You And Me And The SST (1969)

A late-1960s promotional film narrated by journalist Bob Considine that argues passionately for building an American supersonic transport to rival the British-French Concorde and the Soviet TU-144. Mixing patriotic fervor with economic reasoning, the film presents the SST as both a technological triumph and a national investment—one that would create tens of thousands of jobs, strengthen exports, and preserve U.S. leadership in aviation. It highlights the Boeing-led design, General Electric’s powerful engines, and the participation of subcontractors like Avco, Fairchild Hiller, and LTV, framing the project as an all-American industrial effort. With dramatic music, futuristic imagery, and Cold War rhetoric about prestige and progress, the film insists that developing the SST is not only inevitable but essential for maintaining America’s role at the forefront of global air travel.

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