Panama Canal: [videorecording] /: 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.

Name: Panama Canal [videorecording] / 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.
Description: 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.

Ives, Stephen.; Pollak, Amanda.; Ferrari, Michelle.; Murphy, Michael,; O'Donnell, George,; Rundquist, Peter.; Insignia Films.; WGBH Educational Foundation.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Panama Canal [videorecording] / 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.

Ives, Stephen.; Pollak, Amanda.; Ferrari, Michelle.; Murphy, Michael, 1938-; O'Donnell, George, film editor.; Rundquist, Peter.; Insignia Films.; WGBH Educational Foundation.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

2011

F1569.C2 P36 2011

Available at DVDs

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Title

Panama Canal [videorecording] / 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.

Uniform Title

American experience (Television program)

Variant Title

Subtitle on container: Gateway to the American century

ISBN

9781608833948
1608833941

Publication Details

United States : PBS Distribution, [2011]

Language

English

Language Note

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Description

1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Item Number

841887013970

Call Number

F1569.C2 P36 2011

Dewey Decimal Classification

972.8705

Distributor No.

AMX62302 PBS

Summary

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.

Note

Originally broadcast on television as an episode of American experience on January 24, 2011.
Narrator, Michael Murphy.

Credits

Director of photography, Andrew Young ; editor, George O'Donnell ; music, Peter Rundquist.

Audience

Not rated.

System Details Note

DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; 5.1 surround sound.

Added Author

Ives, Stephen.
Pollak, Amanda.
Ferrari, Michelle.
Murphy, Michael, 1938-
O'Donnell, George, film editor.
Rundquist, Peter.

Added Corporate Author

Insignia Films.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)