# BOEING 707 STRATOLINER FIRST PASSENGER JET AIRCRAFT PROMOTIONAL FILM CABIN MOCK-UP 89524

Created by Boeing to promote the new 707 Stratoliner, which at the time had not yet flown commercially, this vintage film shows the airplane's revolutionary cabin design. A mock-up of the cabin (apparently built a bit roomier than the actual aircraft by designer TEAGUE) was unveiled in New York City in 1956. The mock-up appears throughout the film. The cost of the mock-up was about $500,000, and included overhead service units, seatback trays, and target reading lights. The New York Times' Richard Witkin compared the cabin to the "reception room of a high-stepping ad agency". Not surprisingly, the public's fascination with the new jet was so intense that meals were even served to "passenger" visitors aboard the mock-up using the innovative meal trays. The removable interior panels, which are washable as well, are also shown, as well as the aircraft lounge (a feature that apparently made it into a few aircraft). The prototype Boeing 707 aircraft, with its distinctive earth-tone paint scheme, is shown in the film taking off from Boeing field and flying over Washington State. Development of the Stratoliner began in the 1950s with the race to capture the commercial airline market. The plane boasted all the latest luxuries, such as reading lights, flight attendant call buttons, and emergency oxygen masks. The Boeing 707 is a mid-sized, long-range, narrow-body, four-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1958 to 1979. Its name is commonly pronounced as…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/89524Boeing707StratolinerFixed)
- 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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