Boeing Today and Tomorrow is a color promotional film put out by their Public Relations Department. It was probably put out in the late 1960’s to promote the company and its aircraft.
A young boy playing in the sand by the sea when all of a sudden he looks up (0:07-0:47). An airplane flies over (0:48-0:52). A guided missile takes off (0:53-0:59). Workers leave their Boeing jobs (1:05-1:16). Arial view of a Boeing Plant (1:17-1:43). History of Boeing. Picture of William Boeing who founded the company in 1916 (1:44-1:52). Women covering an airplane shell with material (1:51-2:00). Photo of Aircraft designers (2:00-2:06). Boeing Trainer and Flying Boat were flown during WWI (2:12-2:18). An International Mail plane (2:19-2:23). Boeing Introduced its first airline stewardesses on the Model 80 in 1930, the first three-engine biplane (2:24-2:31). Boeing produced the B9 fighter and the P-26 Peashooter in the early 1930’s (2:37-2:45). Boeing’s 247 was first flown in 1933 (2:46-2:49). Boeing 314 Clipper was produced between 1938 and 1941 (2:50-2:58). Designing future products (3:09-3:25). A B-17 Flying Fortress four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930’s (3:26-3:36). B-29 Superfortresses first flight was 1942 (3:37-3:53). Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was first flown in 1947 (3:54-4:07). The C-97 Stratofreighter was in service between 1947 and 1958 (4:08-4:17). The KC-97 Stratofreighter is a tanker aircraft introduced in 1951 (4:18-4:24). Boeing B-47 Stratojet, a six engine bomber, first flown in 1947 (4:25-4:45). The B-52 Stratofortress bomber introduced in 1955 (4:46-4:59). The Boeing 707 was built between1958 and 1979 and the KC-135 Stratotanker was first flown in 1956 (5:10-5:38). C-135 Stratolifter, was a troop carrier for the military and was produced from 1954-1965 (5:39-5:48). The Boeing 720, a four-engine jet airliner, first flew in 1959 (5:49-6:03). The Boeing 727 first took flight in 1963 (6:04-6:28). Boeing bought out Vertol Aircraft Corporation in 1960 and went into the helicopter business. A Vertol 107 pictured (6:29-6:54). Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook, introduced in 1962 (6:52-7:08). Supersonic aircraft was introduced (7:09-7:22). Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc used during the Cold War (7:23-7:45). LGM-30 Minuteman rocket in underground silos – the rocket enter service in 1962 (7:46-8:40). Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, home of the 341st Missile Wing (8:41-9:06). Testing missile launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida (9:07-9:28). Saturn 5 was used by NASA between 1967 and1973 and the S-1C was developed for that rocket (9:30-10:00). Arial view of Wichita, Kansas facility (10:01-10:11). Boeings PCH Hydrofoil submarine chaser craft (10:12-10:43). Boeing HTC hydroplane carrying an aircraft (10:44-10:57). Hydroplane with water jet (10:58-11:05). Lobster shaped hydroplane 11:06-11:13). Gas turbine engine (11:14-11:26). Navy anti-submarine drone helicopter (11:27-11:33). Super Computer from the 1960’s (11:59-12:03). Boeing facilities (12:04-12:24). Boeing continuing education programs (12:33-12:46). A Management requirement is to accomplish the task (12:47-13:32). Testing Astronauts (13:33-13:46). Boy playing in sand (13:47-14:00). Photo of Sir Isaac Newton (14:01-14:08). Photo of William Boeing (14:09-14:32). Views of Boeing researchers doing experiments (14:33-15:07).
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