Pre 1995 Persistent Contrail Archive

[Trailblazer]

Quite a famous one, just sneaking in before 1995: the cover of the Oasis single Whatever, released in December 1994:

The photograph was taken in Derbyshire by Michael Spencer Jones:

The original plan was to shoot the sleeve in the vast open spaces of the Arizona desert. Noel had wanted a vast landscape to evoke a sense of freedom. It was a very simple brief and was to be a relatively straight forward shot. I flew out to the states to photograph the band but after only a few days in Los Angeles the band had the infamous fall-out at the Whisky-a -go-go and Noel disappeared.

At the time it was very serious because the US tour had to be called off and for a while Noel was on the missing persons list. I went back to the UK feeling really disappointed but after two weeks news came through that Oasis had patched things up and the release was still to go ahead. Noel suggested doing the shot in Salisbury Plain but in the end I took the photograph on the Derbyshire moors close to where I had grown up in Sheffield.

http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2010/11...ichael-spencer-jones-and-oasis/#ixzz55fY8nbSN

 

[TEEJ]

From a 1967 French documentary about camera technology and live mobile transmissions.

4:22

4:37

5:25

5:33

From

 

[Trailblazer]

This video of the lead-up to a 1966 aircraft accident shows at least one and likely several persistent contrails.


Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCORwUxlNQo


Most notably around the 1 minute mark:

and also at 1:14:

 

[Mick West]

This video of the lead-up to a 1966 aircraft accident shows at least one and likely several persistent contrails.

I posted that one in 2014 Took similar screenshots too.

1966

My video URL was broken though, so good you posted it again.

 

[Z.W. Wolf]

Movie, 1966: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming

It's actually a part of the plot. A Russian submarine has run aground off a Massachusetts island. They're worried about being spotted by the US military. This is just a moment before a member of the crew shouts out a warning about the plane.

 

[LDavid47]

This is a great thread. A few years ago when I was sucked into the rabbit hole of CT I used to believe that these clouds didn't exist before early 2000's. Wish I would have seen this back when I was in the ol rabbit hole. I've recommended many a Chem trailer to this site and specifically this thread

 

[deirdre]

Bigfoot 1970

 

[TEEJ]

From 1969 Jim Morrison film "HWY: An American Pastoral"

The clip is from the film "When You're Strange" (directed by Tom DiCillo) which is in turn borrowed from the movie "HWY: An American Pastoral" which Jim made in 1969 with some friends (Paul Ferrara, Babe Hill, and Frank Lisciandro).

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDAmweqwMSM

The sequence before the contrail footage was filmed at Tahquitz Falls, Tahquitz Canyon, California.

From

http://mildequator.com/filmhistory/hwy.html

 

[cloudspotter]

Hull, UK 1989

https://flic.kr/p/coKA7b

 

[Whitebeard]

Hull, UK 1989

View attachment 33599

https://flic.kr/p/coKA7b

A class 47 hauling MK2 coahes, also a nice standard goods break and a Mk1 full passenger break in the background

 

[cloudspotter]

A class 47 hauling MK2 coahes, also a nice standard goods break and a Mk1 full passenger break in the background

Obviously

 

[cloudspotter]

How about a Class 37 from Manchester in 1989 @Whitebeard ?

https://flic.kr/p/a8NADy

 

[Whitebeard]

Nice - Class 50 50007 Sir Edward Elger Nr Bath summer 1984

 

[Whitebeard]

Woodhams Scrapyard 1980 (ex - GWR 38xx 2-8-0 No. 3862, Brought for preservation 1987 and moved off site 1989 - currently under restoration at the Northampton & Lamport Railway)

 

[cloudspotter]

Blyth, Northumberland UK 1988

https://flic.kr/p/kfpvkB

 

[cloudspotter]

Sleekburn, Northumberland UK 1986

https://flic.kr/p/gJqVHV

 

[TEEJ]

1978 - UK TV series The Professionals. Series 2 Episode 9 Blind Run

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679297/fullcredits

At 39:24

 

[cloudspotter]

Paris 1978

https://flic.kr/p/fWeVtp

 

[Trailblazer]

Paris 1978

View attachment 33621

https://flic.kr/p/fWeVtp

From the same album, and taken on the same day, an even more vivid example:

https://flic.kr/p/gbK4wC

 

[Whitebeard]

June 1st 1977 - Nr Woodhead Tunnel, UK Pennines

 

[TEEJ]

1976 Grand Canyon

https://flic.kr/p/s5xHb3

 

[TEEJ]

Near Independence Pass, Colorado, Summer 1976

https://flic.kr/p/cjn94u

 

[TEEJ]

Lake Leman, October 1978, Switzerland.

https://flic.kr/p/abGdbj

 

[Whitebeard]

LAX - August 1984

Manchester UK - Oct 1987

London Gatwick - May 1974

Liverpool Speke - circa 1968

 

[cloudspotter]

Rotterdam 1986

https://flic.kr/p/J8zV4B

 

[cloudspotter]

Portsmouth, UK 1986

https://flic.kr/p/JTGeQ1

 

[cloudspotter]

Portsmouth UK 1976

https://flic.kr/p/fajnvR

 

[cloudspotter]

Moscow 1985

https://flic.kr/p/6JntGZ

 

[Trailblazer]

A couple from the 1977 Blackbushe Air Festival. Blackbushe airport is very close to where I live. At one time it was a fairly major airport for the London area, and it was even considered as a candidate for the main airport, over Heathrow. These days there is only one runway still in operation for light aircraft, with the rest having been largely reclaimed by nature.

http://blackbusheairport.proboards.com/thread/3?page=203

 

[Trailblazer]

I've just noticed a contrail in the opening titles of the classic 1986 kids' TV series Jossy's Giants.

0:31 in this video:


Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PEveJc8k8E


Cracking theme tune, too!

 

[TEEJ]

Contrail in the 1964 film 633 Squadron. Filmed in the UK the scene shows a North American B-25 Mitchell taking off.

See from 40 minutes at following link.

Source: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3su376

 

[cloudspotter]

Recently discovered videos from my local area on YouTube

Newcastle 1985

@02:00
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cdgQYnmgHg

 

[GregMc]

Rather interesting film narrated by Jimmy Stewart of the B58 Hustler supersonic bomber setting speed records and leaving a variety of contrails including black line contrail shadow:

Source: https://youtu.be/cEKyTxnrXIc?t=895

 

[derwoodii]

1971 a nice clear trail here that drift and then spreads during the clip take, a film editors continuity nightmare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Jack

Billy Jack is a 1971 Western action drama independent film

dang shame about the scenes covert being drowned

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmQ81r11gc0

 

[Graham2001]

From the 1969 'Battle of Britain' film.

I extracted the shot from a 'fanvid' for the Iron Maiden song 'Aces High' which makes use of footage from the film, the contrail is visible between 2:40 - 2:42 in the clip. I'll update this when I've found the sequence in the film the footage comes from. As a historic side note, the Germans did actually have a high altitude recon plane the JU-86P available in 1940...


Source: https://youtu.be/ve4kcWuQYsU

 

[Keith Beachy]

1981 or so... between Guam and Okinawa. Four ship KC-135, 1 mile 500 feet stacked up in trail formation. Lead is 3 miles ahead, #2 is two miles, #3 is one mile... we are out of position because we did not off load fuel can can't stack up the last 1000 or so feet until we burn off fuel.

Kodachrome slide copied on DSLR and cropped to subject

 

[Deleted member 16321]

1951
https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW034411

 

[Deleted member 16321]

1951
https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW034411

 

[GregMc]

1957
(This is a repost due to the old video link disappearing from Youtube.)
Chuck Connors from the 1957 Episode of "Tales of Wells Fargo" S1E1, "The Thin Rope. Scroll to 18 mins in for the spreading contrails in multiple shots.
Tales of Wells Fargo

 

[SR1419]

Just saw this picture of Gaylord Perry from 1970 in the news today...couldnt help but notice the persistent contrail and generally hazy blue sky.