In 1955, TWA produced this 30-minute film to promote its cross-country flights. The fictional short follows a couple of college students who travel from California to the Big Apple for sightseeing. As one of the beaming students excitedly tells her mom, “You can fly coast to coast in only eight hours!”

The kids tour Fifth Avenue, Coney Island, Central Park, etc. JFK was still, of course, called Idlewild and the Empire State Building was then the tallest edifice on the planet. The film provides a great look at period cars and clothes.

The movie was written by Agnew Fisher, who was also a photographer and cinematographer. Fisher was an avid sailor who chronicled the America’s Cup races with his camera for a couple of decades.