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Uniform Title American experience (Television program). Panama Canal.
Title American experience. 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.

Imprint United States : PBS Distribution, [2011]

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 KTC DVD Collection  972.8705 P191 2011    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Title from container.
System Details DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; 5.1 surround sound.
Language In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performer Narrator, Michael Murphy.
Credits Director of photography, Andrew Young ; editor, George O'Donnell ; music, Peter Rundquist.
Note Originally broadcast on television as an episode of American experience on January 24, 2011.
Audience Not rated.
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.
Contents Wonder of the modern world -- The Republic of Panama -- Challenges breaking ground -- John Stevens -- Recruiting workers -- Mosquito eradication -- Roosevelt visits Panama -- The Culebra cut -- Finishing the canal -- Credits.
Subject Panama Canal (Panama) -- History.
Genre/Form Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Educational television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Ives, Stephen. Director.
Pollak, Amanda. Producer.
Ferrari, Michelle. Screenwriter.
Murphy, Michael, 1938- Narrator.
O'Donnell, George, film editor.
Rundquist, Peter. Composer.
Insignia Films.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Added Title Panama Canal
Note Title on container: Panama Canal: gateway to the American century
Added Title American experience (Television program)
ISBN 9781608833948
1608833941
Standard No. 841887013970
Music No. AMX62302 PBS

 
    
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