Across the Pacific
Describes a significant moment in aviation history: the 1935 passage of the Pacific Ocean by the China Clipper, a Pan American Airways flying boat. Using dramatic re-enactments, interviews with historians and biographers, archival photographs, newsreel clips, and film, the documentary series recounts the creation of this technological innovation, which was led by Pan Am's chief executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, airplane engineer Igor Sikorsky, and radio engineer Hugo Leuteritz.
Released: 2020-05-18
Genre:
History