# LUFTHANSA AIRLINES HISTORY & PROMOTIONAL FILM GERMANY TIME FLIES 48064

Lufthansa presents “Time Flies,” a 1960s color promotional film on the history of the German airline. Narrated by Frank Blair, the film is not only about commercial aviation but also about the “conquest of the air.” “In man’s never ending struggle for more time, the conquest of the air has made the clock, rather than the calendar, time’s cardinal measurement,” says Blair at mark 01:25 . Aviation history moved swiftly, the narrator explains starting 01:40 , from the Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903 through developments needed in World War I. As he speaks, scenes of vintage Lufthansa airplanes flash across the screen. In an unsettled Europe following World War I, the need for a more “instantaneously” way to deliver mail, passengers, and other services developed. Enter small, private air services in most European nations. “It took a letter five days to go 250 miles from Berlin to the new republic capital of Weimar,” the narrator explains at mark 02:16 . In 1919, the first air service in Germany reduced that time to four hours. By 1924 there were over 30 airlines in Germany alone, each competing for the very limited business available. To fix the problem, airlines from individual countries merged to form a “national brand.” On January 6, 1926, Deutsche Luft Hansa was formed. (The name of the company was derived from Luft, the German word for “air,” and Hansa, a Latin term meaning “guild.”) “Europeans were no longer distant neighbors,” Blair says at mark 03:58…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: History, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/48064LufthansaTimeFlies)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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