China Clipper- Pan Am’s Conquest of the Pacific
This monumental documentary is the compelling story of Pan American Airways conquest of the Pacific. It contains stunning and never before seen color archival footage of Pan Americans Airways epoch ten year, ten thousand mile conquest of the Pacific Ocean. Our story begins in 1929 with the first plane to be christened a Pan American Clipper by Mrs. Herbert Hoover. She was assisted by Pan Am’s legendary founder Juan Trippe. See aviation pioneers such as Igor Sikorsky and Pan Am’s technical advisor, Charles Lindbergh play integral roles in designing, the Sikorsky S-42. This was the first plane capable of trans-Pacific flight. Next see the first plane to be called the China Clipper, the beautiful Martin M-130. Witness its construction and historic first flight across the Pacific Ocean, piloted by the legendary Captain Musick in 1935. This was the beginning of the Romantic Period of flight. You’ll marvel at the heroic Pan Am construction crews ability to construct island bases on Wake, Midway and Guam. Pan Am Clipper passengers and crews used these island oasises during their trans-Pacific flights. Pan Am struggled to stay financially viable until a plane was designed that could carry both passengers and mail profitably on it’s Pacific routes. The plane that saved Pan Am and changed the world was the Boeing designed Model-314. With the B-314, Pan Am completed it’s conquest of the Pacific and established trans-Pacific service. The B-314 was a magnificent airplane that was instrumental in creating the romantic legend of the China Clipper during America’s Golden Age of Aviation. As part of this grand adventure, you’ll see spectacular aviation footage of the famous seaplanes like the Sikorsky’s S-40 and S-42, the Martin M-130, the Boeing Model-314 and Sikorsky’s last seaplane, the VS-44A. All these planes made aviation history and contributed immeasurably to transoceanic flight. Program time: Approx. 60 minutes.
List Price: $ 24.95
Price: $ 24.95
China Clipper Martin 130,
Dear Customer Service: Thank you very much for this wonderful historic record of the Martin 130, China Clipper, as it opened the Pacific to aviation in 1935 with Pan American Airways. Juan Trippe, the president of Pan American, had great foresight along with his successful business management ability. Pan American set
the standard for all airlines in the many years of it’s
existence. This wonderful tribute to the entire Pan American Airways organization is a remarkable achievement.
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|China Clipper history enjoyable,
The video is what I expected and is an interesting and informative history of the PanAM clipper.
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|Captures the spirit!,
The video production itself is very cheesy with public-domain sound tracks and titles. The video earned 5 stars from me because in spite of the cheesyness, it clearly captured the spirit of a new age not seen again until the space program came along. I enjoyed following the path of the Clipper in the video as it made its way from San Fancisco to Hong Kong. The stops along the way were as amazing as the flight itself. This video is a treasured part of my colleciton.
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