Jumbo Jet (1969)

Titles read: ’EXTRA!’. (Jumbo Jet in Seattle.) Seattle, United States of America. M/Ss of a 747 aeroplane (Pan Am) flying through the clouds - looks like a model rather than air to air shots of the real thing. Several shots of a 747 Jumbo Jet being made in a massive aircraft hangar. Good shots of plane under construction. Dark shots show the inside of the cabin with passenger seats in place. M/S of catering area. A man walks down spiral staircase from the upper deck to the lower. Several shots of an airplane moving out of a hangar and onto the tarmac, being towed by a small vehicle. Ground crew in boiler suits labelled ’Boeing’ check over the plane. L/S of the plane; pan right to show 707 jet liner beside it. A little boy stands with his mother looking at the plane - he holds a model 747 plane under his arm. Several cars drive under the main body of the Jumbo Jet to show the enormous size of it. A lorry is driven under the wing of the plane. Aerial view of a Jumbo Jet on the tarmac.