Pan Am Airlines (Pan American Airways) Boeing 707 TV Commercial 1954

[FaerieCrone]

Maiden flight was 1954

[Mcoov]

There is no way that this commercial is from 1954, as the 707 and the DC-8 were not introduced commercially until 1958. In '54, the only airplanes Pan Am had that could make it across the Atlantic w/o stopping were the Lockheed Constellation, and the DC-6.

[Rudi146]

yes, it is Maggie !

[LordChubChub]

If you look real close you can see Maggie And Kate Serving First Class ;)

[mustangmooney21]

This is suppose to be 1954, but I saw a 57 Dodge and a 55 Buick in the video.

[IBegToDiffer622]

@Shipocute: oh my god you right! Personally im a boeing fan myself, but great eye! I am also a huge fan of the Pan Am Worldport!

[Shipocute]

You know whats really awkward thing?

You see Boeing 707 flying but the model airport and airplane in 03:25 they are all DC-8s I believe. They aren't 707s. Makes really awkward indeed.

If I hurt someone's feeling cuz is big fan of Douglas, my apologies.

[IFLYWINGS]

Well, I've got 19 Vintage Boeing 707's in my Hanger in pristine condition, and 1 of em' is an old PAN AM 707 Jetliner from 1965 too !!! I fly them often too weekly just for grins !! Capt. I ~ Fly.

[navyfreek1129]

@IFLYWINGS Jealous!! Haha

[comercio76]

someone knows Roland Casavant? FA of PAA . Let's me know

[Clipper31IDL]

I worked for 32 years with Pan AM. There was 2 and only 2 galley on board. the others were serving stations. The TV shows is so bad that they should be ashamed to broadcast it also the term Pan Am Airlines was never used, It was Pan American Airways

[yocavallaro]

"4 simultaneous galleys" on a single aisle plane!

[robins96]

There is a 1957 Dodge leaving the terminal at the begining of this film. Not that it makes a difference, still a commercial on how good flying use to be!!!

[diaautocolor]

Smoking inside the plane, good old days

[biorgymd]

I love Pan Am

[flatpat]

Did they allow black people on jet planes back then?

[IFLYWINGS]

@flatpat - NO, only little Green men with Antennas sticking out of their heads !!!!

[ragemanchoo82]

Grab your GEDs, assholes! Its time to argue about things you know little/nothing about on youtube!

[mrdoitup78]

but WHY? my answer is simple.

Cater to the people who WANT what the people of those era;s got experience and punish them by force of government!!

Yes!!

That's the answer!!

Crush the dreams of many, to crumble to the needs of nobody, yep, that is today's America.

And of course we have class and racial warfare.

The only thing racial about this country is the fact that Obama is a fucking liar and racist because he is HALF WHITE. he is NOT a BLACK president. he is MIXED.

you niggers are racist

[mrdoitup78]

great video. it is such a shame that since the wright brothers til this promo show here, there has been NO advancement in the jet age other than wide body and newer GE/Pratney/Royce same shit engines on a bigger plane, or more engines, or put em here or there.

From the time flight ever took place, and kitty hawk was recognized, things were worked out, advanced, and dreamed about, and they all came true.

But, since about the late 50s, they have stayed the same.

[upiluften]

Thanks for posting this. It's refreshing to see what Pan Am really was, especially after watching that garbage on ABC.

[mrdoitup78]

@upiluften And you are?? please tell us, because we all like the new series, so, maybe you have a story plot??

if not, then go eat some fucking cake fat fuck.

ABC is on thin ice, and this Pan Am series brought it back to life, but, fat fucks like you are immature sluts, who acts like that at your age of what?? dead?? or 75??

It's like a guy came out with a guitar video, and then 10000 years later, from my grave, i say, guitars were good then, but that damn new series on

Grow up/!~!!!!!!

[upiluften]

@mrdoitup78 I'm a YouTube user, just like you. Maybe you like Pan Am's plot, and your friends.. and maybe 80% of the world. But I'm part of the remaining group that doesn't like it. No, I don't have one.. because it's not my job to have one. However, as a viewer.. I have the right to criticise a bad show when I see one. Mad Men is exquisite. :)

Eating cake won't help.. and I'm not a fat fuck.. I'm underweight. :)

Slut? I'm a virgin. My age? I'm 17.. Different viewpoints. :)

[upiluften]

@mrdoitup78 Now, who are you to tell me to grow up? Particularly when you're the one who has the vulgarity to insult someone who merely expressed their opinion.

I don't know what you think about the series Pan Am (though I'm quite sure).. but, regardless of how much I DESPISE the writing and cast of that show, I won't tell you that you're a fat fuck, an immature slut, too old (?), and that you need to grow up.

On the contrary, you did. So, I'll ask one more time. Who are you to tell me that?

[blueembers2]

I wish I could have grown up in the Jet Age. It seems like a glamorous life. 

[britneysbigbush]

the husband @ 8:22 is hot!

[bookfiend2009]

Okay i have 2 know how the heck did they cook the ham? They had a stove on board?is this for real? Entire friggin meals on board?

[ImJenniferAniston]

@bookfiend2009 Ye,s the Stewardesses cooked the food, put the food on platters, put the platters on serving carts, pushed the carts down the aisle, cut the meat right in front of you, put the meat on china plates and served it to you. There was a cart that came around with cavier and shrimp cocktail and other little things like that. There was also a dessert cart with flaming cherry jubilee or other yummy desserts.

[mrdoitup78]

@bookfiend2009 you are a fucking idiot.

yes, people were much smarter back then than you could ever be now.

[bookfiend2009]

@mrdoitup78 I'm not an idiot How am i suppose to know i wasn't born back then smart aleck . Just because some1 isn't knowledgeable in something doesn't make them an idiot it just means they weren't paying attention in history class

[TheMenon49]

Aaah! Those good ol' days when flying was strictly for the wealthy, good looking Whites! Them 'niggers' were busy pickin' cotton.....

[23Daant]

So Comfortable...famous last words before the oil crises and airlines squashed everyone into cabins that were 25 years old.

[lsdunch]

Thanks for sharing this, very nostalgic!

[baraxor]

The scenes of the Pan Am 707 taking off and landing are probably from shakedown flights prior to the premiere of actual commercial service. The "passengers" are likely models and/or Pan Am executives' families, and almost certainly taken on the ground.

[baraxor]

"International air travel increased five fold in the past twelve years"

This indicates that this film is from 1957-58, on the very eve of Boeing 707 commercial service.

Just think: 12 years before this (1945) the most sophisticated passenger aircraft in common service was the unpressurized DC-4; 12 years before that (1933) the most common passenger aircraft was the Ford Trimotor. No wonder people back in the '50s believed that the world of "Tomorrowland" was just around the corner.

[Parthenonas14]

damn! a 12 minute commercial! u know how much 12 minutes costs today?! it was still interesting to watch tho.

[D4ssault]

The captain was on the right side o_O ?

[RessSickness]

Aviation got too big for its own good, so individuality and service went out the window. The best part of this commerical is at 08:39, oh how I would have loved to have had a smoke on a plane.

[MerleOberon]

@RessSickness the airlines use to give out little packs of cigs with about 5 in them...

[MrRonnieG]

This was not 1954, I don't think the 707 went online until around 1959 or so.

[hudson501]

@MrRonnieG Actually, the prototype of the 707, the so called "Dash 80" (model #367-80, also Boeing's 707th aircraft design-hence the "707" name) first flew on July 15, 1954. But, you're right, this is not 1954 as Pan Am was the first to put the Boeing 707 into commercial service on October 26, 1958 with a flight from New York to Paris with Pan Am's Boeing 707, Clipper America (source: the book, "The Jet Age" written by Robert J. Serling).

[srita764]

What the hell happened to the airlines???

[Valkyrie91a]

@srita764 Poor management, of course.



[tonybklyn]

@srita764 I always find it funny when folks ask that question. So, let me ask you a question. Suppose I told you could fly cross country from NYC to Los Angeles on any scheduled carrier for $250 rt, or you could buy a ticket on a "luxury flight" from NYC to LA with nicer seats, and a hot meal for $2500.00 rt, which one would you take? Now you have your answer.

[Neno8403]

@srita764 There was NEVER the word "airlines" in the name of Pan Am. Pan Am's official name was always, Pan American World Airways.

[billace90]

What a magnificent video about a superb aircraft. PanAm had a huge presence in SJU in the 60's and 70's. Then Eastern took over until 89, and today both are well remembered. Thanks for the video.

[elmaranon]

Beautiful video!

[werksdesign]

Brings back the memories when I was about 9 years old. We left the Greater Southwest Airport to New York, boarded a Pan Am flight to London with a connection to Ireland. Then began the dreaded family reunion and the sloppy kisses from the old aunts who always smelled funny.

[RogueTrader101]

A different age! :)

[Dominoes282]

This guy really hates props

[DaperDan8]

why is the captain sitting in the co-pilot's seat ??