Across the Pacific(2020)

Across the Pacific is a documentary series chronicling the 1935 Pan American Airways crossing of the Pacific Ocean aboard the China Clipper, a revolutionary flying boat. The series traces the technological achievement through the vision of Pan Am CEO Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, engineer Igor Sikorsky, and radio specialist Hugo Leuteritz. Using dramatic reconstructions, historian interviews, archival photographs, newsreel footage, and period film, the series captures how this landmark aviation milestone came together. The China Clipper's journey represented a turning point in commercial aviation, connecting continents and opening new possibilities for global travel. Across the Pacific explores both the engineering innovation and the human ambition that made this historic flight possible.

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