliner landing. MCUS - Test pilot Tex Johnson is greeted by Boeing President Alan and General Moore. CUS - Tex Johnson. MCUS - The Boeing 707 Stratioliner parked on the tarmac and a admiring crowd surrounds the plane.