A tour of some of the Caribbean, Central & South American cities served by Pan American Airways in 1935. Footage from this subject is available for licensing from www.globalimageworks.com
These Pan Am guys where incredible pilot’s. In the 70’s I flew a little with a retired guy that flew DC-2 and -3’s to and from South America. He married a stewardess who told stories of playing dice with passengers on the floor of the plane while they flew along at night. He finished his career in the right seat of the Boeing 720. What was largely known as the 707. Wish I could have picked his brain more. Earlier in the video they showed the pilot holding a clipboard and for some reason it surprised me that it looks just like one from today. As a pilot, I’d be pretty concerned about flying through those mountains so low as mountain waves caused by high speed airflow can bring a plane down easy enough. Again, incredible pilot’s!
Belém do Pará,em 1935!!!! Eu me emocionei ao ver minha linda cidade na época! Parabéns por ter colocado em nossas memórias tal visão! Espetacular!! Lindo! Incrível! Eu amo minha cidade,Belém do Pará!!!
At the very end @ 38.09 Charlies Lindbergh has a short cameo. He was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. He flew his plane the Spirit of St. Louis in May of 1927 across the Atlantic Ocean solo. Afterwards he went to work for Juan Trippe the owner of Pan Am.
23:11 showing Lencois Maranhenses National Park in MA, Brazil... WOW! Pan Am and Panair do Brasil built the airport currently in use in São Luis, MA, Brazil at that time!
I don't remember these days but I do remember 1964, when many of the sights were the same. The planes were faster but little had changed in the ground. Times seemed much simpler then, when I was six years old...
@@angelprezcarametro7253 The aircraft has landing lights in the nose , has a small vertical stabilizer, and lacks a tail filet, all spotting features of the DC-2. Nothing wrong with someone pointing out the correct type of aircraft.
@@sarjim4381 Thanks. Good detail, I do not know much about planes, so I welcome the three differentiating details you provided. (Sorry, I did not quite understand what you meant by your additional comment "Nothing wrong with someone pointing out ....").
Great video and love the early planes. The video starts off with a Sikorsky S40. It looks to me like the flying boat at 22:04 is a Consolidated Commodore or Admiral. The twin engine plane that flies over the Andes does look more like a DC2. But the narration starting 32:20 confuses me. Passengers are warm and don't need oxygen. But they are in a non-pressurized cabin. Any idea what's up or why? (I can think of why - they have back up Oxygen, and they don't want to say the plane is not pressurized, so they accentuate the positive?)
They're being coy on the oxygen, as at that altitude it comes into play at least as a supplement, but no cabin pressurization existed on commercial airline flights until 1940 with the limited production Boeing 307, not becoming common until after WW2 with the entry into broad commercial service of the Lockheed Constellation. I doubt film audiences of 1935 would know what pressurization was.
In the pressing mills they had no way to stop the press. They had 1 man that stood by with a sharp machete ready to chop off an arm if a hand got in the press.
U2b still employs the same brutal technology today. Only difference is that today's machetes are referred to as Algorithms and TOS "Aggreements". 😈Say nice things, like Susan and her nice friends say, or her flying monkeys will chop your work away 👿
Hola porque...porque las mujeres en este tiempo eran tanto bellissimas y benevoles? La gente me se parecen bien carinosas y trataban se mutualmente con graciosa cordialidad...
