Transportation in the Modern World

Transportation in the Modern World screen title.

Documentary (1957)

Production:
Coronet Instructional Film
Paul W.Eberman (Educational collaborator)

Educational film about all means of transport in the 1950s.

Douglas DC-6

Some other of them in the far background displayed at Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW/KMDW).

Douglas DC-6 of United Air Lines.

Vickers 757 Viscount

In the ground to the left.

Vickers 757 Viscount of Trans-Canada Air Lines.

Douglas DC-6

Registration of Mainliner Lake Superior not found yet.

Douglas DC-6 Mainliner Lake Superior of United Air Lines.

Ex Douglas DST-144 Flagship Skyleepers requisitioned by the United States Army Air Corps under the designation Douglas C-49E in 1942. Twelve were returned to American Airlines between April 1943 and May 1944. Converted to conventional transport or freighter aircraft, eight were still flying in the early 1960s.

Douglas C-49E Flagship Airfreighter of American Airlines.

Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation

Busy scene at Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW/KMDW).
In the background, two United's Douglas DC-6 on the left, and a Douglas DC-7B or C from PAA-Pan American World Airways to the right.

Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation of Trans World Airlines.

Lockheed L-749 Constellation

Lockheed L-749 Constellation of Trans World Airlines.

Sikorsky S-55

Equipped with soft floats for its overwater routes.

Sikorsky S-55 of New York Airways.

Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation

Another one to the left, with an United's DC-6 behind.

Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation of Trans World Airlines.

Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation

Registration N7125C, c/n 4652. First flight in July 1956. Delivered new to TWA in August 1956, named 125 Star of Chenonceaux. Leased to Iberia in 1960. Written off in November 1960 at El Prat, Barcelona (LEBL/BCN) on landing after clipping one gear on approach.
In the background, two United's Douglas DC-6.