Pan Am Clippers At War 09 Dec 12, 12h52

[@Flynnster70]

My grandfather was the Captain for the Hong Kong Clipper in Hong Kong. Captain Gred Ralph. He was and "O.G." for Pan AM, and I even had his Captain's wings and one of his suits. I heard so many great stories from him.

[@redbirdlps8345]

Thank you, Pan Am and all the people that had the courage to go the extra mile for freedom. I stumbled on this site just to check out that beautiful Clipper info. Thank you to the producers for sharing our history. Awesome.

[@bertcushman7427]

I grew up as a pan American brat in the 50s/60s,I will never understand how this country let pan American go out of business! shame on us!

[@badGamr]

PanAm WAS Juan Trippe. Once he was gone, they were done. Some companies are defined by their founders and do not survive the passing of said founder. PanAm was one.

[@Merseyrock]

Same thing may be said about Sears...a legacy brand.

[@danielmorse4213]

There is a traitor movement in our nation. It began in the 70s. Agree. Pan Am was just one victim.

[@danielmorse4213]

@@Merseyrock Sears was destroyed by billionairs so the people were forced to that big online company and Walmart. It was a set up.

[@ednammansfield8553]

Fascinating documentary about Pan Am in wartime. This airline was a pioneer in civil aviation like no other and was known across the whole world.

[@mikereid4084]

I had no idea Pan Am contributed so much to the war effort!

[@alfredmartin2758]

P⁰

[@garryhastings3383]

Wow, that was totally amazing to watch. I adore my years of flying but wish I could have done this, aboard a clipper, noise at all. Wonderful stuff.

[@danielmorse4213]

Just amazing. No drama, just get the job done. The greatest generation.

[@Mr91495osh]

Pan Am built the first international airport in my neighborhood of Coconut Grove. They flew amphibious planes to the Bahamas, Cuba and all the Caribbean Islands. As landed in water bc everywhere they wanted to fly to had plenty of water and concrete runways were not invented yet. After Pan Am moved to the Miami International airport, the Coast Guard moved in and still used Grumman Amphibious planes called Gooses.

[@danielmorse6597]

Well done! Thank you Pan AM. and your legendary employees.

[@danbernstein4694]

During world war two, my dad , trained as a navigator on Pam Am Clippers in Florida. He said of all the planes he flew on, they were the sweetest.

[@tl5606]

Old Guys Place really? Because at 27:19 in this video it literally shows military navigators conducting navigation training in Miami aboard a PAA Clipper.

[@danbernstein4694]

Actually the program started before Pearl Harbor to train UK pilots in long range maritime reconnaissance. The Clippers were available due to the slowing of civil aviation .

[@tl5606]

Dan Bernstein exactly, not sure what that guy was on about.

[@Musique61414]

I'm going to book a ticket on Pan Am right now, by golly!

[@SusanInSFL]

Good luck with that. Pan Am has been gone now for 29 years.

[@paulclark4988]

I wish there were travel agents who specializes in holidays /vacations back in time so we could experience all of this. Not the war though.

[@Azishome]

@@SusanInSFL, I think he _knows_ that. He's just funning with us.

[@christinestill5002]

This really IS a history most people don't know.

[@guywerry6614]

There's an excellent book that I purchased just recently detailing the Pan Am war - it's REALLY good reading if you're at all interested in history / aviation history.

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

Would have been interesting to have been on one of these planes when Pear Harbor happened.

[@granskare]

when I traveled to Turkey in 1957, I traveled aboard Clipper Rainbow, a DC7c

[@hualani6785]

Thank you for informative video/history. Another lost fact about Pan Am's War contribution, they wouldn't charge the US Govt., donating PanAms, personnel, ships, organizing supplies & Labor while privately disparaging the (then only domestic carrier TWA's) owner as a "War Profiteer" as documented profits from US War Svcs paid dearly for ever minute of Hughes companies services. Juan Trippes dedication&belief was steadfast: When your government needs your help, or you see where you could be of significant service, you do so without a seconds thought. Sadly, it wasn't a mutual relationship, when PAA could've used a friend throughout congressional deregulation, none were to be found. Throughout every Dept of Defense engagement, benefited by air services: WWII; Korea; Vietnam; PanAm continued to DONATE R&R services w/no fees for service to US Govt/D,O.D. Desert Storm was somewhat different as unmarked civilian air craft were covertly routed into theater one last time, utilizing Pan Am employees to work out air routes, rather than actual flying albeit, still without fees for services.These examples are separate from PanAm CRAF Fleet, within which multiple UScarriers participated & continue to do so in twenty-first century (sans PanAmerican World Airways aka PAA). Pan Ams WWII contributions cannot be understated, where mapping the route for flying the hump is only one of a plethora of pioneering missions. To date, where civilians research PanAm Firsts, only commercial accomplishments are listed, DOD missions still modestly hushed, as Juan Trippe would've thought they should remain.

[@tracer740]

PanAm, ... a great loss to society. An epoch in aviation like no other.

[@peterashford7855]

absolutely agree! R.I.P Pan Am

[@terryfletcher6465]

@@peterashford7855 A very sad loss.

[@hcrun]

Hardly a loss to "society", per se. More a loss to civil aviation in general and certainly no greater than the demise of TWA or Northwest Orient, for example.

[@patchescessna7348]

Admittedly PA entered Deregulation hopelessly ill prepared with no domestic US routes to feed their intl operations as well as management oriented to a structured regulated environment while all US domestic lines cherry picked PA lucrative routes, Its that or Trippe must’ve pissed off the Washington crowd, A shame, PA really was the symbol of the US worldwide, They did so much pioneering and services to the govt, They got treated poorly.

[@georgelaessig1696]

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[@jamesalexander3530]

I worked for the Pan Am shuttle at DC National Airport, then Eastern Shuttle, finally, Trump shuttle to NYC and back. My mom worked for PanAm when she was transferred to La Paz Bolivia back then. Great airline, great people. Note that it was a Pan Am passanger space plane in the film 2001: A Space Oddyssey.

[@edgarhomeroayalacostales9400]

Thank you for very important and historic information abaut of the femous Clipers whit Martin fly boat. Edgar Ayala . Quito-Ecuador

[@Talefromthehangar]

Great History & more V Mail !!!! yes you can explore history here well done . Pan American WOW.

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

Pan Am was huge for us in WW2, born 15 years after WW2 the American pride was very strong, every morning we'd pledge allegiance to the USA hand over heart. God bless the United States of America. 🇺🇸

[@alexsmith-ob3lu]

Excellent documentary! Thank you for this priceless upload!

[@fordlandau]

Great video. Didn't know there was an ANZAC Clipper. Impressive. ANZAC is the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. They fought in Gallipoli and France in WW 1.

[@jacintahiggins6948]

What a great video. Thanks for uploading. Was especially surprised to hear of the ANZAC Clipper (Australia and New Zealand Army Corp WW 1).

[@jaykqwanlevy4746]

Thanks for this AMAZING AMERICAN 🇺🇸 WORLDWIDE HISTORY OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS AIRLINES 🇺🇸

[@granskare]

I recall Captain Musick, even got emails from his relatives! I recall a prof in my college went to China. I saw his fotos of Japanese sets in China.

[@paulosterhout6573]

Those were the days of flying. I have the pleasure to have a Bamboo Fly Rod that had been owned by China Clipper Pilot.

[@deletedwaffles]

Imagine having a full on dining room experience with waiters on your plane flight.

[@Code3forever]

No doubt Pan Am is owed a debt of gratitude for what they provided to America during the war. They also held exclusive contracts for transport. They were a pioneer of world travel and opened up routes on all continents. I was sad to see them go under. Maybe for old times sake. There could have been a bailout for them by way of government transportation contracts such as for the military. They did help us win the war...

[@granskare]

In 1939, a college prof at Augustana College, had traveled to Shanghai. I personally saw pictures of Japanese tanks at that place.

[@pauldonnelly1145]

my grandfathers cousin,joe sheridan served irish coffee to the clipper passengers at foynes airbase in western ireland

[@paulsuprono7225]

Those were the days, my friends . . . . . . 🐣

[@LMays-cu2hp]

This is some apart of our world. I am glad I have been a Flight Attendant in our country.

[@larrycarmody8325]

Truth be known, Chalks International Airlines was the first overseas Airlines, first flight was 1916 from Miami to Bimini & Cat Key & back to Miami. I was a Captian flying a G21 Goose for Chalks in 1969/70, some of my passenger's were Leister Hemingway, Cliff Robertson & others.

[@andymckane7271]

The second of two Pan American videos I've watched this evening on KZbin. Both of these videos are historically very important as both relate to Pan American Airlines' contributions to civil aviation prior to and during World War II. In this video, we learn that in December 1941 Pan Am had a pre-arranged code (to transmit by radio to their aircraft in flight) to warn pilots and aircrews of the outbreak of the Second World War. I found this extremely important information, so thank you very much for posting this! Andy McKane, 23 September 2022, P.O. Box 166, Maunaloa, Hawaii 96770.

[@hartobpriprihartob7383]

God's love ❤️ always beautiful and liberate

[@mikekennedy5470]

Which god ? Out of thousands ...there are no gods only men .

[@johnkersey3460]

My dad was a courtermastrr in Africa for Pan Am before the army took it over .

[@areolaman]

The old man was old enough to remember the wild west.

[@adrianjackson2696]

Pan Am is now no more after the business collapsed in 1991. However QANTAS, British Airways and many other national airlines are still going strong.

[@dfirth224]

After the terrorists brought down the Pan Am over Scotland people were afraid to fly on Pan Am. Pan Am represented the U.S. the same as the twin towers on 9-11. :(

[@johngreen3543]

Our country had the good common sense to bailout Chrysler but not PAN AM, this to me was a err or. They supported us in they war and when they had financial problems we deserted them.

[@roverworld7218]

@@johngreen3543 That's because the three big ones have lobbyists everywhere in Washington and also the Auto Workers union contribute voters.

[@cashenjoe1]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@rosson1983]

Did the US have the same man narrating every single program throughout the 50’s??

[@humbertomartinez8897]

Couldn’t the US have helped this airline from going under after all PAM had done to help in the war effort? I find it a travesty that an entity that had done so much not only in the aviation industry but also to preserve our freedoms as a country would be left to die.

[@dotsyjmaher]

Humberto Martinez The CIA destroyed PAA... Cocaine.... PAA 103 was Iran Contra NOT LIBYA AMERICA LOST ITS MORALITY IT IS PAST TIME TO GET IT BACK AMAZING FILM....THANK YOU.. I HAD TO BULLY CRAP MANAGER AND DRUGGED OUT TEAMSTER PROTECTED CO WORKERS TO HELP A MAN FROM POLAND ..WORKING IN AMERICA TO FIND HIS FAMILY ...AFTER YARAZELSKI DECLARED MARSHAL LAW WE HAD THE LAST FLIGHT OUT OF WARSAW... THANK GOD A WONDERFUL AGENT AT JFK WORLDPORT AGREED TO HELP ME... DO NOT COUNT ON ANYONE'S GOOD SIDE.. THEY MAY NOT HAVE ONE BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD IT WILL COST YOU BUT IT IS THE ONLY HOPE WE HAVE YES WE FOUND HIS FAMILY THEY MADE IT

[@lordgarion514]

@@dotsyjmaher 1. You're an idiot. 2. You have no fucking clue how to type. Hint: *YOU DON'T USE ALL CAPS YOU FUCKING IDIOT!!!!!!!!* . AND you're quite simply wrong on top of that. Since 1993 murder has dropped almost 49%, attempted murder is down almost 75%, and all other violent crimes are down by double digits. So what the fuck are you babbling on about exactly?!?!?!?????

[@marcinna8553]

But everyone helped in the war effort, many gave their own lives. It is not like PanAm did something special or out of the ordinary, they just make it look that way in this film, which is a PanAm advertise-metary. PanAm, like all industries in WWI, were paid for their services. And in any case, they didn't actually go out of business until the 1990s, at which point virtually no one involved in the war effort was still in the company.

[@dkroen17]

@@marcinna8553 Good points. Pan Am was very unique in what they were able to offer in service. They were, indeed, paid for their services. Their demise, i felt, was due to getting out-competed in a deregulated industry and a heavy lawsuit after the tragedy over Lockerbie.

[@alexcarter8807]

It's really sad how they built those neat little models and then set 'em on fire...

[@donaldstanfield8862]

What!?!

[@fastdoorslammers5699]

Cool video. Thanks.

[@TD402dd]

I wonder if we have forgotten how important the sea planes were. They can still go where other planes cannot.

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

Ooo! Farming with chemicals! Sign me up!

[@jimomalley1518]

Wow Coffee and walnuts ! sounds like todays airlines .

[@tvoommen4688]

Hearing about V-mail for the first time !

[@Scott-hb1xn]

The Doolittle Raiders were already in the service prior to the war, I do not believe any were trained by PanAm prior to the raid...

[@paulhuckins1388]

I don't think so

[@granskare]

I recall seeing the photos of a man of my college that he took of Hong Kong where the Japanese occupied. America was neutral at the time. I saw Japanese tanks, men, etc.

[@donlove3741]

The US was not neutral. HK was A BCC. Japan attacked British, Dutch colonies after they attacked Pear Harbor.

[@granskare]

A prof at my college had photos of the Japanese occupation - I cannot recall which date it was but there were seen by me.

[@Marcells44]

I'd be very reassured to have Frank Sinatra tell me that the situation is under control.

[@megaswenson]

Darn! I was hoping this would be the film showing how proper one could be, sitting at tables, aboard a clipper ship, on the way to Bermuda - a perfect opportunity to display one's perfect table manners. As I remember it, the film was as surreal as Emily Post's little table manners training film.

[@69gs400s]

That would be more towards the travel logs or China Clipper

[@jaimefabrega9635]

Great video!

[@model-man7802]

It's a beautiful airplane.

[@PacificAirwave144]

Does anyone know what the single-engine flying boat is at 32:00?

[@arnaudmoos8098]

+PacificAirwave144 A P-91 Fairchild.

[@PacificAirwave144]

+arnaud moos Thank you!

[@dkroen17]

@@arnaudmoos8098 Thanks!

[@scoobycarr5558]

Just wondering if some B17s, B24s and B29s became fliers for Pan Am?

[@paulhuckins1388]

No they didn't

[@jbecerrat]

Min 10:48 Departures BARRANQUILLA, THE COLOMBIAN...., Maracaibo, La Guaira...

[@FARMCAP1942]

The government should have saved those pioneering airlines. Thanks also to President Jimmy Carter who ignorantly deregulated the industry. Look at how rotten flying is today compared to how wonderful it used to be.

[@K1W1fly]

How Pan Am single-handedly won the war....

[@adrianjackson2696]

Not quite as the other route via Australia, India, Middle East to UK was pioneered by QANTAS Imperial Airways who also owner clipper seaplanes. These clippers also flew from Australia to South Africa and then up the coast to the UK perhaps by other land aircraft. The UK to Australia land route is shown in the you tube post "Air Outpost"

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

...and then a bunch of suits ran it into the ground.

[@maxpayne2574]

And Juan Trippe made himself and Pan Am very rich on the war contracts

[@duch3573]

QUERIA VER ESSE VÍDEO TRADUZIDO PRO PORTUGUÊS DO BRASIL.

[@Beemer917]

Woah! Bonanza!

[@mu22aaa14]

2:27 What plane ?

[@LAP1050]

Sad that PAA🇺🇸 is no longer flying.

[@billyrubin7378]

Intertesting video but the sound of a single engined puddle jumper showing a four engine plane taking off is as irritating as 'Fokker' being mangled in to Fo -----ker.

[@kiltedscorpio]

Yeah, I HATE it when a Cessna One-Filthy engine sound is dubbed-in.

[@christilbuultjens4684]

When was this film made?

[@Mustafa-ne3sk]

LOL do you really think this is a real airplane? Its a mockup on a movie set.

[@carldondi7294]

Did he say pathetic souls hihi

[@tednorberto3086]

BAA BAA Black Sheep.

[@adrianjackson2696]

15:10 ANZAC Clipper mention

[@danielmorse4213]

So many stories lost

[@CombatDoc54]

Why do they pronounce the state of Hawaii "hoe-waugh-hee", "ho-vaugh-hee"?

[@patchescessna7348]

Wm Cottrell Thats how most Hawaiians pronounce it.

[@larryray3178]

Only Germans pronounced it that way and others copied it. German don’t pronounce the letter W as such in a word. They pronounce it as a V in their language. I visited my wife at work one day and while there, two Germans came in looking for her boss, Mr “Villiams” (Williams). Lol.

[@CombatDoc54]

@@larryray3178 Thanks. I vas like Vondering vhat the hell you vere talking about from 2 years ago.

[@CombatDoc54]

Donald Trump 2024!!!!

[@donaldstanfield8862]

For PRISON! 🤣

[@craigsharpe5489]

Lock him up

[@craigsharpe5489]

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[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

Great propaganda 🤣😂.

[@johnclarke5459]

All those "oh so proper" rich folk were in for a surprise as the Clippers smacked the unyielding ocean upon landing, Ladies were in for a bottom smack of their lives. P.S. How about Wake cuisine. Mummified pork chops floating in congealed grease!

[@granskare]

a prof at my college went to China. I saw the fotos of the Japanese in various poses.

[@Joaocruz30]

This is so American that's makes me Ill

[@michaelgostas4485]

Get rid of the annoying noisy music

[@alexcarter8807]

The best thing about these old films are the great sound tracks.