This Pineapple Magnate Sponsored an Air Race to Hawaii. It Did Not Go Well.
In 1927, newspaper reporters convinced James Dole that an air contest would result in a publicity bonanza for his product. By the time it was over, a dozen people were dead.
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In 1927, newspaper reporters convinced James Dole that an air contest would result in a publicity bonanza for his product. By the time it was over, a dozen people were dead.
More Than A Man Can Stand weaves fact and rumor to tell the story of Paul Redfern, a lost aviator who tried to fly from Georgia to Brazil.
second look, i'm gasia mikaelian. hawaii and the bay area are two of the most beautiful places in the united states. and you might not have realized how many connections there are in the history of the two places. one of them starts with the sugar industry. this historic film shows the harvesting of sugar in hawaii in the 1940s. in time the growers would form a cooperative called the california and hawaiian sugar refining company or c & h sugar. they opened a refinery in what is now the town of crockett. >> in hawaii, the children grow up with c & h. >> ♪ >> in 2006, crockett celeb...
the mainland to hawaii. all those stories coming up tonight on a second look. good evening i'm julie haener and this is a second look. when you think of the ku klux klan you think of a rural area in the deep south. but there was a time when the kukluxklan was here in the bay area. >> reporter: the date was may 5, 1962, mask men gathered to participate in a ritual like this one. the knights of the ku klux klan were spreading. a reporter under the strict rules of the klan was allowed to attend. he described the scene as quote an almost terrifying human aisle of white. who were t...