# AIR FRANCE SUD AVIATION CARAVELLE PASSENGER JET AIRCRAFT PROMOTIONAL FILM 62014

This 1960 color film was produced by the Societe Nouvelle Pathe Cinema and directed by Jean-Jacques Languepin. A see-through model of the Sud Aviation Air France Caravelle jet airliner is shown. The two engines are uniquely located in the tail fuselage ( 1:08 - 1:35 ). A view of the cockpit instrument panel is shown ( 1:36 - 1:47 ). Behind a network of tubing is a turbine with blades cut as fine as diamonds, shown up close ( 1:48 - 2:02 ). More of the cockpit is shown ( 2:03 - 2:13 ). Stewardesses serve well-dressed passengers large trays of food and drinks from a rolling cart. The stewardess cuts the meat for a child and another hands out deserts ( 2:14 - 3:15 ). A steward turns on a tape recorder to play soothing music in the cabin. A stewardess hands out magazines, an elderly couple play cards on their tray tables, and a man smokes a cigarette while sharing a magazine with a woman ( 3:16 - 4:15 ). The ground through clouds is seen through the window ( 4:16 - 4:25 ). The Caravelle is shown flying ( 4:26 - 4:35 ). The camera takes artistic license to show many of the various manufactured pieces and parts of a Caravelle ( 4:36 - 5:29 ). A steel carving machine and a riveting machine are shown in action. Workers install parts with a black background. The camera artfully moves through the mass of metal in the factory ( 5:30 - 6:24 ). Engineers test parts ( 6:25 - 6:40 ). A line of Caravelle airplanes being built are shown ( 6:41 - 6:49 ). Each plane’s wings and body are…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/62014TheCaravelleVwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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