I flew out to Australia in November 1968, Zurich, Rome, Karachi, Calcutta, HongKong, Darwin and Sydney on a 707! Seemed like it took forever! fabulous trip though, landing in Hong Kong and Sydney were the highlights though!
33 hours back then, but only 15 hours now, that too, without any stops...still, being able to travel halfway around the world in just a little more than a day was such an achievement for those days.
I could be wrong here but there were Political problems in Singapore and Malaysia in those days so any plans to find an alternative routing to Australia was well thought of.(Of course there was Qantas as well through Bermuda,Mexico and Tahiti or PANAM via the US West Coast and what was then CP AIR through Vancouver)
Me too. At that time China mainland was in a fierce age, everyone fight for contributing socialism. Though at that time only bureaucrats could travel by air for urgent working reason. But it indeed a time equal is widely spread there.
@@thomasmooreCQ the reason this service existed plus Qantas through Tahiti and Mexico City and Bermuda in those days was mostly due to political problems in Singapore and Malaysia around this time so alternative routes needed to be found Australia to England and reverse.
G-APFH would go on to be connected to a hard landing incident in 1974. The captain elected to fly the aircraft back to LGW even though significant damage was noted around the #2 engine, and extreme protest was offered by the local Sr. Tech Engineer during inspection. The aircraft landed safely, but the accident report would later reveal grave issues of concern related to airworthiness.
Yes look at the food. All the food shown is First Class (not business, not premium economy, not economy but long haul international First) food and I'm sure the food served on long haul international flights in First Class by airlines such as Emirates and Singapore Airlines etc today is just as good if not better. What about the width of the seats? They were no wider than seats today. Leg room was better in Y class, probably a 34 inch pitch on the 707, but Y class on a 707 was 3 X 3 and the cabin was the same width as the narrow body aircraft of today so therefore the width of the seat was the same. Similarly F class 2 X 2 seating was the same width as 2 X 2 US domestic First on a narrow body today. Today if you fly from the UK to Australia in First Class you get one of those private suites with a full flat bed. On the 707 you got a 2 X 2 seat more the less the same as in US domestic narrow body First Class today but with perhaps a maximum of about 4 inches extra legroom.
Lovely, just lovely. As well as romantic and nostalgic... though with a mistake in it, I fear... isn't the cabin in the first interior shots that of a VC10 rather than a B707??... cue the hat-racks with no "podded" service units, as well as the rounded windows....
Crazy how they were giving out certificates for crossing the equator.. something we think nothing of doing today. Makes me wonder what seems hard or impossible today, might be routine in 30-40 years.
@@fireflyrobert ………flew 1000’s of miles’, & hours’ in various QF B707-338C. Loved it. Kept flight log. Greatest was VH-EAI, ‘City of Darwin’ with nearly 29,00 miles’, including two return trips SYD-MEX. The ‘70’s were THE best time to fly long-haul………flying us just the MOST!
Days of the white Australia policy and God will save the queen but nothing will save the guvna lol or was that the 70s. Anyways b4 my time was born in 82.
In the final shot you can see an incomplete Opera House. It officially opened in 1973.
Give me British Pathe rather than Sky News any day
Or you can watch the BBC as they make every endeavour to denigrate Britain.
Just softer propaganda and narrative , but I did enjoy this short film
I flew out to Australia in November 1968, Zurich, Rome, Karachi, Calcutta, HongKong, Darwin and Sydney on a 707! Seemed like it took forever! fabulous trip though, landing in Hong Kong and Sydney were the highlights though!
Fascinating to freeze-frame many of these images...and really examine the clothing, architecture, advertising, technology, etc.
Such nostalgia all around. You can tell some of the vintage street signs at 0.54 (NY) were from the earlier part of the century.
33 hours back then, but only 15 hours now, that too, without any stops...still, being able to travel halfway around the world in just a little more than a day was such an achievement for those days.
I could be wrong here but there were Political problems in Singapore and Malaysia in those days so any plans to find an alternative routing to Australia was well thought of.(Of course there was Qantas as well through Bermuda,Mexico and Tahiti or PANAM via the US West Coast and what was then CP AIR through Vancouver)
707 flies slightly faster than newer jets. How come there is a reduction in travel time? Cuz today they can use USSR and China airspace?
Concorde 🍷🗿
@@aerohkAlso probably fuel efficiency. Back then you probably needed to use two flights I’m guessing
15 hours to Sydney do you come from the future???
3:45 look how much this landscape has changed in 57 years
Cavier and a shot of Smirnoff !! Classy
I've often thought that BOACs livery was the most attractive ever painted onto a 707. It reminded me of a Canada goose with gold letters.
"The tangy Pacific air" love it
One of my mums friends relatives was a steward on the BOAC 707 G Forrest greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I miss this era so much, even being born at 90's. Best era of all times!
Me too. At that time China mainland was in a fierce age, everyone fight for contributing socialism. Though at that time only bureaucrats could travel by air for urgent working reason. But it indeed a time equal is widely spread there.
...How can you miss it if you didn't even experience it? 🤪🤪🤪🙄
People looks happier back then
Because we were
@@RobertB56 Yes yes true story
What a regal way to fly..could one make stopovers?? ..Air New Zeeland flies like this today..Auckland-Los Angeles-Heathrow with B777....
Air NZ also had LHR-HKG-AKL, so could go round the world. Alas both are no longer available 😠
@@thomasmooreCQ the reason this service existed plus Qantas through Tahiti and Mexico City and Bermuda in those days was mostly due to political problems in Singapore and Malaysia around this time so alternative routes needed to be found Australia to England and reverse.
it is sad but there are now less than 100 of these old 707 boeings still flying :-O
And now none
yeah..
@@ILoveQazaqstan actually 23 passenger and 40 cargo still flying :-)
@@marshalllucky that sounds like good news to me
@ 40 seconds...: "New York takes your breath away" With that smog.....it certainly would!!
Great film footage.
Milk Run. Via middle east / Asia the trip was still around 24 hrs
this feels so nostalgic
G-APFH would go on to be connected to a hard landing incident in 1974. The captain elected to fly the aircraft back to LGW even though significant damage was noted around the #2 engine, and extreme protest was offered by the local Sr. Tech Engineer during inspection. The aircraft landed safely, but the accident report would later reveal grave issues of concern related to airworthiness.
Just to clarify that was when the aircraft was operated by BEA Airtours after BOAC had sold it to them.
Look at the food and leg room. Not to mention the width of the seats. Now it’s sardine class with cardboard food on offer.
Yes look at the food. All the food shown is First Class (not business, not premium economy, not economy but long haul international First) food and I'm sure the food served on long haul international flights in First Class by airlines such as Emirates and Singapore Airlines etc today is just as good if not better.
What about the width of the seats? They were no wider than seats today. Leg room was better in Y class, probably a 34 inch pitch on the 707, but Y class on a 707 was 3 X 3 and the cabin was the same width as the narrow body aircraft of today so therefore the width of the seat was the same.
Similarly F class 2 X 2 seating was the same width as 2 X 2 US domestic First on a narrow body today. Today if you fly from the UK to Australia in First Class you get one of those private suites with a full flat bed. On the 707 you got a 2 X 2 seat more the less the same as in US domestic narrow body First Class today but with perhaps a maximum of about 4 inches extra legroom.
Lovely, just lovely. As well as romantic and nostalgic... though with a mistake in it, I fear... isn't the cabin in the first interior shots that of a VC10 rather than a B707??... cue the hat-racks with no "podded" service units, as well as the rounded windows....
It seems their maximum range for a single leg was about 8 hours.
Crazy how they were giving out certificates for crossing the equator.. something we think nothing of doing today. Makes me wonder what seems hard or impossible today, might be routine in 30-40 years.
What an adventure
Caviare and vodka in flight dreams.
I miss those days.
At 1:15 The man in mustang Playing real life Midtown Madness 2
I was only a fetus when this was made.
I wonder how they got the shot at 0:56. The obvious answer is a helicopter - but that must have been pretty risky.
……have flown this route from/to Australia many times’, but on QF only………
Working class of yester year had a better chance of affording it...
The opposite is actually true. Only the upper middle class and wealthy could afford to fly before deregulation in the '70s.
Did they have pocket camera in those days?
Yes...but they had huge pockets
The year of my birth.
Well I never knew that the BOAC's 707s had Rolls-Royce engines.
The -436 series did but the later -336 had Pratt and Witneys
@@fireflyrobert……so did the -338’s QANTAS flew, on the Kangaroo Route………
@@elizabethroberts6215 Thanks for the reminder, I do recall that now
@@fireflyrobert ………flew 1000’s of miles’, & hours’ in various QF B707-338C. Loved it. Kept flight log. Greatest was VH-EAI, ‘City of Darwin’ with nearly 29,00 miles’, including two return trips SYD-MEX.
The ‘70’s were THE best time to fly long-haul………flying us just the MOST!
@@elizabethroberts6215 great memories I bet
Stopover?
How much would the ticket have been?
white man technology is amazing
Days of the white Australia policy and God will save the queen but nothing will save the guvna lol or was that the 70s. Anyways b4 my time was born in 82.
……1975 November 11th………
@@elizabethroberts6215 Fellow Scorp.! :)