This film from the Shell Film Unit, “Song of the Clouds” celebrates and promotes air travel and shows potential travelers the different components of commercial aviation. The film begins with an airplane taking off on a runway (0:07). Black doctor (0:25). Black surgeon picks up an instrument (0:28). Employees preparing planes (0:30). Two women walking by ancient ruins (0:43). Plane landing on a runway in the fog (0:56). Air traffic control tower (1:12). Golden Gate Bridge (1:21). Douglas DC-7 plane operated by United Airlines (1:27). San Francisco International Airport (1:31). Douglas DC-7C aircraft used by Japan Airlines (1:34). Air traffic control (1:39). Convair CV-340 plane flying in the clouds (1:41). Aerial view of airport (1:55). Plane descending (2:06). People running at the airport (2:13). Inside an air traffic control tower (2:34). Officer helping and guiding the plane (2:36). Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (2:48). Lockheed L-188 Electra (2:52). Passengers exiting the plane (3:07). Ground crew approaching (4:10). Ground crew servicing the aircraft (4:16). Elderly woman (4:43). Two men walking among boxes (4:48). Helicopter flying close to skyscrapers (4:59). Plane flying above forest/jungle and lands on a dirt runway (5:06). Plane from Compania De Aviacion Faucett S.A. (5:22). Boys watching the plane landing (5:52). Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) lands (5:32). People gather around the plane (5:41). People deboard the plane (5:53). Helicopter flying (6:18). Helicopter flying around a city (6:22). People walking around a village with thatched roofs in Pucallpa, Peru (6:31). Man looking through a small window (6:43). Airplane control panel (6:55). Airplane pilot (7:00). Air traffic controller recording information (7:08). Airplane flying (7:16). Black man in suit reading the paper (7:22). Tail of Pan Am airplane (7:36). Eastern Air plane approaching Eastern Air hanger (7:43). Aircrafts being checked and worked on (7:52). British European Airways plane (8:06). Man runs to a weather station (8:07). Inside a weather station (8:16). Weather balloon and weather testing equipment (8:18). Men release weather balloons (8:29). Truck with a crane removes item from plane (8:43). Barrels loaded into plane (8:48). Douglas DC-7C aircraft used by Japan Airlines (9:02). Crew in the plane’s cockpit (9:10). Piper J-3 Cub (9:26). Piper J-3 Cub planes (9:39). Engineers examine an airplane propeller (9:59). Airport controller (10:03). Cub flys (10:10). Airline pilots (10:44). Passengers (10:55). Ship at sea (11:09). Airplane flying above mountains and forest (11:18). Airplane passenger (11:25). Cargo unloaded from plane (11:33). Airplane being loaded with cargo (11:43). Porsche 550 unloaded from aircraft (11:51). Birds and a horse unloaded from plane (11:56). Douglas DC-7C used by a Lebanese airline (12:08). Passengers (12:17). Christ The Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (12:36). Plane engine (12:41). Flight attendant carries food to passengers (12:44). Flags (13:21). Lockheed L-1649A Starliner plane taking off (13:35). Shadow of the plane overhead (13:59). Passengers look out the window (14:01). City from airplane’s view (14:05). Douglas DC-7C aircraft operated by Swiss Airlines (14:20). Passengers boarding plane (14:36). Passengers buckle their seatbelts (15:19). Plane gearing their engine for take off (15:40). Airplanes from KLM and United taking off (16:03). Airplanes landing (16:22). Women and men in the Middle East waiting for the plane to land (16:24). Convair CV-440 Metropolitan airplane lands (16:28). Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (16:40). Douglas DC-4 (17:13). Douglas DC-6 (17:40). Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (17:48). Pilots preparing for take off (17:53). Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter or Stratocruiser plane takes off (18:31). Passengers lining up to board flight (18:40). Luggage being loaded onto plane (18:47). Douglas aircraft ready to take off (19:01).

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