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China Clipper (1936)
The only movie showing the China Clipper in flight
Hollywood frequently makes fictionalized movies based on real events. Being very familiar with the story of the China Clipper, I viewed this movie as a fictional story very closely paralleling the growth of Pan American Airways. The events in the movie and especially the scenes put a picture with the words of the historical facts. I was especially pleased to see the "Christ the Redeemer" statue on Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro! (I saw it for real in 1990.) Aviation/Flying Boat buffs will really appreciate this documentation of the Clippers in flight. I compare this movie to "Flight of the Intruder" which, although not a 4-star movie, presented the A-6 Intruder through a fictionalized story (also based on historical facts.) I know - I was part of that story from 1965 to 1975. FOTI is the only Hollywood movie documenting that great U. S. Navy Attack Airplane.
I saw (and videotaped) the movie on cable TV several years ago. I have not yet seen it commercially available.