Video footage shows Concorde's first ever flight and it still looks weirdly modern despite being from over 50 years ago

Concorde’s first ever flight took place all the way back on March 2, 1969.

And the iconic aircraft still looks weirdly modern even today.

After substantial development and testing, Concorde would take off from Toulouse, France.

It was the first ever flight of what would prove to be a legendary – albeit tragically short – life.

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British-French partnership makes history

The 1950s were a very exciting time – especially for travelers.

Traveling across the world started to become much more feasible thanks to the invention of the airplane.

Before that, sailing across the sea had been the main means of transportation.

By the early 1950s, Britain and France had both been working on plans for supersonic travel.

France had already decided to buy a British engine for their design, so a partnership was inevitable.

The project was eventually signed as an international treaty, rather than a private agreement.

Both sides christened the project ‘Concorde’, meaning ‘agreement/harmony’ in French.

By its end in 2000, the Concorde project would successfully cut transatlantic travel times in half.

It would manage to complete the journey from London to New York in just three hours.

The very first unit of Concorde’s family of planes was given the designation ‘F-WTSS’.

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Concorde’s first ever flight captured on film

Concorde’s first-ever flight would take place on March 2nd, 1969.

Taking off from Toulouse, France, it would ultimately remain in the air for 27 minutes before landing.

And footage from British Pathe captured the historic day’s events.

After years of preparation, the day had finally arrived.

The British-French collaboration would show off what it could do.

What is incredible to see is the hordes of global media gathered to witness the historic occasion.

Engineers and ground crew are seen waiting in anticipation of Concorde’s first-ever flight.

Flight staff inside the Concorde are captured making the final vital preparations before take off.

The unbelievable howl and whoosh of the Rolls-Royce engines can be heard as Concorde at last takes to the skies above France.

Two enormous vapor trails follow the plane up into the sky.

Concorde would be taken up to 10,000ft for the test while cruising at around 300mph.

It then makes a spectacular landing back home in Toulouse.

The pilot and flight crew make their way down the stairs to much fanfare and celebration.

Concorde’s first-ever flight was certainly an occasion to remember forever.