Across the Pacific: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Across the Pacific (2020): History. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
Across the Pacific tells the story of a great milestone in aviation history: the 1935 crossing of the Pacific Ocean by a Pan American Airways flying boat known as the China Clipper. The documentary series recounts the development of this technological innovation – led by Pan Am's chief executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, airplane engineer Igor Sikorsky and radio engineer Hugo Leuteritz – with dramatic re-enactments, interviews with historians and biographers, and archival photographs, newsreel clips and film.
Series details
- Title: Across the Pacific
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Genres: History
- Premiere date: 2020-05-21
- Final broadcast date listed: 2020-06-04
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 62089
- IMDb ID: tt9383306
- TVDB ID: 382461
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2020-05-21; final listed air date 2020-06-04; episode order: 3.
Source and licence
Adapted from Across the Pacific on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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