Song Of The Clouds - Travel in 1956

Song of the Clouds is a superb colour video look at air travel in the 1950s produced by the Shell Oil Company.

Geoffrey Thomas

By Geoffrey Thomas Sat Feb 10, 2024

Song of the Clouds is a superb colour video look at air travel in the 1950s produced by the Shell Oil Company.

Song of the Clouds is 33 minutes long and follows the journeys of a host of passengers crisis crossing the globe.

It was produced just before the jet age as we know it began.

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