Panama Canal gateway to the American century
(2011)
Nonfiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/972.8705/PANAMA
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
United States : PBS, [2011]
©2011
©2011
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
9781608833948 AMX62302, 1608833941, 1608833941 :, 841887013970
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from container
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
Release date: Feb. 8, 2011
Originally broadcast on television as an episode of American experience
Editor, George O'Donnell ; music, Peter Rundquist
Narrator, Michael Murphy
Not rated
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; 5.1 surround sound
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing