Flight To New York 1950s

[TheVictorCobra]

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[xobailee]

i wish it still looked like this

[25Lode]

Ha, most of the people in this video are dead.

[reznichcb]

How times have changed. My dad worked for TWA then, and one did not board a "Connie" without a suit and tie!

[lonewolf90211]

Goddamn the 50s was so nice...

[Streamline09]

At 2:30 the boxer in white trunks looked like a young Cassius Clay.

[spongebob5679]

The world's changing 2 FAST

[SoniaLenora]

I was living in Bronx, New York In The 1950's.

[bitza0183]

I like because looks like in mafia I :).But i saw something ,what you can't see in our days ,look at 2:25 ,all basketball players was white,i think only one was black (19) OMG :)) wow

[Quex01]

A colour film about Berlin in 1936!

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[xxangeljojoxx]

Americans were so overindulgent back then compared to other countries who were struggling to put food on the table.

[IronAngelRX14]

New york looks good in its 50's :)

[ghettofreakshow781]

@shadrac10 TV, internet and cell phones ruined the world.

[dam2630]

Since when was Washington Square Park ever quiet lol....

[vegagoku]

look at all the white people that sure is not new York anymore.

[allclassics]

If you fly even the cheap airlines in Asia you get a meal and movie free.

[Dreambro1]

@shadrac10 Not to mention the fabulous Cars, with the Chrome and fins! and REAL headlights! back in the Space age ;-)

[MegaELECTRICEYE]

@shadrac10 That is not all that has changed. Back then we had a real solid economic base. Not a bunch of outsoursing we have today. And people those days had better values about themselfs.

[NielNielD]

@shadrac10 I go to newyork a lot and the streets still packed with ppl watching all kind of shows. Don't judge based of what you and people around you do or stopped doing.

[redgrapeskins]

these old newsreels are so enjoyable - they''re done with class and sophistication-- Btw those 2 things died back in the early 60s - I Could watch these historic reels all day

[RastafariPoet]

Well.. It wouldnt be the best for any one other than whites back then. So it'd kinda suck. I'd travel back to that time regardless though if I could for a minute. I've always been extremely fasinated with history.

[laverkfc4stitching]

i can give this generation 100/10 ... superiour ... our generation is -10/10 ... what a shame

[lasuvidaboy]

The ticket prices for those Transcontinental flights in the 1950s and 60s were'nt cheap like they are today. A round trip ticket L.A. to New York on the new 707 jet in 1960 cost over $1000.00. All flights were either 1st or business class. Coach class did'nt come along for another 20 years.

[someonespadre]

The Connie was the most beautiful airliner, so far anyway. There's nothing like those big recip.s (reciprocating radial engines). They couldn't just pull the power levers back and descend rapidly, they had to plan ahead and descend gradually. Supposedly the throttles had to be set to draw as many inches as their altitude (they were turbo supercharged).

[electrogeek77]

A dinner at no extra charge...served with a pack of Kools!

[theumph]

Well, we knew the plane wasn't going to land at JFK airport.

[wompasdub]

Where did all the black people go? lol

[tryithere]

@wompasdub Well it is in Black and White,it would have to be in colored for that.

[issareign]

hmmmmmm does anyone have the number for this time traveling agency twa?

[BeNiceable]

this video on YouTube reminds me of how great life was before YouTube.

[barthoedemaker]

Good old times

[RF1995ROCK]

Very Very Very interesting！

I love 50s USA culture.

[jenjis556]

I want to comeback in 1930 in new york city

[prepschoolkid]

@jenjis556 Depression Era Nyc??

[perla51]

Simply wonderful!!!!! Perla.

[whopper1209]

A New Life is starting for all those people

[kngkrl22]

This is what I call airline service in the 1950's, especially the quantity and quality of food the passenger was receiving on a domestic flight, compare it to today when the airlines don't serve you food in a domestic flight, except for purchase of $7.00 on all the US air carriers, and the food tasted like crap.

[dadsoldtapes]

Runway 22 at 0:37... landed there the last two times coming back from Arizona... nowadays there's a whole pier extending out from the runway and the "Welcome to New York" sign.

[TheHeidiGame]

(thanks for adding this btw this was fun to watch)

[TheHeidiGame]

Jesus; the food sure took a turn for the worst...check out the feast at 4:04!

[jgstargazer]

Well...sure beats peanuts and soda lol.

[doulasc]

@TheHeidiGame now days you lucky to get a bag of pretzels or peanuts on domestic flights.

[320k]

@TheHeidiGame What food? Friends have told me about recent domestic flights without even pretzels!

[meredumais]

Gee ! New York City must be a swell place to visit. The plane looks so dependable, too. Where are all the 'undependable' airplanes, by the way?

[lasuvidaboy]

The flights in those days were all first class so of course there was a meal service. I fly United to NYC and they still have 5-course meals in 1st class and 3-course meals in Business. Even coach got a pretty decent meal (premium Transcon) up until 2002.

[orangechallenger]

im proud of china town!

cars in that time looks so funny...bullet like head,fastback.....

[twflightservicemgr78]

What a tribute to our Connie!!! As a former employee of TWA, thank you for showing this video! It's a hoot to go back in time. And yes Choirboy, we served meals when I flew for TWA. I was hired on 752006, worked as a f/a and later promoted to Flight Service Manager. We stopped those meals in the 1980's ( I think) and service today on the airlines is bad! I prefer the train anyway!

I

Rob

Flight Service Manager JFK #016779

[doulasc]

@twflightservicemgr78 I think in the 1980s meals with all US airlines were on the way out.I flew TWA,Delta and Eastern and in coach I thought meals were very satisfactory. I would like to see Amtrak open some new routes.

[filthiestfish]

That meal tray looks big!

[choirboyfromhell1]

What's a meal on a plane? Did they actually serve meals on planes?

[musicom67]

Can anyone identify the announcer? He sounds oh so familiar...

[john4951]

Talk about the "old" city but I must say they dont make planes like that anymore. A "Connie", and the later one in the vid might be a "superconnie", which is ? extended length. A work of art compared to cookie cutter stuff now!

[bettygoodbody]

yeah, that the plane in the aviator movie. the juan tripp pan am thing. they started to crash, didn't they? i don't know if the older planes were as good as the new ones, not for passenger carriers, or military, crop duster perhaps, what do you mean, red baron stuff, or what?these were props, not jets, dude.

[thelmah05]

As amazing as how much has changed is how much of the olg beauty is still the same.

[thelmah05]

As amazing as how much has changed is how much is exactly the same.

[rainydaywoman1957]

if you want to see nyc in all its technicolor 1950s glory, try watching an old doris day movie.

[billyguns2]

This is fabulous and sad at the same time; sad, because the romance of flying and the greatness of New York in the 1950s will never be seen again. :-(

[mbazell]

MDW=3-letter identifier for Midway Airport, Chicago and, LGA=LaGuardia Airport, New York City.

[burbank]

I like the dialogue referring to the meal "free of charge." he he not anymore!:)

[mbazell]

Brings back memories of my first airplane ride from MDW to LGA in AUG '52. It took about 2 1/2 hrs and as a young 4 year old I enjoyed the hamburger and lemonade. Got to see the cockpit in flight. Try that these days.

[willyboi708]

Fly the finest...Fly TWA!!!

[valentas000]

i love NY :)

[andrerochertek]

this is memmorable