“ FLYING HOLIDAYS “ AIR FRANCE 1960s TRAVELOGUE FILM NEW YORK CITY & MEXICO XD31322

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This film, part of the series “Flying Holidays” by Air France (~1960s), takes viewers on a tour of touristic opportunities throughout Mexico. It also shows views of New York, where travelers could have a stop-over on the way. The aircraft shown are Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelles. Title sequence: Air France. Old Air France logo (0:08). R. Ferlet / G. Strouvé. New York Harbor, Statue of Liberty, Manhattan Bridge, skyscrapers, 5th Avenue (view from above), Columbus Day Parade (0:57–1:16). Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick’s Cathedral (1:38). Times Square (1:50). Taxis at intersection (1:59). Air France plane taking off (2:09). View from plane (2:20). Pilot, cockpit (2:25). Rockefeller Center / Times Square at night (2:34). Plane on tarmac, waving airport employees (2:49). Passengers disembark plane, tarmac (3:04). Plaza de Zócalo: streetcar, square, cathedral (3:07)
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