The Panama canal (1930-1939)

Footage №65602, 1 part, black-white
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Director:Ficpatrik Dzhejms A. Fitzpatrick James A.

Reel №1

Map Of Central America.

Diagram of the Panama canal.

The city of colon on the Atlantic coast.

Railway.

The life of the inhabitants of the city.

Cafes, Negros, Central street, foreigners.

The organization of the first works in the dug the Panama canal, conducted by the engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps.

The bust, erected in his honor.

Termination of work on the canal due to lack of funds.

Sickness and frequent deaths among the workers.

Cemetery of the first builders of the canal.

The resumption of the construction works by order of Theodore Roosevelt.

Types of channel.

The opening of the Panama canal in 1906

Key words

America, the channel construction

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