Inflight Movies and More
American Airlines had black and white televisions onboard their 707s in the early 60s that could not only show over the air broadcasts but were hooked up to the live cameras on the nose gear and in the cockpit for takeoff and landing.
AA also pioneered multiple movie screens in the economy section of the aircraft. To do this required multiple projectors with the film streaming through the system from the front to the take-up reel in the rear.
If you were sitting toward the rear, you could watch the same scene on three or four different screens but with the audio only synced up to the screen nearest you.
Still miss the live cameras. Those went away after the DC-10 crash in Chicago.
TB