Operation Babylift: 50 Years Later: 1975-2025, A Celebration of the Human Spirit

This film by Dirk Braun is presented by the Pan Am Museum Foundation, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Operation Babylift and to preserve this important history for future generations.

The film features President Ford's son, Steve Ford, adoptees now adults, and Pan Am flight attendants that were involved with the frantic April 1975 evacuation of Vietnamese war orphans in the final days of South Vietnam just before the fall of Saigon.

This was premiered at the 50th anniversary celebrations of Operation Babylift at the Pan Am Museum in Garden City, New York on April 24, 2025 and at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 9, 2025.

Special thanks to those featured:

Roger Castillo
Steve Ford
Carol Mason
Karen Ryan
Ingrid Templeton
Allan Topping
Tori Werner
Thuy Williams

A special thank you to the people and organizations that made this film possible:

Official Film Sponsor: Pan American World Airways, LLC

Pan Am Museum Foundation
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum
Pan Am Historical Foundation
World Wing International
Ed Trippe
Adam Aron
Linda Friere
Wendy Knecht
Tom Betti
Peter Greenberg

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