Frankfurt International Airport Promo Film - 1972

Film from the archives of Mr. Bill Morrow. Neat mini promo circa 1972, featuring some nice scenes of classic airliners around FRA, including a segment on Lufthansa 747s. Be sure to check my channel for the best in VINTAGE & RARE airliner videos! / classicairli. .

[@chicago90278]

Very intriguing. I miss the good old days at Hamburg when TWA (727s) and Pan Am (727s & 737s) were daily guests.

[@kirstenschafer1719]

Amazing, I know this Airport since 1977...in summer 77 I took my very first flight...alone. I was 15 years old and going to Stockholm! Not a direct flight...we had a stop in Hamburg...

[@karolinesmail489]

Yes flew there in August 1979 to see family I the then west germany cool memories✈️

[@DetEJagDe]

Beautiful!

[@ragaglia]

D-ABYB, a B-747 100, sister ship of the one showed here at 1:53 (D-ABYA), crashed on 11-20-74 shortly after takeoff in Nairobi Int'l Airport as Lufthansa Flight 540.

[@Ignignokt5150]

D-ABYA was sold to Braniff in late 1978 , and flew for a few others until being retired from Tower Air (N-603FF), scrapped at JFK in 2001

[@manitogataale595]

great video

[@Cl4rendon]

Back then, they handled the traffic with only 2 runways - 1983 came the third and 2012 the fourth...

[@speedbird1598]

Meanwhile at Heathrow...

[@aleshhaynes7472]

@@speedbird1598 hahaha I was about to mention that

[@cherifbar]

West Germany; I have not heard that in a very long time.

[@ingosippel9653]

Super 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@radwi69]

I wish there are resources and ways to digitize this historic peace of film!

[@bentleybrabec]

1:31 i thought the Boeing 747 jumbo jet was this upcoming Lufthansa looking closer at the tail it was pan am

[@henrinelli]

I flew on that beauty from gru-fra-gru and i remember that i didnt sleep during 11 hour flying

[@krugmeister7301]

...My Dad worked with Lufthansa back in 1961...To his Last Day of work....Then later...He Died.....+++.....1989....

[@perrycomeau2627]

and I think it's going to be a long, long time...

[@captcooke2273]

Can u do bdl

[@eduardozarate1414]

😊

[@n7565j]

Back when there was a West & East Germany... Life was not nearly as good for the East :-(
Looks much better now :-)

[@Texasstyle67]

still good times, We new where the enemy was(for us in the East, for them we in the West) not like today where a enemy lives next door. Smoking in every way, colorful planes and no plasic airbus.

[@BrokebackBob]

I guess Lufthansa has been loyal to Boeing for a long time and I hope it will continue to be.

[@Tyfn954]

BobEckert56 they dont

[@BrokebackBob]

Carlos Vasconcellos I don't understand Carlos. Do you mean they don't want to buy both Airbus and Boeing products?

[@Tyfn954]

At least the 737 is going out of service

[@BrokebackBob]

Carlos Vasconcellos Do you not like Boeing jets?

[@samanli-tw3id]

Isn't it weird that Germany's largest city is Berlin and second largest is Hamburg but Germany's largest airport is in 5th largest city of the country?

[@Tampa0123456789]

I thought so too until i looked at a map then it all makes perfect sense. Do a google map and you will see why Frankfurt is so busy. Busy for trains too.

[@frankgarrett9500]

samanli2014
Most of Lufthansa’s customers connect through Frankfurt. My aunt owns a travel agency and a lot of her bookings from to Toronto to Africa or the Middle East is with Lufthansa or KLM. Usually KLM through Amsterdam because they have better fares.

[@banchnotok]

It's basically in the middle of economy

[@caralhoguy]

This was when east germany was a thing, just telling so people don't get confused

[@the_cheese]

The narrator has an oddly-stilted manner of speaking.

[@rmay000]

kinda sounds like ZeFrank