Dadoftyler From United States, joined Dec 1999, 265 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 3929 times:
Anyone else notice that, about 42 seconds into the video, it looks like some woman in a silver smock with her back to us is scratching her butt? Look in the lower-left hand quadrant of the picture...TOO funny.
MtnWest1979 From United States, joined Nov 2005, 1362 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 3806 times:
Quoting Dadoftyler (Reply 8): Anyone else notice that, about 42 seconds into the video, it looks like some woman in a silver smock with her back to us is scratching her butt? Look in the lower-left hand quadrant of the picture...TOO funny.
I saw that. Maybe her new age thong was getting realigned.
Comet4b From Canada, joined Jun 2006, 61 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3698 times:
Hey you guys don't laugh.Thats exactly what it is like going through YYZ.
The woman scratching her bum,the plastic people,people being herded this way and that,finger print taking,fabulous food on AC,and watching 3 movies,one in English,the same one in French and the same one again with no sound.Did R Milton ever work for Braniff???
DETA737 From Portugal, joined Oct 2000, 576 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3665 times:
I saw this vid before and it appears to be made in the 1960s and shows what they think travel will be like by 1975.
The reason I think this is because in the 1960s everyone seemed to think that supersonic travel was going to be commonplace by the 1970s. However, by 1975 the costly development led Boeing and Lockheed to abandon their SST projects and the oil crisis beginning in 1973 was the final nail in Supersonic air travel for the masses.
Also the livery of the Braniff supersonic in this commercial is their 1965 livery with the white tail with BI in bold black letters, rather than their 1971. So my guess is that this commerical was made in the mid-1960s judging by the clothing/hair/makeup styles and accompanying music. By 1975 this would have seemed all a bit dated.
Ken777 From United States, joined Mar 2004, 2780 posts, RR: 11 Reply 14, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3527 times:
A question for the pilots: Was the guy with 7 stripes on his sleeve the pilot or co-pilot?
The gal scratching her bum was far more impressive that the folks wearing helmets designed by Dork - I think there was a bit of creative fun with that one.
Sad that Braniff went under - they would have been interesting to watch these days.
Thomasphoto60 From United States, joined Jan 2000, 3318 posts, RR: 31 Reply 15, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3527 times:
Yeah, I have this DVD in my collection and if you are not a serious collector of all things Braniff like I am, or a collector or retro commercials, it is really not worth the $30.00 price tag. The production values as you all may have glimpsed from this clip are horrible at best.
Too be fair most futurist get it wrong, I recall when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s, I was promised flying cars....where is my flying car? Oh wait, there it is....
Thomasphoto60 From United States, joined Jan 2000, 3318 posts, RR: 31 Reply 16, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3510 times:
Quoting DETA737 (Reply 13): Also the livery of the Braniff supersonic in this commercial is their 1965 livery with the white tail with BI in bold black letters, rather than their 1971. So my guess is that this commerical was made in the mid-1960s judging by the clothing/hair/makeup styles and accompanying music. By 1975 this would have seemed all a bit dated.
Indeed this was a 60s era advert. By the early 70s Braniff was moving from the Girard (Jellybeans) to the 'Flying Colors' livery.
Quoting ScottB (Reply 12): Even funnier, they thought Braniff would be around in the future...
If not for bad mangemnent and AA, they would still be with us.
Stirling From Italy, joined Jun 2004, 3943 posts, RR: 35 Reply 17, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 3397 times:
Quoting Dadoftyler (Reply 8): Anyone else notice that, about 42 seconds into the video, it looks like some woman in a silver smock with her back to us is scratching her butt?
I am literally LOL!
And one other thing,
Since when did, looking, at a SlimJim relieve headaches?
CitationJet From United States, joined Mar 2003, 1566 posts, RR: 4 Reply 19, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 3310 times:
Yea, boy were they sure wrong....
Didn't they realize that travel in the 21st century would involve long security lines, crowded flights, taking your shoes & belts off to go thru security, no meal service, plastic silverware, no pillows, no blankets, peanuts if you are lucky, food not worthy of fast food for purchase, poor service......
United787 From United States, joined May 2005, 1442 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3188 times:
Quoting Dadoftyler (Reply 8): Anyone else notice that, about 42 seconds into the video, it looks like some woman in a silver smock with her back to us is scratching her butt?
I noticed that too.
Did anyone see the electric chair wrist cuffs being applied on that woman, what the hell was that about?
"We're Generician Airlines, Nothing Special in the Air"
EXAAUADL From United States, joined Jun 2006, 4083 posts, RR: 1 Reply 25, posted (3 years 3 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3011 times:
Looks like "Logan Runs"
Quoting ScottB (Reply 12): Even funnier, they thought Braniff would be around in the future...
Quoting DETA737 (Reply 13): I saw this vid before and it appears to be made in the 1960s and shows what they think travel will be like by 1975.
The reason I think this is because in the 1960s everyone seemed to think that supersonic travel was going to be commonplace by the 1970s. However, by 1975 the costly development led Boeing and Lockheed to abandon their SST projects and the oil crisis beginning in 1973 was the final nail in Supersonic air travel for the masses.
Also the livery of the Braniff supersonic in this commercial is their 1965 livery with the white tail with BI in bold black letters, rather than their 1971. So my guess is that this commerical was made in the mid-1960s judging by the clothing/hair/makeup styles and accompanying music. By 1975 this would have seemed all a bit dated
Excellent observations!!!
Their color scheme is definitely pastels rather than the two-tone flying colors they were using in 1975. Plus youre right by 1975, everyone knew SST travel was dead on a large scale
27 AerospaceFan: Just imagine. In a parallel universe, this really did take place, and by 1975 they were serving free food and beverages even in Coach. Heck, come to t
28 Sccutler: Well, one sliver of it came true- Braniff was the only US carrier ever to operate Concorde in scheduled passenger service.
29 DesertJets: Was I the only one that found that clip slightly creepy??? Like this bit: Awfully Orwellian, but I guess today we live that reality.
30 Richierich: Geez - if the people who dreamed up that clip could have actually seen what flying is like in 2006, they'd probably be extremely disappointed, especia
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