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United States Army guards the Panama Canal in the Panama Canal Zone in Panama during World War II.

U.S. Army soldiers at the Panama Canal Zone in Panama. The soldiers walking along shore. A ship docked along the shore. Men aboard the ship. The soldiers holding rifles, march on the ground. Mountains in the background. Soldiers working in the area. A soldier watching the enemy actions through a camera. Aircraft lined up at the airbase. Aircraft taking off. Several aircraft flying in formation overhead.

Location: Panama Canal
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063049
Construction of the Panama Canal

Construction of the Panama Canal connecting the Caribbean Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. Views of abandoned and failed first attempt by French team led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, with scenes of Panama natives cutting vegetation with machetes. Scene of abandoned canal work area. Scenes of United States work to build the canal beginning in 1903. Steam shovels digging and moving earth. Laborers construct railroad for use in canal building. General Glen Edgerton talks about the construction difficulties from malaria, and the worker prescription of quinine three times daily. Views of British and French workers on the site working and arriving by rail to work. Dynamite explosion removes rumble for railroad construction. View of locks under construction 1000 feet long and 110 feet wide. Excerpt from interview with former Canal Zone Governor and Congressman Maurice Thatcher, who characterizes the project as the greatest liberty that man had ever taken with nature. (Thatcher was honored when the first bridge connecting both sides of the Panama Canal was named after him as "Thatcher Ferry Bridge". In 1979 the name was officially changed to the Bridge of the Americas.) Clip next shows 1970's aerial view of the Panama Canal. Ships moving through the Panama Canal.

Location: Panama
Date: 1903
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023504
The Canal Zone Administration Building and the Golden Altar in the San Jose Church in Panama City, Republic of Panama.

Tourist attractions and sights in Panama City, the Republic of Panama. Tower in the ruins of the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción at Panamá Viejo (Campanario de la Catedral de Panamá Viejo, Panamá, Panama), destroyed by Buccaneer Henry Morgan. A broken bridge. A view of Panama City. Traffic on the streets. Natives on narrow streets in the main city. A church façade. The Golden Altar in the San Jose Church (Avenida A and Calle 8, Panama City, Panama City). The Canal Zone Administration Building on Balboa Heights. A garden in front of the building. Palm trees on either side of the entrance. An American flag flutters in the breeze.

Location: Panama
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068696
A U.S. officer briefs about military training areas and future requirements of military bases in Panama Canal Zone.

U.S. military canal defense and base security requirements and future requirements regarding proposed canal relocations in Panama. A U.S. officer conducts a JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff) briefing in the United States. A map of Panama shows military training areas. The map shows Pecora-Chepo, Pina-Range, Mandinga and Madden as military training areas. An officer speaks. A map shows Costa Rica border, present canal zone in Eastern Panama and Atrato River in Columbia. The officers speak about canal relocations and future requirements in Panama. A map of Panama shows present canal zone. An officer speaks.

Location: Panama Canal Zone
Date: 1963
Duration: 6 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060007
Border between Republic of Panama and Panama Canal Zone

Aerial views of Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the Panama Canal Zone. Lush green fields, tower and buildings in the Canal zones. Shoreline, a ship anchored at the canal, vehicles move along the border between the Panama Canal Zone and Republic of Panama. Fort Gulick on the Atlantic side of the Canal. Palm trees, buildings, cars move along the border. Cars parked alongside of the road that forms the border between Republic of Panama and Canal Zone.

Location: Panama Canal
Date: 1969, March 2
Duration: 9 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048574
U.S. Navy patrol boats underway in the Panama Canal as aircraft dive at them during a simulated attack.

United States Navy motor torpedo boats underway in the Panama Canal. Aerial view of the boats underway at sea. Aircraft in flight overhead. The aircraft dive at the boats in a simulated attack. Naval guns aboard the boats fight away the aircraft. (World War II period).

Location: Panama Canal
Date: 1943
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066013
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