These videos were taken by my father in the 1960s and early 1970s at Los Angeles (LAX) on Kodachrome film. He recently had them converted to a digital format and I am happy to share them now. I have not edited them at all, other than to splice three separate clips together.

I didn’t want to clutter the screen with some descriptions, but here are some interesting facts about a few of the planes that you can clearly see the registrations on:

N93105, the Trans World (TWA) Boeing 747131 was the 21st 747 built. It was delivered new to TWA on March 7, 1970.

DABUE is a Lufthansa Boeing 707330. Today that registration belongs to a Condor 767.

SEDBE is the SAS DC860. It was delivered new to SAS on May 3, 1967 and written off in Rome just three years later (April 19, 1970) after a rejected takeoff and resulting fire.

N741PA is a Pan Am 747121 and the 17th 747 produced. It was delivered to Pan Am on February 28, 1970 and served 20 years with the company before being retired and converted to a freighter. It ended up with Polar Air Cargo.

N4719U is a United Airlines 747122, delivered on June 26, 1971. This was the 145th 747 to be built.

There is also a quick cameo by a Santa Fe train led by four engines as well as a U.S. Air Force C47 (DC3).