Summary

Civil Aeronautics Administration officials in Seattle conduct first government test fight of new Boeing 707

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # D-7866
Clip SR005257_01_01.mov
Date 9/1/1956
Title Civil Aeronautics Administration officials in Seattle conduct first government test fight of new Boeing 707
Description Card: "Paramount News issue no 14" / title "Due in '59, Jet transport tested for commercial flight" superimposed over shot from plane of Boeing 707 in flight / row of CAA officials standing next to Boeing 707 posing for photo opportunity / CU CAA badge worn by official / officials climbing steps and entering plane / two shots of official sitting in cockpit next to pilot / plane taxiing, man signaling in foreground / plane taxiing / plane taking off / plane flying away / shot from another plane of plane in flight / shot on ground of plane approaching for landing / plane touching down / plane taking off again / plane approaching for landing / airport official sitting in car talking on radio microphone giving instructions / plane taxiing past camera, then taking off again / CAA official looking out window of cockpit / CAA officials coming down steps from plane / two shots from another plane of plane in flight / Note: exact day not known
Country United States
Province/State Washington
City Seattle

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