Flight to the Future - "To the World of Plastics" - 1952

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  • Опубліковано 3 вер 2018
  • Starring Noel "Lois Lane" Neill as an Airline Stewardess! Also, the ever durable Lyle Talbot, who was in everything from "Ozzie & Harriet" to "Plan 9 From Outer Space". Great promo film extolling the virtues of plastics, which was still a relatively new commodity in 1952. A few Douglas DC-3 clips as well! Many thanks to the Internet Archive: archive.org/ Be sure to check my channel for the best in VINTAGE & RARE airliner videos!
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  • @williamthethespian
    @williamthethespian 2 роки тому +3

    I would bet real money that the actress who played the "stewardess", was Noel Neill, the original Lois Lane from the 1952 -... Superman television program.

  • @johnmorgan4368
    @johnmorgan4368 5 років тому +6

    In the future they will fit four "seats" in the space of one seat on that plane.

  • @luissaez5437
    @luissaez5437 5 років тому +5

    a hug from Chile. Every video I enjoy. Thanks for the work you do in this channel.

  • @seanpratherful
    @seanpratherful 5 років тому +22

    Everything featured in this film is floating around in the Pacific to this very day! ;)

    • @mylesflaig148
      @mylesflaig148 5 років тому +2

      seanpratherful 00:36:30 “And top it (the convention) with a forecast of the great things to come for your grandchildren ‘s grandchildren.”
      Oceans polluted, choking wildlife and microfibres in our blood. Too bad the Society of the Plastics Industry didn’t take responsibility for the end of life management of their products. Oh, yeah, I forgot, that would have cut into making profits.

    • @mylesflaig148
      @mylesflaig148 2 роки тому +2

      @annacolleen wesson etters and the leather industry is a big polluter too. It is really about the producers and the users establishing full life cycle management, and pricing accordingly. In my province all beverage containers have a refundable deposit, so they all get managed well.

  • @miata149
    @miata149 5 років тому +5

    A fascinating, well-produced film; thank you for posting it. To think I was six years old when it was made!

  • @N734NJ
    @N734NJ 5 років тому +5

    This is a heck of a lot better than "Plan 9 from Outer Space" lol

  • @kurttappe
    @kurttappe 5 років тому +6

    Noel Neill was adorable!

  • @waltercontreras9291
    @waltercontreras9291 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful DC-3 👍👏

  • @jmflyer55
    @jmflyer55 8 місяців тому

    Great old film, technically an early “docu-‘drama” about the newly invented material called Plastic!
    I did learn something. Lol. Even though I collected different types of ‘bakelight’ items for years, (mostly antique radios and early television sets) and was quite familiar with ‘bakelight’, I have never heard it referred to as a “type of plastic” until now. And if anyone would know, I’m pretty confident the makers of this film would, despite having had many people tell me the contrary over the years.
    Thx again

  • @tiberius1701
    @tiberius1701 5 років тому +14

    That stewardess is Lois Lane from ‘The Adventures of Superman ‘!

    • @henrychubbs2823
      @henrychubbs2823 2 роки тому

      Who replaced Phyllis Coates in the TV series.

  • @notyourbusiness2335
    @notyourbusiness2335 5 років тому +7

    Thank you for this piece of art

  • @DicnballzBitch
    @DicnballzBitch Рік тому +2

    Never seen this before and luckily I represent the true plastic generation from when bottles were mostly all glass to all bottles were plastic and now when I only can carry groceries home in a plastic bag because I started hoarding them when California first banned them

  • @robertlee9395
    @robertlee9395 5 років тому +5

    They couldn't even dream of the plastics we have today!

  • @pfos
    @pfos 5 років тому +10

    Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.
    Benjamin: Yes, sir.
    Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
    Benjamin: Yes, I am.
    Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
    Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?
    Mr. McGuire: There's a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?

    • @kurttappe
      @kurttappe 5 років тому +1

      So much this. I kept thinking of The Graduate as I watched. (Even tho it was made 16 years later.)

  • @angelotig
    @angelotig 5 років тому +3

    Keep these wonderful videos coming!!!👌

  • @DaveBenson
    @DaveBenson 5 років тому +5

    They breezed through security!

  • @the_cheese
    @the_cheese 5 років тому +13

    This is one of those corny films that immediately takes me back to elementary school. Periodically, we would be shown one of these lost gems, and they made a big impression on me

    • @christinecronje4704
      @christinecronje4704 5 років тому +3

      until now, 60 or so years later our convenient saviour has become our inconvenient destroyer.

    • @rapman5363
      @rapman5363 Рік тому +1

      When you enter the classroom and see a tv setup you knew you were going to watch something good (hopefully).
      The other Joy was when you walked into the classroom and not only was there a tv, but a substitute teacher as well.

  • @emaheiwa8174
    @emaheiwa8174 2 роки тому +2

    Nice video 👏🏻

  • @rayjames6096
    @rayjames6096 2 роки тому +1

    She was warm for his form.

  • @MerleOberon
    @MerleOberon 5 років тому +3

    I always fly No Name airlines.

  • @kaljupattustaja5148
    @kaljupattustaja5148 3 місяці тому

    And now all the Planet is overpolluted with the plastics they so much admired in 1952!

  • @grafduke7485
    @grafduke7485 Рік тому

    At the same times asbestos was promoted heavily, it was a worthy rival, although with largely different features
    Asbestos was banned, now plastics is a huge problem because it's hard to recycle (costly especially) and it sticks around for too long. The impact on the environment can not be overstated. Maybe plastics made out of plants could bring some solace, I had some shares of this Dutch company called Avantium (they have made some remarkable discoveries). It's still costly to mass produce, but there is hope for improvement

  • @miguelgabriel7568
    @miguelgabriel7568 5 років тому +2

    Ótimo video

  • @taketimeout2share
    @taketimeout2share 3 роки тому +1

    They didn't discuss the plastic that prevents too many grandchildren. Ill have the train set please.

  • @lbennhtx6072
    @lbennhtx6072 5 років тому +4

    I’m trying to start a plastic museum!

  • @glennledrew8347
    @glennledrew8347 Рік тому

    What a contrived scenario. But it has its charms, I suppose.
    The cockpit set appeared to have too much headroom, with an almost cathedral-height ceiling and matching door.

  • @antoniotheodoro6553
    @antoniotheodoro6553 5 років тому +2

    Maravilhoso !!

  • @worldwidebear1967
    @worldwidebear1967 4 роки тому +4

    ...thank of the behavior of human, we have now plastic islands in every Ocean and Micro plastic even in our water, soil, food and in our bodys...Hurray to plastic!!! I started slowly cut out of my life...

  • @miguelgabriel7568
    @miguelgabriel7568 5 років тому +3

    Obrigado

  • @dragonmeddler2152
    @dragonmeddler2152 5 років тому +1

    Grew up watching films like this in grade school and on our old b&w TV. Really corny, but I think we learned a little, too. As plastic became more common, my daily job of taking out and burning the trash became more fun. A natural-born pyro, I quickly learned how burning plastic would throw off thick black carcinogenic smoke which (when the wind was right) would drift into the neighbor's kitchen window and generally pollute the entire neighborhood, after that.

  • @lanceforever2412
    @lanceforever2412 4 роки тому +2

    Oh the fifties...🥰unlimited confidence in the brightest future and legitimate sex...

  • @franklin519
    @franklin519 Рік тому

    Now we have the great Pacific garbage patch

  • @Firebrand55
    @Firebrand55 Рік тому

    In the 1950's we considered anything made of plastic to be cheap rubbish...of course, we couldn't see into the future! Today, remove all plastic and we're back in the Stone Age!

  • @brucesumter4327
    @brucesumter4327 5 років тому +2

    wow so cool even the our comptures is made of plastics cups drink out like macdona or burgerking lots of plastics too ty for showing this RR :)

  • @maxsmodels
    @maxsmodels 5 років тому +2

    This so bad it was good.

  • @georgegeorgakopoulos5956
    @georgegeorgakopoulos5956 5 років тому +1

    at 0.08 Union Carbide

  • @mattclaus7690
    @mattclaus7690 5 років тому +1

    Could that be Burbank (Bob Hope) airport?

    • @mcdonnell220
      @mcdonnell220  5 років тому

      I think so, sure looks like it.

    • @donwebber7034
      @donwebber7034 5 років тому +1

      Why yes it is! And if you notice they take off from Burbank and their intermediate stop is Burbank again!

  • @notmyfault29
    @notmyfault29 Рік тому

    All that for one passenger.

  • @tiadaid
    @tiadaid 5 років тому +1

    Little did they know that in the future plastic is villified for 'environmental issues'...

  • @genefogarty5395
    @genefogarty5395 Рік тому +1

    Good heavens! Noel Neill was certainly put together; nothing like the ladies of today. Even her voice was incredibly pleasant.

  • @paulazemeckis7835
    @paulazemeckis7835 Рік тому

    If they were really flying they would be feeling turbulence.

  • @richardmaniscalco1639
    @richardmaniscalco1639 5 років тому +1

    XX

  • @ainhoasamford8046
    @ainhoasamford8046 3 роки тому +1

    No se porqué todavía al planeta le llaman Tierra, cuando hay más plástico que tierra

  • @Dr.Pepper001
    @Dr.Pepper001 2 роки тому +1

    Anything to snag a hubby back in those days. Today it's, "I don't need your mansplaining BS. And get cho damn hands off me!"

  • @Hemidakota
    @Hemidakota 3 роки тому +1

    Plastics dates back to 1869. So what is the point of this film?

  • @intlsubband
    @intlsubband 2 роки тому

    and now we have microplastics in every living organism... fascinating and sad watch

  • @Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster
    @Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster 4 роки тому +1

    This makes me glad I didn’t live in the 50’s.

  • @wolfstock6030
    @wolfstock6030 2 роки тому +1

    Der letzte Mist !!!