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Operation Guillotine
The Boeing 707 sales campaign included a film shown to airline customers titled “Operation Guillotine.” The film was of tests conducted by Boeing that showed a conventional, fully pressurized airplane fuselage being pierced by two metal blades, resulting in a catastrophic failure and disintegration of the structure. Next, the 707 fuselage was put to the same test; this time five blades pierced the pressurized fuselage, resulting in wisps of air escaping from the punctures—but no cracks and no structural failure.
The company’s efforts successfully built up customer confidence and public expectation for the new plane and for jet travel. The world was anxiously awaiting the 707.
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Unique identifier
BI41372
Boeing ID
Operation Guillotine
Type
Video
Duration
10m22s
Size
720px × 480px 4GB
License type
RM
Keywords
1950s
707 family
adults
Boeing
engineers
fuselages
ground shots
historic production status
inspecting
laboratories
male
Seattle
structural systems
test equipment
testing
United States
Washington State