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

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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

Imprint 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.

Other Standard Identifiers 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.)

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