The Long Way Home-The Pacific Clipper.m4v

[givemetoast]

Does anyone know if any Boeing 314s still exist?

[WALTERBROADDUS]

@givemetoast Sadly no.

[wingcobda]

@WALTERBROADDUS No sense of history in the late 1940s> I guess we were too bust looking to the future.

[katyu16]

I think this has the makings of a damn good feature film !!

[katyu16]

I can only tell you that it was a complete PRIVILEDGE watching this.!!

Thank you for uploading this !!

[nedmarc]

there is an excellent book by Ed Dover which details the entire journey

[93MANIAC]

It was sadley seriously damaged in and storm and salvaged for parts in the late 1940s and that is just a shama aplane like that belongs in a museum not in and scrap yard 

[excarman]

even today the boeing clipper is still a beautiful and remarkable aircraft flown by an exprienced and inovative thinking crew

[inhocsignovinces88]

Geez, they don't make 'em like that anymore. Real Americans, that is.

[4773266]

Excellent!

[cop4hie]

Actually the war did not become a "World War" until we entered it so the video is correct about when we entered the war.

[Saipansaint]

This would make a great movie!! How many times does the video use the work "desperate". Great narration!

[N21X]

I would love to see the whole documentary. Great video! This would make a great movie as well.

[harryslide]

Amazing story! If there is a documentary made, I want to see it. I'd love knowing how they refueled, for one thing. What was the weight of this thing?

In '56 I flew on a DC 3(?). White tablecloths, real silverware, etc. and flowers on the table. Young people have no idea what a great country this used to be: real freedoms, and real order, and real hospitality.

The country now is run by goons and gangsters who have zero regard for the "little people" who actually make things work.

[lampblack]

@stantheman1202041 Your American cousins recall that the war was long over by 1949. Perhaps you meant 1939?

[Tipstertipper]

This would have been interesting to watch when we enjoyed freedom - before the jackasses took over.

[Blago6actual]

What can I say, besides AMEN!!!

[LieutenantLoughead]

The video is very well done, but quite a bit of history was left out -- what happened to the aircraft when the US Government took it over?

[DavidHill2007]

This is only the taster reel to raise interest in a proposed one-hour long documentary. This doesn't tell everything that happened.

[kennywowie]

Night over Water, by Ken follett, is a fun WW2 frolic set aboard a clipper.

[stantheman1202041]

gherg777, thanks mate I made a typo there.... it should have been 1939...cheers

[neweast1]

i personaly knew on of the crew memberes who was left out of the book......hes name was captain LaVerne White chief mechanic at auckland,he flew from ackland to india.he retired a PAN AM CAPTAIN 747SP 1978........nicest man ive ever met and a small part of the PANAM legacey.............

[gherg777]

I think you may be a tad off with the start of the war in 1949, stantheman.

[stantheman1202041]

Just so our American cousins are not misled, WW2 started with-out the US in 1949. The headline at the beginning of this presentation is historically incorrect...

Apart from that it is a good presentation. GW from OZ

[hibob418]

Thanks for the post! Nice video. Also like the music "633 Squadron."

[LindaHammonds]

Very good video.

[spiritofattack]

As a 5-year-old boy, I saw the Pan Am Clipper arrive in Manila, Philippines, in 1939. The Wake Island base was built as a refueling stop for the Pan Am Clipper, and was attacked by the Japanese returning form Pearl Harbor. This aircraft is a real part of American history. I had never heard of this flight from New Zealand to New York!

[DavidHill2007]

I grew up in the Philippines-that's how I knew about Pan Am's flying boats.

[stersource]

Great story Never heard of thisepic flight before

[acirino202]

Thanks for sharing this video. I too am very proud to have been a part of Pan Am. It was a great airline duing a time when the travel industry was at it's best.

[45mzee]

I am so proud to have been a part of this great airline!

[stevepuff12]

This is awesome. My grandfather was the flight engineer of the Phillipine Clipper and told us some great stories. I believe that all the clippers crashed - the Phillipine Clipper went down full of military brass when they overshot their landing because of dense fog around San Francisco. No survivors. Every flight they proved themselves brave and valiant pioneers of the skies. Thank you again for the inspiring story.

[neweast1]

@stevepuff12 was your granfather LAVERNE WHITE

[dodiho1965]

this gives me a good old warm and fuzzy feeling for what we used to be-the leading nation of all the world.....these folks weren't pansies,were they?

[LoCreek]

That story of the Clipper would make a great movie, if it is made right and historically accurate that is. Maybe Mel Gibson or Tom Hanks or Riddly Scott should see this.

[tytyruler345]

I got to know Bob and Betty Ford in their later years. Fantastic people with minds sharp into their 80's. He used to regale us with his accounts of the trip. This is the first clip I have viewed of his story. A real American with true bravery. May many follow!

[mindset101]

My Dad was in the Army Air Coprs during the war. What a time or daring and courage. He spent part of his time as a test pilot... we think we've fixed it, now go up and check. Let us know!

Thanks so much for sharing this.

I also just watched the movie Amelia. How far we've come in aviation. How great those who went before.

[1gaelic]

As a boy, I watched these clippers take off from their dock at Treasure Island. The terminal building is still there by the main gate. It fired up the imaginations of all who watched them come and go.

[covingtonium]

that was a pretty badass story

[fly4val]

old fart that I am, wish I had been able to fly on one of these......

[Blogengezer]

Only one reason the USA was the greatest nation the world has ever witnessed.. A time of unequaled Freedom, Innovation and Creativity..

[JGMagoo]

Well said!!

[BeAsTm0aD]

@Blogengezer There was no fear back then either. People were tough and hard workers. You got past your difficulties and always thinking of ideas. People seem so afraid of what they want today.

[nycoppa]

Thanks for the great video. I worked for a GREAT Company, I really enjoy finding these stories. Again

thanks much

[BattlingTube]

This video has been entered into the 'Top 10 Travel Videos of the Week' battle at BattlingTube website.

[MrClintonhgroves]

The last two B314s were owned by World Airways and had been moored in New York harbor for some time. The Coast Guard sunk them as hazards to navigation. I think it is a crime none were saved.

[neweast1]

@MrClintonhgroves how about only one b-29 still flying almost.....

[pjk1649a]

I certainly hope the funding is forthcoming!

[MrJamiedodson]

Wow! What a great video and fantastic story.