Pan Am: The Rise and Fall of an Aviation Icon is a documentary film which premiered in 2022.
The original German version of this film was shown on German television (arte tv). The German version is available on YouTube.
An English version of this film was shown on Australian television (SBS). At the moment (April 2024), the English version is still available on the SBS website.
This review is based on the English version.
Here is some basic information about this film:
** German title: Pan Am – Aufstieg und Absturtz einer Luftfahrt-Ikone
** Writer and director: Mathias Haentjes
** Narration: in English
** Main language: English
** Occasional language: German
** Subtitles: English
** Run time: 53 minutes
Several persons are interviewed in the film
Here are the names of the participants
(listed in alphabetical order)
** Natascha Bonnermann – Pan Am Lounge, Berlin, Germany (she speaks German)
** Robert Daley – an author
** Linda Freire – a former flight attendant
** Thor Johnson – a former vice president of Pan Am
** Robert “Bob” van der Linden – an aviation historian
** Edeltraud Lioba Miller – a former flight attendant (she speaks German)
** Edward “Ed” Stettinius Trippe – son of Juan Trippe and Betty Stettinius Trippe
Archive footage is used between the talking heads.
Archive footage is used to support and supplement the statements made by the talking heads.
Archive footage is used when the narrator is talking.
Archive footage allows us to see some glimpses of Juan Trippe, who founded the famous airline in 1927.
Juan Trippe (1899-1981) was born into a rich family. At first, flying was hobby for him while he was a student at the university. Later, he turned his hobby into a real job when he became the founder and the CEO of Pan Am.
In 1925, he married Betty Stettinius, who was also born into a rich family. They were married until his death in 1981. They had four children. One of them is interviewed in this film.
Pan Am was founded by Juan Trippe in 1927
He was the CEO of the airline until his death in 1981.
Pan Am ceased operations in 1991.
This film explains how and why:
(1) The airline was founded in 1927
(2) The airline became famous and was doing well in the 1950s and the 1960s
(3) The airline began to have problems in the 1970s
(4) The airline was in trouble and was losing money after the death of the founder in 1981
(5) The airline had to file for bankruptcy in 1991
What do reviewers say about this film?
On IMDb it has a rating of 62 percent, which corresponds to a rating of 3.1 stars on Amazon. There are no user reviews of this film on IMDb.
This film is not available on Amazon. There are no customer reviews of this film.
In my opinion, the rating on IMDb is too low.
The story of Pan Am is interesting. The story of Pan Am deserves to be told, and in this film, it is done very well.
I want to go all the way to the top with this product. I think it deserves a rating of five stars (100 percent).
REFERENCES
# 1. Books
An American Saga:
Juan Trippe and His Pan Am Empire
By Robert Daley
(1980)
Skygods:
The Fall of Pan Am
By Robert Gandt
(1995 = Hardcover)
(2012 = Paperback)
Pan Am’s First Lady:
The Diary of Betty Stettinius Trippe
Edited by R. E. G. Davies
(1996)
Milestones of Flight
By Robert “Bob” van der Linden
(2016)
Pan Am - No Sex Please:
We’re Flight Attendants
By Jon Breakfield
(2016 = paperback)
(2022 = hardcover)
Up in the Air: The real Story of Life Aboard the World’s Most Glamorous Airline
By Betty Riegel
(2020)
Mythos Fliegen:
Aus meinem Tagebuch als Pan Am Stewardess
By Edeltraud Lioba Miller
(2023)
# 2. Film and television series
Flying High
A television series
Only one season
(1978-1979)
Mile High
A television series
Two seasons
(2003-2005)
Come Fly with Me:
The Story of Pan Am
A documentary film
BBC – 58 minutes
(2011)
[This film is available on YouTube]
Pan Am
A television series
Only one season
(2011-2012)
Fly With Me
A documentary film
American Experience
PBS – 112 minutes
(2023)
*****
Juan Trippe
(1899-1981)
Founder and CEO of Pan Am
On the cover of Time Magazine July 1933
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The famous logo of Pan Am
This logo was used 1973-1991
*****
Pan Am
A Boeing 747 is flying high
In the mid-1980s
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