One of my favourite aviation films is a 1955 Ealing Studios production called Out of the Clouds, not because of the story, which in truth is quite ordinary, especially to today's sophisticated film-goers, but because of the contemporary aviation feel.
It was made in colour and features well-known British stalwarts of the day such as Anthony Steel and James Robertson Justice.
The story centres round a day at Heathrow (then known as London Airport) where everything is disrupted by fog. It is almost an early version of Airport in that it follows the lives of various people, passengers and staff, throughout that foggy day.
Best of all though are the extensive location shots of the Heathrow of the mid 1950s, together with much footage of Lockheed Constellations, Boeing Stratocruisers and Vickers Viscounts, to name but three types.
The internal airport scenes were filmed in a studio mock-up and there is not a security barrier, metal detector or armed policeman in sight. The airport restaurant divides passengers who have entered Britain from those who are passing through from one country to another by a rope.
Every passenger seems to be at least middle class and they are all in their Sunday best - distant, never-to-be-seen-again times indeed.
The film is still shown quite regularly on British mainstream daytime television and is well worth a look for those interested in aviation in its halcyon days.