BOEING 377 STRATOCRUISER AIRCRAFT -- TOMORROWS AIRPLANE TODAY WITH SOUND 70942b

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Created by acclaimed filmmaker Jerry Fairbanks for the Boeing Co. in the immediate post-WWII era, “Tomorrow’s Airplane Today“ celebrates the Stratocruiser. The film features rare views of the Boeing plant in Seattle as it looked during WWII -- completely covered in camouflage netting and paint. It also shows various Boeing products including the B-29 upon which the Stratocruiser was based. The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter military transport, a derivative of the B-29 Superfortress. The Stratocruiser’s first flight was on July 8, 1947. Its design was advanced for its day, its innovative features included two passenger decks and a pressurized cabin, a relatively new feature to transport aircraft. It could carry up to 100 passengers on main deck plus 14 in lower deck lounge; typical seating was for 63 or 84 passengers or 28 berthed and fiv