My first ever flight was in a Super Constellation, a student charter with KLM from Heathrow to Idlewild (as it then was) with refuelling stops at Shannon and Gander. The return flight was non-stop on a DC7C.
One thing that was unexpected and greatly appreciated by us students was that not only was beer available on board, but it was free!
Someone had a guitar with them and when he started playing most of us migrated towards the party and singalong. This was in the rearmost cabin and after a while we got a request from the flight dech to move forward a bit, as they were finding it difficullt to keep the tail up.