China Clipper: Pan Am’s Conquest of the Pacific (circa 1990s, Documentary)

From CAV Video Productions and directed by Donald McGee, 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 cons