On this day in 1970 the world's first jumbo jet flew from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport. Here’s Movietone’s report on this momentous trip.

Clipper Constellation, the first Transatlantic Jumbo Jet touches down at London Airport. Twice as heavy as a 707 the Jumbo presents many problems in passengers handling. ® ® We look at London Airport's new thirteen million pound terminal and see how they intend to cope with two thousand passengers an hour, and we fly for the first time in a three hundred and fifty ton airliner.

GV Boeing 747 taxiing on runway at LA. MS ditto. MCU nose end of Jumbo. MS front view of Jumbo taxiing. LAS pan up towing equipment. MS ditto. GV pan trolleys for carrying luggage, and Jumbo taxiing. LS ditto. MS pan from luggage carrying equipment to Jumbo. Nose of Jumbo. GV Jumbo and ditto being unloaded. GV passengers and reception at LA. 2 LAS pan underside of Jumbo and luggage containers being unloaded. Series of shots of ditto. MS containers being towed away. MCU Captain Tranter & his crew. MS ditto walk across the runway. Zoom in engine on Jumbo. Medium shots pan engine in workshop, engine ticking over, view from plane of engines. 3 shots interior of Jumbo. 2 MS food being prepared in the galley & licensed bar. GV pan cockpit, CU Captain Trainer. MS crew in cockpit. A to G as Jumbo takes off. MS crew in cockpit. GV pan lounge. MCU man looks out of window. GV view from plane window. G to A LS Jumbo landing. A to G ditto. GV pan Jumbo along runway.


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