San Francisco International Airport

1h

Drama

San Francisco International Airport is a television drama aired in the United States The series starred Lloyd Bridges as Jim Conrad, the manager of the gigantic San Francisco International Airport. Bob Hatten was his chief of security, an important role at a time when security was beginning to emerge as a real-life major issue in air transport. June was Conrad's secretary. Airport situations drawn from real life were addressed, such as protesting demonstrators, mechanical malfunctions, and similar problems.

Episodes

Cast

Emergency Alert

1. Emergency Alert

1h

28th Oct 1970

Airport manager Jim Conrad learns that a military shipment of deadly gas is set to detonate due to a frustrated anti-war scientist, Professor Theodore Tragis. Tragis plans to go on national television to explain his actions, which he claims represent "peace through destruction." Having previously worked in the chemical warfare program, Tragis sabotages a gas tank at San Francisco Airport and leaves a message about the impending disaster. A colonel warns Conrad that gas masks won't help against this threat. As Tragis broadcast his anti-war sentiments, Conrad and his chief of security, Hatten, quickly assessed the situation. With the help of Branch, a naval commander and poison gas expert, Conrad orders a complete evacuation of the airport, leaving it eerily empty.

We Once Came Home to Parades

2. We Once Came Home to Parades

1h

4th Nov 1970

Airport manager Jim Conrad must ensure the safe arrival and layover of a controversial general targeted by protestors and an assassin.

Hostage

3. Hostage

1h

11th Nov 1970

Airport Manager Jim Conrad is enlisted by criminals for a flight out of the country.

Crisis

4. Crisis

1h

18th Nov 1970

Supersonic Transport

5. Supersonic Transport

1h

25th Nov 1970

The High Cost of Nightmares

6. The High Cost of Nightmares

1h

2nd Dec 1970

First air date

28th Oct 1970

Last air date

2nd Dec 1970

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks