Historical South America - An Aerial Perspective (2005)

Examining the exotic sites of South America from an aerial perspective, the vintage films in this collection offer a lot to fans of aviation and South American history. HISTORIC SOUTH AMERICA- AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE offers viewers a unique outlet into what it was like to live--and fly above--South America in the 1930s and 1940s. Produced as an advertisement for the Pan Am Clipper Ships, "Flying the Lindbergh Trail" (1937) follows the routes of some of Charles Lindbergh's earlier flights. The film is broken up into two parts, functioning as a travelogue and providing aerial views of some amazing South American geography. Next, "Roads South" (1943) examines the difference that commercial airplanes made in the lives of ordinary people, comparing the ways that people viewed transportation before and after the commercial plane's invention. The latter film compliments the first, showing the ways in which aviation advancements improved the lives of actual South American citizens.