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Panama Canal
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On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower. This film, using an extraordinary archive of photo...
On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower. This film, using an extraordinary archive of photographs and footage, interviews with canal workers, and firsthand accounts of life in the Canal Zone, unravels the remarkable story of one of the world's most significant technological achievements.
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- Creator
- American Experience Films presents ; an Insignia Films production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; WGBH ; directed by Stephen Ives ; produced by Amanda Pollak ; written by Michelle Ferrari
- Other Title
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- Subtitle on container: Gateway to the American century
- Included Title
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- American experience (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- United States : PBS Distribution, [2011]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 9781608833948, 1608833941
- OCLC
- ocn690030693
- Credits
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- Narrator, Michael Murphy
- Director of photography, Andrew Young ; editor, George O'Donnell ; music, Peter Rundquist
- Originally broadcast on television as an episode of American experience on January 24, 2011.
- DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; 5.1 surround sound.
- In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- Wonder of the modern world -- The Republic of Panama -- Challenges breaking ground -- John Stevens -- Recruiting workers -- Mosquito eradication -- Roosevelt visits Panama -- The Culebra cut -- Finishing the canal -- Credits