Panama Canal gateway to the American century
(2011)

Nonfiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/972.8705/PANAMA

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Nonfiction DVDs DVD/972.8705/PANAMA Available

Details

PUBLISHED
United States : PBS, [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

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