1947 - USA Aviation: First ‘Round World Flight Inaugurated. 17Jun47 (Pan American)

Title. 02:14:26 17Jun47 Man hands flags to pilot, shakes hands. Five men in suits posing. CUs man, older woman, young woman w/ corsage. Group posing on stairs to plane. CU sign on plane: Clipper America; spectators; four-engine, double-tail Constellation L749 Clipper America airplane taking off, wheels up. Pan American World Airways; Commercial Aviation; Post-WWII; Post-WW2; NOTE: First ever regularly scheduled around-the-world service began w/ Pan Am westbound Flight 1 stopping in Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkock, Manila, Kolkata / Calcutta, Delhi, Beirut, Istanbul, Frankfurt, London & New York. Flight 2 circled the globe east bound from NYC.