BOEING 377 STRATOCRUISER AIRCRAFT -- TOMORROWS AIRPLANE TODAY WITH SOUND 70942b

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    Created by acclaimed filmmaker Jerry Fairbanks for the Boeing Co. in the immediate post-WWII era, "Tomorrow's Airplane Today" celebrates the Stratocruiser.
    The film features rare views of the Boeing plant in Seattle as it looked during WWII -- completely covered in camouflage netting and paint. It also shows various Boeing products including the B-29 upon which the Stratocruiser was based.
    The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter military transport, a derivative of the B-29 Superfortress. The Stratocruiser's first flight was on July 8, 1947. Its design was advanced for its day, its innovative features included two passenger decks and a pressurized cabin, a relatively new feature to transport aircraft. It could carry up to 100 passengers on main deck plus 14 in lower deck lounge; typical seating was for 63 or 84 passengers or 28 berthed and five seated passengers.
    The Stratocruiser was larger than the Douglas DC-6 and Lockheed Constellation and cost more to buy and operate. Its reliability was poor, chiefly due to problems with the four 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major radial engines and their four-blade propellers. Only 55 Model 377s were built for airlines, along with the single prototype.
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  • @Oliverdobbins
    @Oliverdobbins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    That does it! The next time I need to buy a new fleet of airliners, I’m choosing the Stratocruiser!

    • @sundial6919
      @sundial6919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @PartTimeLaowai
      @PartTimeLaowai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sundial6919 How odd, I was about to post the same reply!

    • @scootergeorge7089
      @scootergeorge7089 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I want that state of the art 247!

  • @richardthompson9836
    @richardthompson9836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    My GI, former WWII glider pilot, father took an English bride after the war. Mother told me later that she had flown across the "pond" to her new home in the USA on board a PAA Stratocruiser in 1946. I love the looks of the old airliners. Being a pilot now for 50+ years, I wish I had gotten to have flown one.

    • @gravelydon7072
      @gravelydon7072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We flew across the pond on one in 1957.

    • @tomtom8889
      @tomtom8889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I always get a kick out of the ‘smoking lounge’. 😆. Those were different times to be sure.

    • @lonnietoth5765
      @lonnietoth5765 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love the way the customer is treated as a costumer and not livestock or freight !

    • @jamesyates8942
      @jamesyates8942 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were known as the best 3 engine aircraft flyiñg across the Atlantic

  • @donaldparlettjr3295
    @donaldparlettjr3295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    It's funny to see the DC-3s in the background. This acft is gone yet the venerable DC-3 is still flying. Now there sure turboprop versions available.

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The last cargo versions of the 377 went out of service in the early 2000s

  • @michaelfisher7170
    @michaelfisher7170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Seeing those B 29's lined up on the airfield is amazing. So few exist these days.

    • @trainliker100
      @trainliker100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's amazing that they made roughly 4,000 of the things. And all U.S. WWII airplane production was about 300,000 planes. It's hard to imagine that much production in such a short time. It's just amazing what a group of people, or a country, working as a team can do.

    • @TralfazConstruction
      @TralfazConstruction 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      FIFI of the Commemorative Air Force thankfully still gets around. She was in Trenton, New Jersey, several weeks ago and I was privileged to see her again as in 2019. One thing about FIFI is that the aircraft is _much_ bigger in 'person'. Standing out in the broiling sun she throws the only shade for fifty yards. You can walk around FIFI and admire the finish, the placement of the rivets and her powerful engines. It's a real privilege to stand next to this B-29, one of only two still flying.

    • @michaelfisher7170
      @michaelfisher7170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TralfazConstruction Yeah I'd love to see FIFI but I've never had the opportunity. I'll keep track of her appearance schedule. Who knows, maybe I'll luck out!

    • @TralfazConstruction
      @TralfazConstruction 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelfisher7170 I hope that you do. The sooner the better.

    • @lonnietoth5765
      @lonnietoth5765 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In the early fifties , when traveling became more widespread , many of these B29 bodies were converted into trailer homes . They were light weigh , air pressured made its frame also water proof . Cut some windows and a few doorways and you have a mobile home . They are making homes out of shipping containers today in the same fashion .

  • @sten1939
    @sten1939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My great uncle unfortunately died on a routing sales flight of a 377. A Norwegian airlines was on a pre purchase test flight and Boeing sent a couple of their engineers along to gather some cabin noise level readings. They took off from Boeing field in Seattle Washington. For an unknown reason the pilot ran the plane into Mt Rainer killing everyone on board. My grandfather ( his brother) who also worked for Boeing would never get on any Norwegian airlines until the day he died. RIP Earl Ferguson.

    • @JetFire9
      @JetFire9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just at Mt Rainier. Didn't see the crash site, unfortunately.

  • @turpialito
    @turpialito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Wish we had that legroom nowadays.

    • @trainliker100
      @trainliker100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We now have plenty of room. But for just one leg at a time. And you have to walk sidewise.

    • @royfearn4345
      @royfearn4345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You CAN get enough space. Simply take our a second mortgage and upgrade from sardine scum class to boris class. On second thoughts...

    • @rosemaryangela1825
      @rosemaryangela1825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There were definitely good perks to flying in an old airplane.

    • @Chris_at_Home
      @Chris_at_Home 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@royfearn4345 I used to fly enough for work and pleasure that I usually got upgrades. Now that I don’t travel as much I still pay the extra for first class because going to the East Coast from here is to long to be in the sardine can section.

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Back then air travel cost 10 times as much as it does now

  • @trevorsutherland5263
    @trevorsutherland5263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Amazing! To me film (especially color film) is more important than a library of written history. Few will read a book; however you can show this to thousands (even millions) of people at a time and they'll watch it. There is far more than just the story of the plane here; look at the navigation by hand, the people smoking in the loung, etc. You can learn a TON of history about many different things when everyday life is recorded. I've preferred Boeing (and Lockheed) all my life; sure I've flown Airbus and they are great too, but if I have a choice, I choose Boeing.

  • @scotts.2624
    @scotts.2624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It would be nice if you all could move the counter box down or make it see through.

    • @PeriscopeFilm
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    • @kellanhills1972
      @kellanhills1972 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m SURE you could afford to move the counter down 5mm. Ridiculous answer. 😂. Besides I’m sure AI can easily remove your obnoxious counter count down black box thing.

  • @dewayneblue1834
    @dewayneblue1834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Impressive how they camouflaged a vast factory under a town and parks landscape (0:46).

    • @EllieMaes-Grandad
      @EllieMaes-Grandad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quite pointless though . . . . Unlike factories in Britain, nobody was going to fly over it and drop bombs . . .

    • @Carstuff111
      @Carstuff111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EllieMaes-Grandad But they were prepared, just in case, none the less. There was a fear of possible bombings from Germany or Japan, so they didn't take chances.

    • @EllieMaes-Grandad
      @EllieMaes-Grandad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Carstuff111 Prepared, yes; OTT, certainly. The Germans wanted to hit the Big Apple, but couldn't. 9/11 was by aircraft from the US . . .

    • @lenisbennett3062
      @lenisbennett3062 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Let's hear it for good old Yankee ingenuity

  • @richardshippful
    @richardshippful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This is what the Super Guppy was made from, to transport Apollo stages.

    • @01leland
      @01leland 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great contribution to the Apollo program. Airbus used the Guppy to ship parts to final assembly before they modified the A330 into the Beluga transports.

  • @memyname1771
    @memyname1771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I remember those days when coffee was served in coffee cups and FOOD saw served on plates.

  • @HappyHarryHardon
    @HappyHarryHardon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m proud to say that I helped make parts for the restoration of Doc.

  • @prsearls
    @prsearls ปีที่แล้ว +3

    An interesting look at the early B-377. Later versions (C-97) had much larger engines (28 cylinders), different nacelles, larger propellers and a taller tail. I rode on a USAF National Guard's airplane from Vietnam to Clark AB, P.I. in 1965. The flight crew were airline pilots. Neat airplane; many of these were tankers (KC-97) to refuel combat aircraft.

  • @jackmack7533
    @jackmack7533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Fantastic. The overall cleanliness of the decades old celluloid and quality of the colors are nothing short of great. If you worked to clean this up - well done.

    • @massmike11
      @massmike11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would most likely be Kodachrome. It is amazingly stable. It is probably the most stable longest lasting film with great color and resolution.

  • @Roadglide911
    @Roadglide911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Went from the comforts of flying to packed in like sardines, and getting your ass beat if you refuse to give up your seat. We’ve come a long way Baby.

    • @miaflyer2376
      @miaflyer2376 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes sir we've come a long way to understand that it's best to live, work and play at a nice place where you don't have to fly away from.

    • @marchicago
      @marchicago ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's for sure. And back then, you didn't have to worry about scum being on the plane with you. Not like today where coach = scum central.

  • @jvolstad
    @jvolstad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    People dressing up for travel. Nice.

    • @smithraymond09029
      @smithraymond09029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Today they run around the airport in their pajamas then start fist fights aboard the airplane because someone didn't like being told to "please fasten your seatbelt".

    • @brucewelty7684
      @brucewelty7684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They were idiots. They dressed up to go to the neighbors to play cards.

  • @francisbusa1074
    @francisbusa1074 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In those days when people traveled, many wore their "Sunday best". And even up into the 1960's some did. Men in suits and women in nice dresses, hats and gloves.
    The '60s changed cultural standards downward in many respects, in my opinion.

  • @luizantoniofernandes1075
    @luizantoniofernandes1075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Good day folks... beautifull times... thank you for post... greetings from Bridgetown...

    • @davef.2811
      @davef.2811 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How's Holetown?

  • @garyacker7388
    @garyacker7388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I had the 0pertunity to ride in the jump seat on a C97 cargo version when I was in the National Gaurd coming back from Ft Sill. Nice!

  • @nathanbond8165
    @nathanbond8165 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a model builder who build model aircraft from this time. What's really amazing and awesome about this channel is that you get to see videos of these aircraft when they were brand-new in living vibrant color as opposed to black-and-white photographs that's available online really helps with model builders in research to see exactly what colors were used and the level of shine or policies aircraft had and the amount of weathering these machines had that you cannot gain from black-and-white photographs or videos

  • @LMTDDS
    @LMTDDS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    They have the tanker version as a permanent restaurant near the Colo Spgs airport as a KC-97 and another awaiting conversion to the same at Cleveland Hopkins Aprt.

  • @Goldfishclown
    @Goldfishclown 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Yes, Boeing has always built tomorrow's air crash today". Great quote!

  • @Carstuff111
    @Carstuff111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This and the B-29 were such beautiful machines!

  • @garypugh1153
    @garypugh1153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Today is july 2021......i just got off an airbus with 160 people crammed in.. .....no meals or bed 🇺🇸...

    • @Airships
      @Airships 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But you arrived in 1/3 the time, and with a MUCH lower risk of dying in a crash. Still want to trade? :)

    • @petcatznz
      @petcatznz หลายเดือนก่อน

      We wanted cheap airfares, unfortunately some things had to give to achieve that. Space and comfort are still available but they come with a much higher price tag..

  • @LAUS-DEO-HAWAII
    @LAUS-DEO-HAWAII 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    MY MOUTH HAS BEEN OPEN THE WHOLE TIME OF THIS VIDEO. THE PURE RIDICULOUSNESS OF THIS PLANE. I WAS BORN IN 1943 IN KEY BISCAYNE, FLA. I NEVER SAW THIS PLANE IN MY WHOLE LIFE. TRAVELING AND WATCHING THE SKY'S IN THOSE DAYS, WAS THE LOCKHEED CONSTELLATION.

  • @sarjim4381
    @sarjim4381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Tha Stratocruiser was a disaster for Boeing. Although it was essentially a double bubble B-29 and should have been a successful airliner, changes to the props and engines in the quest for higher speeds caused too many prop failures and engines separating from the wings. It had one of the worst accident rates of any of the modern prop airliners. Combined with the higher maintenance costs associated with the props and engines and higher fuel costs because of the need for higher speeds, the 377 had a short lifespan in service, with none lasting longer than 10 years in passenger service. They lasted longer as freighters, where flying at lower speeds and altitudes was more to the liking of the 377. Regardless of these issues, the coming of jets, including Boeing's own 707, doomed the 377, even before doing the same to other prop airliners.

    • @simonf8902
      @simonf8902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Strat killed a lot of people.

    • @alanstevens1296
      @alanstevens1296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Boeing made it up big time with the number sold of C-97 and KC-97, over 700 built. Same basic a/c in a cargo version.

    • @LC-jy8mj
      @LC-jy8mj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Boeing doesn’t care about safety, profit is number one

    • @dhy5342
      @dhy5342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      B-29 > B-50 > C-97 > 377

    • @sarjim4381
      @sarjim4381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@LC-jy8mj Does it hurt to be this stupid?

  • @317NaptownRida
    @317NaptownRida 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love your work!

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Originally released in 1946, and produced by the same unit Jerry Fairbanks used in producing his "Popular Science" series for Paramount {same narrator- Gayne Whitman}.

    • @turpialito
      @turpialito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They say the best info is in the comments. I was wondering where I had heard that voice with the transatlantic accent. Thanks and cheers!

    • @fromthesidelines
      @fromthesidelines 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome!

    • @miaflyer2376
      @miaflyer2376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well thank you Barry for that nugget of historical info.

    • @fromthesidelines
      @fromthesidelines 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're VERY welcome!

    • @fromthesidelines
      @fromthesidelines 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're VERY welcome!

  • @patrickporter6536
    @patrickporter6536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a beautiful aircraft! Wish I'd seen them live..
    Wasn't there a Stratofreighter as well? I once saw a huge aircraft in USAF markings over Johannesburg making a low and very loud engine noise, like no aircraft I ever heard before or since.
    Wonderful!

  • @ivanleterror9158
    @ivanleterror9158 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW! I can't wait to see one of those!

  • @AgentPepsi1
    @AgentPepsi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I want to fly on one of those :)

  • @johncross8834
    @johncross8834 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the Music ,flew on a Stratocruiser as a child of six it was huge to me never forget it

  • @Peter-Du
    @Peter-Du 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing, this vid seems to make war almost festive.

  • @waynesilva3129
    @waynesilva3129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Back then the airlines said build us the best damn airplane you can. Today it is build the best darn plane for the money.

  • @bobbyhamblen2338
    @bobbyhamblen2338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this.

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  • @TheJohnlentz
    @TheJohnlentz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was also impressed with the quality of this 74 year old film. The opening credits say that it was shot on Kodachrome and, if correct, that would account for the impressive color quality. I would guess it was shot on 16mm film, because I don't recall Kodak marketing 35mm Kodachrome stock.

    • @trainliker100
      @trainliker100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kodak did make 35mm Kodachrome movie film. It was marketed only through the Technicolor Corporation.

    • @TheJohnlentz
      @TheJohnlentz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@trainliker100 Thanks, Charles...I never knew that. I used plenty of Kodachrome 35mm film in various still cameras, but never knew it was used for motion picture film as well.

    • @cristianabarsuglia629
      @cristianabarsuglia629 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe that, like all 35 mm film, Kodachrome was intended originally as motion picture film and subsequently packaged in cartridges for "miniature" still camera use.

    • @trainliker100
      @trainliker100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cristianabarsuglia629 Kodachrome was originally produced as movie film, but 16 mm. Then 8 mm. Only later as 35 mm for still and movies.

  • @ak1ranger
    @ak1ranger 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the 377, got a chance to see the last one outfitted as a water bomber for firefighting in action in Alaska in the mid 90s. I believe there is one left flying for airshows. Unfortunately for the 377 those P&W 4360s engines were extremely troublesome and prone to catching on fire and burning the wing off. They were significantly less reliable than the DC-6 or L-749 Constellation and didn't last long in passenger service. Many were lost in accidents and a few famously disappeared over the Pacific, having suffered likely engine failures. They lasted longer as tankers for the Air Force but with so few surviving and practically no spare engines the 377 and KC-97 were mostly gone by the late 70s while DC-3s, DC-4s, and DC-6s survive and fly to this day.

  • @petcatznz
    @petcatznz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Interesting to see the pressurised Stratoliner had square windows. The very issue that plagued the DH Comet not so many years later. Well that and a stressed skin that was too weak to do the work demanded of it.

    • @royfearn4345
      @royfearn4345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Comet had to deal with higher pressurisation due to operating altitudes and the rate of climb was faster. The main flaw in the Comet was not square windows; it was the fact that the rivet holes had been punched in the skin rather than drilled out, thereby work hardening the aluminium, making it prone to stress cracking when the plane was at very high altitude, 32000 to 35000 compared to the stratocruiser, typically at 28000 and below.

    • @sundar999
      @sundar999 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Comet windows were squarish but had rounded corners. Forget the windows myth

  • @nobodynowhere7163
    @nobodynowhere7163 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, I did not know that, at some point in history, flying commercial was enjoyable!

  • @tonysigsby870
    @tonysigsby870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've flown in the Army no way you'd be falling asleep think about it

  • @davidcarroll8735
    @davidcarroll8735 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    12:01 “Sky Leviathan”
    A380: What a cute little puppy

  • @acersalman8258
    @acersalman8258 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are science education original God bless you you made things wonderful good useful make human life happy keep your science from destroyed strangers rude savagery ❤

  • @geoben1810
    @geoben1810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely amazing state of the art technology then.
    She was the 747 of the times, the Queen of the Skies. Post WW II America's future was looking bright indeed! And of we just had to involved Korea. America always needs a good war to maintain it's economy and control population growth.

  • @dmfraser1444
    @dmfraser1444 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yet in spite of all that, it lasted barely 10 years in service with the major airlines. But one can see here many of the details of the cabins that we still experience today. I remember the KC-97 version in the USAF in the 1960s flying out of Canadian Forces Base Namao just north of Edmonton Alberta. My dad was a Canadian Air Force mechanic and serviced a lot of the ground equipment used for the USAF KC-97.
    To this day that base is still used by the USAF on flights between the lower 48 and Alaska, mainly for emergencies.
    The 377s shown here look just like the KC-97. I noticed an assembly on the tail where the refueling boom would go. Maybe here it was a skid to prevent tail damage from tail strikes.

    • @Bruvva_Wu
      @Bruvva_Wu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The airport runways have been closed since 1994 and it's now an army base, CFB Edmonton.

  • @amyjojinkerson6745
    @amyjojinkerson6745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was a great design

  • @jetstreamer374
    @jetstreamer374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    America before twerking.

  • @charliepearce8767
    @charliepearce8767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want one !

  • @torgeirbrandsnes1916
    @torgeirbrandsnes1916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vlog! How many 377 was made? 55? How many KC-97 was made? Almost 900? Still an awesome plane!

  • @WBTravels
    @WBTravels 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The PT6 turboprop on a 377 stratocruiser would be frikin awesome also I love the max

    • @massmike11
      @massmike11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good idea but I don’t think the pt-6 has enough power. Maybe the engines from the C-139?

  • @lawrencemarocco8197
    @lawrencemarocco8197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    While a technological marvel, the Stratocruiser was a commercial flop. Higher operating costs compared to the DC-7 and Constellation put it at a huge disadvantage. Also with the change in air travel from luxury accommodations to economical density seating offset its advantages. Then jets changed the entire landscape.

  • @MrSven3000
    @MrSven3000 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool.
    looks a bit like the saunders roe princess also

  • @johnosbourn4312
    @johnosbourn4312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The production Stratocruiser is powered by 4360's, and they share the same lighter, and stronger wing, along with the B-50 style fin, but the XC-97's use the B-29's wings, and tail; with the tail gunner's compartment blanked off, and were powered by 3350's.

  • @davef.2811
    @davef.2811 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did the airplane shown @ 6:05 - 6:30 have 3350's on it? Looks like the identical nacelle of the B-29.

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ll take your entire stock! 😵‍💫

  • @transmaster
    @transmaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In 1953 as a baby I flew on a Stratocruiser from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor. I have a certificate and and Wings that a Flight attendant gave my mother for me.

  • @billrhodes5603
    @billrhodes5603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's just a civilian version of the B-29. It was also the basis C-97 Stratofreighter and KC-97 Stratotanker. Not a pretty aircraft, IMO.

    • @jacksons1010
      @jacksons1010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More correct to say the Stratocruiser was a civilian version of the C-97, which was derived from the B-50, which was a re-engined B-29.

    • @billrhodes5603
      @billrhodes5603 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jacksons1010 good point.

    • @nandolopes9897
      @nandolopes9897 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, the thing looks like an aluminium slug.

  • @Thankz4sharing
    @Thankz4sharing 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is a strut under the rear fuselage that seems to prevent tail strikes from over rotation. It is also shown in all the cruising altitude video. Does anyone know why is wasn't retractable?

    • @JetFire9
      @JetFire9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cost?

  • @SandraLily2
    @SandraLily2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Meals on plates, a bar, smoking, no seatbelts. Safety was very low on the list of amenities! The good old days.

  • @abjectt5440
    @abjectt5440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Passengers quietly boarding. No crowded seats. No seat numbers. My how times change. Now air travel is a blood sport.

  • @johnsiders7819
    @johnsiders7819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Notice how people dressed up to fly it was a big Deal back then now you are treated like cattle

    • @marchicago
      @marchicago ปีที่แล้ว

      That's for sure. And if you are unfortunate enough to have a coach seat assignment, you will be surrounded by scum as well.

  • @wilsonle61
    @wilsonle61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Can we upgrade to the flight attendants in the film? They don't seem to despise their customers.

    • @lukestrawwalker
      @lukestrawwalker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This was back when flying was special and the airlines actually cared about their customers... not the flying cattle cars manned by bored prison camp guards they have today. Back when they served REAL food and had REAL service not like today where they might toss you a tiny bag of peanuts if you're lucky. Back then they only hired ATTRACTIVE, SINGLE female stewardesses and they were trained to not only handle the business of flying but to be PLEASANT while doing it and provide top-notch customer service. If they got married they either had to keep it secret from the company or quit because the airlines wanted SINGLE young women. Not like nowadays when most of them are ugly as a bag of rocks or 4x4-- four foot high and four foot wide, and about as friendly as a p!ssed on rattlesnake...
      Later! OL J R :)

    • @wilsonle61
      @wilsonle61 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lukestrawwalker ROTFLMAO.....so true! 🤣

  • @WBTravels
    @WBTravels 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    737 max in 2020 imma make my mark today!

  • @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc
    @AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc ปีที่แล้ว

    Never as safe as B707 ended up being. Bomber after all.

  • @informationcollectionpost3257
    @informationcollectionpost3257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe it was a flop but it sure was an interesting plane. It was far more efficient than a jet. It was fast enough even for travel today. With advanced props perhaps they will build something similar in the future. They can skill the radial engines though.

  • @michaelmakes1225
    @michaelmakes1225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Too bad they couldn't claim the Douglas DC3... Truly THE groundbreaking commercial passenger aircraft..

  • @eutimiochavez415
    @eutimiochavez415 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks like a C 97 to me with fancy seats

  • @errorsofmodernism7331
    @errorsofmodernism7331 ปีที่แล้ว

    the Commemorative Air Force would love to get their hands on a few of these to crash them at an air show

  • @stevetaylor8698
    @stevetaylor8698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never realised that dreadful expression, "de-plane" was so old. It was only introduced to the UK in the nineties. Before that time, the word, "disembark" was used.

    • @royfearn4345
      @royfearn4345 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marginally better than, "We're here. Get out."

    • @jrc8466
      @jrc8466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought "de-plane" originated on TV's Fantasy Island. In the shows opening, a midget with a speech impediment yells "de plane, de plane" as an airplane approaches.

    • @lukestrawwalker
      @lukestrawwalker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jrc8466 He didn't have a speech impediment, Herve Villechaize (sp?) was French and spoke with a very heavy accent his entire life. He featured prominently in the Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun" and of course in "Fantasy Island" with Ricardo Montalban. His catchphrase was in the opener of every week's episode as the twin engine seaplane carrying the guest stars for that week's shows would loop over the island before landing-- "Boss, Boss!!! De PLANE!!! De PLANE!!!" LOL:) Great show they don't make them like that anymore... OL J R :)

  • @Mark_Ocain
    @Mark_Ocain 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty snazzy beast but it just didn't sell. Thankfully Boeing never gave up on the commercial segment, going on to produce a line of iconic passenger transports that went unchallenged until Airbus attained critical mass starting in the 80's.

  • @carlh8256
    @carlh8256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What year was this??

  • @jamescochran7279
    @jamescochran7279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting film, but unfortunate that the original short tailed R3350 powered XC-97 is featured in the film scenes instead of the tall tailed R4360 powered B-377. Probably due to the date of the film production and it is titled “Tomorrow’s” airplane…

  • @rosemaryangela1825
    @rosemaryangela1825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Book me a seat. One way to Southern California

  • @williamgraves2009
    @williamgraves2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was a passenger aboard several Stratocruisers. I was just a kid but the Stratocruiser was the first time i was on a plane. They weren't a success, between the engines and the propellers failing. See Pan American flight 6 for an example. I loved flying aboard Stratocruisers, but I believe 11 of the 56 Stratocruisers made were lost.

  • @garthfaragher8683
    @garthfaragher8683 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Richard Branson was heard to say 😂.

  • @steven2212
    @steven2212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Its reliability was poor, chiefly due to problems with the four 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engines and structural and control problems with their propellers. Only 55 Model 377s were built for airlines, along with the single prototype. Lots of crashes.

    • @kennethhoover2748
      @kennethhoover2748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When I was 5 years old in 1955 I crossed the Atlantic in one of these. A couple hours out of Goose Bay an engine caught fire and we had to turn back. After about 12 hours on the runway in Labrador we tried again. Somewhat more than half way the engine caught fire again. The fire was extinguished and we went on to Shannon Ireland on 3 engines. My father (a WWII pilot) was so outraged he never took us anywhere on an airplane again.

    • @steven2212
      @steven2212 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kennethhoover2748 That is an amazing story. Many crashed, and many military versions crashed with great loss of life.

    • @PenzancePete
      @PenzancePete 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The truth is, is that most B-29 crews were more frightened of take-offs than flying over enemy territory such was the prepensity of those engines to fail at full power.

  • @ivoryjohnson4662
    @ivoryjohnson4662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We take longer today with jets to go the same distance

  • @jamesagwe2981
    @jamesagwe2981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What year was this picture produced?

    • @LinasVepstas
      @LinasVepstas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1946 -- you can see it clipped, at the bottom, at the start

  • @nikmills
    @nikmills 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These lovely planes used to crash rather regularly, no?

  • @AviationDirection
    @AviationDirection 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Unless I missed it....what year is this?

    • @sarjim4381
      @sarjim4381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The copyright is on the opening credits - 1946.

    • @HootOwl513
      @HootOwl513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ''Ice Follies of 1945'' billboard ads on the sides of the REA trucks at [9:07] would have been current when the film was shot. So 1945, released '46. Railway Express Agency was once like UPS and FEDEX, huge. They folded in 1975 since their operation was dependent on the rail system, and interstate trucking and air cargo killed them.

  • @allandavis8201
    @allandavis8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    With all due respect to Boeing I have to point out that the B-17 & 29 were not immediately the reliable, indestructible, and technically superior aircraft that this film portrays, the prototype B-17 crashed and was destroyed early in testing, the armament and armour were insufficient and the loss ratio in the ETO was so bad that the 8th airforce nearly stopped daylight operations, and the B-29 was unreliable in almost every respect, how many ran out of fuel and ditched, how many had the armament stripped out to extend the range, how many crashed due to technical problems?, no, the two aircraft were not immediately legendary, they became legendary. There are promotional films that don’t quite tell the whole story, and then there’s this one.

    • @massmike11
      @massmike11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Generaly you are correct, however the prototype did not crash because of a fault in the aircraft. It crashed because the crew did not remove the gust locks on the controls. So pilot error.

    • @allandavis8201
      @allandavis8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@massmike11 I stand corrected, thanks you, just learned something new. Were the gust locks external or integral to the flying controls?, I ask because it seems strange that they didn’t feel a restriction when they did a full and free range of movement check as part of the pre start or taxi checklist.

  • @johnhagemeyer8578
    @johnhagemeyer8578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had to "Wiki" this thing. Boeing built a whopping 56 of these guppies, but he against the Connie..
    Enough said
    .

  • @toddhaynes3663
    @toddhaynes3663 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is the counter thing so huge? its massively distracting!

    • @PeriscopeFilm
      @PeriscopeFilm  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
      In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do.
      Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

  • @Code3forever
    @Code3forever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a kid of 6, I flew to Honolulu with my Dad in the Stratocruiser. What a comfortable and big airplane it was to me. We didn't have the bed or berth but the seats were as comfortable as can be and I went downstairs into the lounge with my Dad. We had soft drinks. If I can remember right, it took about 9 hours from LA. Now, thanks to Boeing's deceit and attempted cover-up of the 737MAX debacle and former CEO Muilenburg, I will not fly any Boeing aircraft built since he became part of the company. No telling what else he may have omitted or lied about in trying to cut costs and cut corners. Boeing used to be the best.

  • @grahamyoung2128
    @grahamyoung2128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This word “luxury “ they use multiple times describing air travel……what does it mean?

    • @EllieMaes-Grandad
      @EllieMaes-Grandad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      . . . . more expensive than 'coach' on a train [never mind a bus!].

    • @apolloniaaskew9487
      @apolloniaaskew9487 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Back in the day, air travel was luxury: people dressed up for air travel and was served real food, expensive liquor and they even served a meal to coach passengers! Compared to flying today, it was a luxury.

  • @MetraEmdF40PH
    @MetraEmdF40PH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why was everyone here 4hrs ago

  • @scharkalvin
    @scharkalvin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The DC3 beat the crap out of the 247!

  • @user-bn1gc3tm3u
    @user-bn1gc3tm3u 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pe america o durea exact la kalbasan !

  • @lapensulo4684
    @lapensulo4684 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    All I can say is this guy must have been super busy; one hears him on a ton of old advertisements, etc..

  • @coolbreeze253
    @coolbreeze253 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Smoke 'em if you've got 'em, If you got 'em, bum one from your buddy.

  • @richardbrown6565
    @richardbrown6565 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting. But I found the numbers countdown annoying.

  • @davidmccann9811
    @davidmccann9811 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The days when people dressed smartly to go on a flight.

  • @dukernuker3844
    @dukernuker3844 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    why they haven't painted planes back then?

  • @friendofdorothy9376
    @friendofdorothy9376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not a very pretty airplane. Also, not many windows?

    • @sundar999
      @sundar999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They hadn't made the passenger version yet when the movie was made, they only had the transport version with few windows flying.

  • @stephenlang3135
    @stephenlang3135 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was when Boeing was run by engineers.

  • @Channelscruf
    @Channelscruf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    14:55 I know that guy. I can’t stand that guy.

  • @danpeters5665
    @danpeters5665 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Boeing rush war 17 had time

  • @squatchpnw2331
    @squatchpnw2331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's too bad Boeing isn't what it used to be, the damn bean counters are hurting the company.

    • @miaflyer2376
      @miaflyer2376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Boeing went downhill when they moved HQ from Seattle to Chicago. A stupid move away from the primary production hub.

  • @eXtremeFX2010
    @eXtremeFX2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🤔um... how many of these crashed?😬

  • @stevencoenen9126
    @stevencoenen9126 ปีที่แล้ว

    NEED TO GO BACK TO OLD SCHOOL. BOEING FAMILY BE UPSET NOW WITH QUALITY CONTROL.. 2. COMPANIES MD- BOEING MERGER NEVER SHOULD HAPPENED😢. .MYFATHER WOULD BE VERY VERY UPSET ON BOEING.... WORKED THERE FOR 52. YEARS. BOEING NOW IS NOT THE SAME AS OLD. SCHOOL😢😢😢 BOEING

  • @nicks4934
    @nicks4934 ปีที่แล้ว

    US was miles behind uk then 😂