Season 1
2020 | 3 Episodes
Across The Pacific
History
United States
English- 1 Season (3 Episodes)
- 2020 - 2020
- Ended
This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh
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Storyline
This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, airline builder Igor Sikorsky and radio engineer Hugo Leuteritz join forces to build an airline to South America and Trippe has dreams of conquering the world with international flights.
Country: United States
Type: unscripted
Status: Ended
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2020
Also Known As: Across the Pacific, Die Pan Am Story
Genres
Plot Keywords
history
pan-american-airways
archival-photograph
year-1909
reference-to-louis-bleriot
year-1913
reference-to-roland-garros
archive-footage
plane-crash-on-takeoff
sikorsky-s-38-flying-boat
year-1927
orteig-prize
newspaper-headline
le-bourget-field
cheering-crowd
ticker-tape-parade
reference-to-wilbur-wright
statue-of-liberty
reference-to-the-vanderbilt-family
reference-to-the-rockefellers
reference-to-the-whitney-family
barnstorming
air-show
aerobatics
world-war-one
airmail
airco-dh.4
long-island-airways
seaplane
golfing
reference-to-elizabeth-stettinius
reference-to-john-harper-trumbull
colonial-air-transport
fokker-f.vii
reference-to-anthony-fokker
love-letter
lindy-hop-dancing
international-airmail-route
reference-to-henry-harley-'hap'-arnold
reenactment
negotiator
exclusive-landing-rights
reference-to-gerardo-machado-y-morales
key-west-airport
fairchild-fc-2-float-plane
reference-to-cy-caldwell
war-surplus-airplane
reference-to-rene-paul-fonck
reference-to-andre-priester
year-1901
year-1919
year-1925
biplane
radio-signal-beacon
year-1928
aerial-navigation
compass
loop-antenna
direction-finder
poor-visibility
water-landing
radio-transmitter
visionary
government-subsidy
monroe-doctrine
reference-to-james-monroe
sociedad-colombo-alemana-de-transportes-aeros-'scadta'
reference-to-peter-paul-von-bauer
panama-canal
reference-to-francis-kellogg
reference-to-herbert-hoover
reference-to-john-a-hambleton
reference-to-anne-morrow-lindbergh
reference-to-edwin-charles-musick
reference-to-basil-lee-rowe
west-indian-aerial-express
collusion
negotiation
pan-american-grace-airways-'panagra'
grace-steamship-company
new-york-rio-and-buenos-aires-line-'nyrba'
1929-stock-market-crash
reference-to-ralph-ambrose-o'neill
pipe-smoking
sikorsky-ilya-muromets
christening-an-airplane
sikorsky-s-40-flying-boat-'american-clipper'
naval-theme
backgammon-table
in-flight-meal
air-tourism
reference-to-fred-astair
reference-to-ginger-rogers
reference-to-merian-c.-cooper
reference-to-katharine-hepburn
reference-to-amelia-earhart
reference-to-franklin-d.-roosevelt
military-intervention
year-1933
good-neighbor-policy
rio-de-janeiro-brazil
reference-to-delores-del-rio
reference-to-glenn-luther-martin
sikorsky-s-42-flying-boat
martin-m-130-flying-boat
sketching-on-a-menu
wing-flap
variable-pitch-propeller
year-1934
adcock-antenna
dole-race
reference-to-james-drummond-dole
pacific-ocean
hong-kong
guam
wake-island
hawaii
midway-island
world's-shortest-railroad
atoll
lagoon
reference-to-james-aloysius-farley
reference-to-william-lendrum-'billy'-mitchell
manchuria
reference-to-nobumasa-suetsugu
foreign-policy
reference-to-william-steven-'bill'-grooch
freighter-north-haven
test-flight
year-1935
tractor
laysan-albatross
archival-nature-video
practice-run
alameda-california
winds-aloft
reference-to-frederick-joseph-'fred'-noonan
reference-to-vic-wright
barge
reference-to-willian-justin-'bill'-mullahey
flight-test
china-clipper
press-conference
48-star-american-flag
boy-scout
golden-gate-bridge
san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge
international-date-line
san-francisco-california
isolation
tyranny-of-distance
reference-to-pat-o'brien
reference-to-humphrey-bogart
boeing-314
globalization
mercator-projection-map
year-1941
color-archival-footage
airplane-crash
helicopter
boeing-377-stratocruiser
boeing-707
jet-engine
year-1949
year-1958
year-1970
boeing-747
going-out-of-business
philippines
reference-to-gene-raymond
reference-to-irving-glover
reference-to-manuel-quezon
rca-radio-corporation-of-america
rko-radio-pictures-as-subject
warner-bros.-as-subject
Company Credits
Production Co: Lone Wolf Documentary Group, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
