Classic Jetliners - "San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, & Palm Springs" - 1972

Film from The Internet Archive Collection, Educational Films archive.org/de... Produced by Norman Beam. Grade school educational film featuring fantastic clips of classic airliners in 1972! Shot at several California locations, including SFO, LAX, SAN & PSP. Wonderful period piece, great early '70s fashions, too! Be sure to check my channel for the best in VINTAGE & RARE airliner videos!

[@adel-711]

I remember those days back in the 70’s. I wish I can go back to those days .

[@mcdonnell220]

Me too.

[@manuelgorgulho2209]

We were a lot thinner in those days!

[@sandiegotrojandawg]

Awesome! I was a college freshman in 1972 and had already flown many times by then. Ahhh, the sound of REAL jets and their SMOKE!! I loved the ending....seeing that AA 707 Astrojet trying to "merge" onto the taxiway with an oncoming UA 727 Mainliner (looked like they were going to hit)!

[@lonnienelson6154]

Yeh - they looked like they cut it pretty close!

[@scottbrettschneider9782]

That was a blast to the past! I flew into and out of all of those airports beginning in the late 60’s but fondly remember taking a Hughes Airwest DC-9 from LAX into PSP in the 70’s as a kid using the same gate pictured. As chance would have it as an adult I ended up working as a United Airlines Service Director and Gate Agent at PSP working gates #1 and #2 right next to the one shown. Fond memories indeed! Thanks for sharing the video!

[@Guerry-3]

At 2:26, the cashier at the airport shop is counting change and no one was wearing a digital watch. Amazing. Thank-you for sharing!

[@Starstream880]

Keep them coming please! Another wonderful blast from the past.

[@willi19671]

Woow a TIME MACHINE ! Thanks for posting !

[@alexpaar2708]

I wish I can go back in time , miss that a lot

[@brucesumter4327]

wow so cool look like they also have big fire out there in the 1972 too

[@manecascris3897]

Magnificent piece of footage! For hardcore vintage Aviation lovers only!;-) 👍

[@BrokebackBob]

So many improvements have been made thank God.

[@dragonmeddler2152]

Very nice memories of flying in and out of Lindbergh, LAX and SFO during my Navy years in the last half of the 1960's. When I was outbound, it was always to MKC and I was a happy sailor. Inbound flights-not so happy. I don't recall the jets smoking quite as much as seen in this film, but do remember seeing the dark cloud of jet smoke over busy airports on calmer days.

[@MyzelleJenkins]

San Diego’s downtown skyline at 7:58 shows how much the city has grown...Wow!

[@magicskyway]

A+!

[@adrienasqmuels8826]

Look how much class and sophecation these people were 🙏🏼

[@cherifbar]

Wonderful video! Many Thanks.

[@clarkpeters2110]

I believe the location showing the United 737, tower view with Gulfstream taking off is Bakersfield, KBFL. Its the old terminal/tower complex. Great memories of that terminal.

[@incheon]

Another classic! Love it!

[@johncavanagh1000]

I flown into Lindbergh Field in 1972 in my Beechcraft Bonanza but nowadays with all the extra traffic I wouldn't even consider it I fly into Montgomery field in San Diego

[@stratus262j2]

Some of this footage was taken at Palm Springs airport.

[@stitch-xx2oo]

I wish we could go back to those days... Too bad we have let a few people "screw" it up for us...

[@mcdonnell220]

6:16 I miss red topped mailboxes.

[@ketoking9435]

Thanx for another great vid,,,always appreciated,have a great week,,,

[@notyourbusiness2335]

Please come back

[@infidel6728]

The first 747 I saw was a Continental at LAX, and it may just have been the one being pushed back on that exact day. Probably not, but one never really knows.

[@gaguy1967]

Love seeing CA in the "old days"

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

@ 100%

[@lennartniehof7649]

what i wouldnt give to live back then

[@miguelgabriel7568]

Lindo vídeo obrigado

[@frankgrimesification]

Nobody checking in at a kiosk? Who would have thunk it.................

[@phoneticau]

As a kid circa 1971 visited Airport could smell the kerosene as we drove into the car park, today aircraft are less polluting

[@gssheriff7278]

No pollution control back then. Much simpler except you could walk onto an airplane with a gun, knife or anything.

[@LoganLavery]

Some jet engines back then used a water injection process at take off, which produced a "smokey" exhaust.

[@bobduvar]

San Diego airport : landing amongst wharehouses and freeways... Just scary for the pilots ...

[@joshuadunford3171]

9:15
Is it just me, or does that look like a time traveling A380
(I know that it is not)

[@ProtegeTuype]

A bit. DC8

[@AccessAir]

Those sad airplane sounds tho....they sound drunk.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Old film wavering sound effect its called WoW

[@kclefthanded427]

Smokey airplanes

[@LoganLavery]

Right, but it's not as bad as you think. It was more to do with some of them cooling the engines by using a water injection process at take off.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Love it

[@aanticastros159]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@salipander6570]

The cargo handling looks so inefficient and I'm surprised to see it sometimes still goes like that in the US. Is it because of the unions protecting jobs?

[@adrienasqmuels8826]

Just think 7 years lady the worse air disasters in the world at that time psa in sandiego 1978