Getting Canada Off the Ground Circa 1972

This 1972 film is part of Air Canada’s historical film archives that we digitized in Ottawa several years back, that we did not release on DVD. We are pleased to announce it is now available for streaming here at www.JetFlix.TV

Back in 1972 the Air Traffic Controllers in Canada went on strike from coast to coast. Air Canada produced this film as a PR piece in response to the strike to explain the importance of air travel within the Canadian economy, and at the same time educate the Canadian public as to the history of Canada’s national airline.

The movie traces TCA’s history from its founding as a Crown Corporation in 1937, through the 1940s and 1950s as the airline advanced from Lodestars and Lancastrians to DC-4M2 Northstars, and into the Jet Age with Doubglas DC-8s and DC-9s, and then into the early 1970s wide body era with the introduction of Lockheed L-1011s and Boeing 747 Fat Alberts.

Air Canada fans and airline history buffs will find the in-depth history of Trans-Canada Air Lines through the the first 30 years of company’s history to be quite interesting as it is told from an early 1970s perspective. There is plenty of eye candy for airline fans including the classic 1950s propliners, the DC-9s and DC-8s and the wide-bodies. The clothing styles of the early 1970s and staff uniforms, airport ticket counters and old design styles of the airport buildings of the early 1970s are all very interesting, and are depicted in this movie.

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