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A blank movie screen. Sounds of a crowded airport terminal, drowned out by noise of a passing jet. The airport terminal announcer intones, “Attention. Attention, please. Continental Airlines announces the departure of Flight 3, for Los Angeles and Honolulu at Gate 28, the Blue Concourse.”  The scene fades into a bustling lane of ticket counters at Lincoln International Airport.  Stenciled titles appear.

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A ROSS HUNTER PRODUCTION

The scene then shifts outside to a view of departing planes as the main title appears:

AIRPORT

Snow blowers toss a blizzard of white spray from the runway.

BURT LANCASTER

DEAN MARTIN

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More snow plowing
JEAN SEBERG

More snow plowing
JACQUELINE BISSET

Even more snow plowing
GEORGE KENNEDY

Even more snow plowing
HELEN HAYES

Even more snow plowing
VAN HEFLIN

Even more snow plowing with the Conga Line
ALSO STARRING
MAUREEN STAPLETON
BARRY NELSON

Even more snow plowing with the Conga Line
DANA WYNTER
LLOYD NOLAN

Even more snow plowing with the Conga Line
BARBARA HALE
GARY COLLINS

Sanding trucks driving away from camera
CO-STARRING
JOHN FINDLATER
JESSIE ROYCE LANDIS
LARRY GATES
PETER TURGEON
WHIT BISSELL

Ice melting fire trucks driving away from camera
WITH
VIRGINIA GREY
EILEEN WESSON
PAUL PICERNI
ROBERT PATTEN
CLARK HOWAT
LEW BROWN
ILANA DOWDING
LISA GERRITSON

More of the ice melting fire trucks driving away from camera
JIM NOLAN
PATTY POULSEN
ENA HARTMAN
MALILA SAINT DUVAL
SHARON HARVEY
ALBERT REED
JODEAN RUSSO

Even more of the ice melting fire trucks driving away from camera
NANCY ANN NELSON
DICK WINSLOW
LOU WAGNER
JANIS HANSEN
MARY JACKSON
SHELLY NOVACK
CHUCK DANIEL
CHARLES BREWER

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Even more of the ice melting fire trucks driving away from camera
NANCY ANN NELSON
DICK WINSLOW
LOU WAGNER
JANIS HANSEN
MARY JACKSON
SHELLY NOVACK
CHUCK DANIEL
CHARLES BREWER

A Northwest 727 takes off across the screen

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: ERNEST LASZLO A.S.C.

A view of “Lincoln International Airport” from the parking lot

ART DIRECTORS:
ALEXANDER GOLITZEN   AND E. PRESTON AMES

SET DECORATIONS:
JACK D. MOORE
MICKEY S. MICHAELS

UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER:
RAYMOND GOSNELL

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
DONALD ROBERTS
A front loader hoists snow out of the parking lot while a driver wipes snow off his windsheld

FILM EDITOR
STUART GILMORE

SOUND
WALDON O. WATSON
DAVID H. MORIARITY
RONALD PIERCE

TECHNICAL ADVISORS
JOHN N DENEND – F.A.A. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
CAPTAIN LEE DANIELSON

MUSIC EDITOR
ARNOLD SCHWARZWALD

Another view of the “SA” parking lot being cleared of snow.

MAKE-UP
BUD WESTMORE

HAIR STYLIST
LARRY GERMAIN

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
BETTY ABBOTT

COSMETICS BY
UNIVERSAL PICTURES PROFESSIONAL COSMETICS

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AND ROSS HUNTER PRODUCTIONS, INC.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Telephoto shot of dozens of 60’s cars parked in a snow-covered lot, with travelers walking between the cars.

PRODUCED IN TODD-AO®
DEVELOPED BY
THE AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY
AND MAGNA

Same parking lot scene

COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR®

SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS
FILM EFFECTS OF HOLLYWOOD
DON W. WEED
JAMES B. GORDON, A.S.C.

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Three snow-covered Fords in the parking lot as the streetlights begin to illuminate the scene.

COSTUMES BY EDITH HEAD

The same scene, with suitcase toting travelers walking toward their cars.

MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY ALFRED NEWMAN

Lincoln International’s control tower, as night descends.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER JACQUE MAPES

A toroidal radar dish rotates in the twilight sky

FROM THE NOVEL BY ARTHUR HAILEY

Six men seated at Lincoln Approach Control radar screens are busy at work.

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