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Rare movie footage of the Pan Am Clipper Seaplanes!
During the golden era of aviation, Pan Am produced a number of films promoting Clipper seaplane service. This 58-minute video contains movie footage of Pan American Clipper seaplanes from 1930 to 1942, taken from the films produced by Pan Am. About one third of the video is in black and white; the remainder is in color. The quality of the video is very good, considering the vintage of the original films. The soundtrack is new, consisting of narration that is fairly accurate with modern background music. The new soundtrack replaces the original narration and background music that accompanied these films.

The black and white portion starts out with the christening of the Sikorsky S40 American Clipper and footage of S40 takeoffs and landings, with Col. Charles Lindbergh at the controls. Then Sikorsky S42 action, again with Col. Lindbergh at the controls. This is followed by extensive footage of the development of the Martin 130 Clipper, showing closeups of its construction, the manual labor done outside the hanger for final assembly, and some footage of the Martin 156 Clipper. This is followed by building the Midway and Wake Island bases, the Transpacific survey flights, and the inaugural Transpacific mail flight.

The color portion starts with the development of the Boeing B314 Clipper, showing tests (taxiing and takeoffs) in Puget Sound, Washington. Then some inserted footage of Sikorsky's VS44 seaplane, the B314 cockpit, the B314 interior, and the base at Treasure Island. Much of the remainder of the color footage is extracted from Pan Am's Transpacific promotional film, showing Oahu, Midway Islands (including the hotel), Wake Island, Guam, Manila, and Hong Kong (missing completely is the Macao segment). The last portion is of Pan Am training the U. S. Military after the attack on Pearl Harbor.