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In the 1940s people travelled abroad by ship, and domestic travel was either by bus or car, or rail. The concept of travelling by air was new, and airlines in Canada (like elsewhere in the world) were very much in their infancy. Trans Canada Air Lines 1940s make your travelling by air easy.

Trans-Canada Air Lines created in 1937 by an act of Parliment, as the flag carrier to serve Canada, and the airline operated a fleet of silver Lockeed 10As and Lodestars up until Canadair Northstars acquired in 1947. These aircraft featured in the early TCA films on this Trans-Canada Air Lines 1940s program.

Trans Canada Air Lines 1940s

Very little footage exists within the Trans-Canada Air Lines 1940s film archives from this era, but we were able to find two little gems that provide a snap-shot picture of what air travel was like back in the day when when almost nobody had travelled by air. The films talk about being “air-minded” the same context as being “open-minded” .. and it is interesting how a new vernacular created to promote the new method of transport by aeroplane.

CLICK HERE and watch Trans Canada Air Lines 1940s & 1950s from NFB film online….