Peter Leslie, a young Pan Am employee serving on the ground crew on Canton Island in the 1950's made this short film, including some of the best footage we've seen of a Boeing B-377 in action.
This is fantastic - thanks for posting! Your family probably knew my family. My grandfather Bill Evans was the island administrator on the US side from about 1952-1955, and my father and uncles lived there as kids.
@@moevans6467 My father was Richard Slater, station manager - though I was born after my family left. My sister who was born on Kanton would love to contact you.
Grandpa would tell stories of living here, he ran the American side and there was a British side also. He told me about the locals who he was trying to explain what snow was to them, scrapped some ice out of the freezer and sprikled it in front of them and they laughed at him. Wish I could learn more. I know it was a stop when planes couldn't make the trek from Hawaii to Australia.
At the time I believe Canton was a joint American-British condominium, later joining the British Gilbert and Ellice islands upon independence to form the current Republic of Kiribati
