- Title: F-9519
- Summary: GATEWAY TO THE PACIFIC: BUILDING THE PANAMA CANAL.
- Description:03:00:15 - SHIPS MOVING THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL LOCKS 03:00:29 - RUINS OF CATHEDRAL TOWER OF OUR LADY OF THE ASCENSION 03:00:51 - SAILORS WALK AMONG RUINS 03:00:58 - ANIMATED MAP OF OLD TRADE ROUTE BEFORE CANAL WAS BUILT 03:01:10 - NATIVE BOYS WALK TO THATCHED HUT VILLAGE WITH HEAVY RAIN CLOUDS HOVERING IN THE SKY 03:01:21 - SCENIC VIEWS OF PANANA 03:01:38 - POV RIDING IN TRAIN PAST SCENIC LANDSCAPE 03:01:44 - SILHOUETTE OF PALM TREES 03:01:51 - EXPLOSIONS IN HILLSIDE AS THE ARMY ENGINEERS CLEAR LAND FOR THE BUILDING OF THE PANAMA CANAL 03:02:17 - STEAM SHOVELS SCOOP UP ROCKS & DIRT & DUMP IT INTO DIRT TRAIN CARS FOR USE ELSEWHERE 03:02:30 - PAN OVER TO CONSTRUCTION SITE 03:02:43 - STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN RIDES PAST WITH CARS FULL OF DIRT 03:02:52 - SPILLWAY CONSTRUCTED: PUSHING DIRT TO WATERBED AREA 03:03:07 - WATER FLOWS THROUGH HUGE CONSTRUCTED DAMS 03:03:13 - BEAUTIFUL ARTIFICIAL LAKE 03:03:17 - HUGE CONCRETE LOCKS BEING CONSTRUCTED 03:04:06 - U.S ARMY BATTLESHIPS ON THE WATER 03:04:20 - WAR SHIP MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE LOCKS OF PANAMA CANAL 03:04:35 - "ELECTRIC MULES" TRAIN CARS PULL THE SHIP THROUGH 03:04:37 - CU WATER AS IT FILLS UP IN THE LOCKS 03:04:44 - SHIP SEEN GRADUALLY RISING AS THE LOCK FILLS UP. BI -PLANE ON DECK OF SHIP 03:04:51 - WATER LEVEL OF BOTH LOCKS ARE EQUAL 03:04:59 - WATER-TIGHTS GATES OPEN & SHIP MAKES IT WAY THROUGH 03:05:17 - SHIP TRAVELS THROUGH PANAMA ISTHMUS, PASSING CLIFFS & SHORES OF TROPICAL JUNGLES 03:05:39 - SHIP ENTERS THE MAN-MADE LAKE 03:05:50 - GATES OF LOCKS OPEN TO ALLOW SHIP TO PASS THROUGH 03:06:04 - SHIP IN THE LOCKS OF PANAMA CANAL 03:06:29 - SAILORS WALK AROUND MODEL COMMUNITIES. MILITARY COMPLEX OF BUILDINGS IN TROPICAL SETTING 03:06:49 - PANAMA CITY: TRAFFIC & PEDESTRIANS. BAZAR FRANCES 03:07:03 - GROUPS OF SAILORS PASS BY POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC 03:07:11 - NATIVE RIDES ON WAGON PULLED BY DONKEY 03:07:18 - SAILORS EXIT ANCIENT CHURCH 03:07:27 - BEAUTIFUL WOMAN STANDS ON UPPER BALCONY OF BUILDING 03:07:35 - SAILORS RIDE IN HORSE & CART PAST OLD SPANISH PRISONS 03:07:48 - SCENIC AREA BY SEA WALL WITH STATUE BUSTS & PYLON IN THE FRENCH SECTION 03:07:55 - THE CAPITAL BUILDING: LARGE WHITE PALACE OF TYPICAL SPANISH ARCHITECTURE 03:08:04 - RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF PANAMA 03:08:12 - SOLDIERS GUARD THE ENTRANCE. PATROL WITH BAYONETTES 03:08:21 - MARKETPLACE SHOPS. MONTAGE OF WARES: CHINA, NECKLACES, GLASSWARE 03:08:37 - HINDU MERCHANTS HAGGLE WITH SAILORS 03:08:44 - WOMAN READING, SELLING LOTTERY TICKETS 03:08:50 - CHILDREN GATHER OUTSIDE SCHOOL 03:09:13 - FISHING BOATS IN HARBOR 03:09:17 - U.S BATTLESHIPS IN HARBOR AT CANAL ZONE 03:09:22 - WAVES CRASH ON SHORE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1900
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: F-9519