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U.S. Navy PT boats and fighter airplanes engage in a mock battle at the Panama Canal.

Maneuvers of U.S. Navy motor torpedo boats in the Panama Canal. U.S. Navy PT boats underway. Aerial view of the boats. U.S. fighter airplanes in flight overhead. They engage in a mock battle. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077070
U.S. Army engineers at work during the construction of the Culebra Cut and Gold Hill of the Panama Canal.

Construction of the Panama Canal. A view of the Panama Canal constructed by U.S. Army engineers. The engineers work at the Culebra Cut. A railroad train on tracks. Smoke comes out. A crane lifts up rubble. Two engineers stand and one of them holds a shovel in his hands. The engineers work at Gold Hill. They use a hydraulic excavation cylinder and spray. A view of the Culebra Cut before the water entered. A boat underway in the Culebra Cut. A spillway at Gatun Lake. Water is controlled by the spillway. A sign reads 'Gatun Locks'. A liner in Gatun Locks. People at the dock along the Panama Canal. A view of Panama City, with people and traffic on the streets. Buildings on a street of Panama City. Mountains in the background.

Date: 1914
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068858
U.S. President Eisenhower answers a query on internationalizing the Panama Canal during a press conference in Washington DC.

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's 175th press conference in Washington DC, United States. President Eisenhower stands in front of a microphone before the newsmen during the press conference. One of the press women asks the President if he agrees to the internationalizing of the Panama Canal and whether he was considering building another canal in that area and if they did would they be able to hold it. Pressmen seated at the conference. The President says that the second question takes a lot of study but for the previous 14 years he has been in favor of building another canal, but that was something that he shall not recommend. Regarding the internationalizing of the Panama Canal he says that it is something he would not even think of at that moment. He says that they have got a treaty with Panama, the provisions of which have been obeyed and they have had a model relationship with Panama for the last 50 years. He says that he believes that a particular incident should not become a reason for breaking a relationship that has worked so well. View of the pressmen talking. The President talking to the officials and the pressmen.

Date: 1959, November 4
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070012
University of Panama building in Panama Canal Zone

Aerial views a road with building on the sides I Panama Canal Zone. A mock Vietnamese village located at Jungle operation training center at Fort Sherman. Coast, cars on the road. Buildings, shoreline, University of Panama building, and highways. Buses move on the border road. Tocumen International Airport (Av. Domingo Díaz, Panamá, Panama). A cross section on flyovers with cars moving on it. Cars move on a bridge across the ocean. Panama Viejo, National institute. Vehicles parked along the roadside, houses. Smoke rises from amidst trees.

Date: 1969, March 2
Duration: 10 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048575
A U.S. officer outlines military base requirements by showing aerial photographs of U.S. military facilities in Panama Canal Zone.

An outline of 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. Maps of the Canal Zone and Panama shows military installations, communications facilities and training areas. An officer points out Quarry Heights, Fort Amador, Howard AFB, Fort Kobbe, Rodman Naval Air Station and Fort Clayton on the map of Panama. An aerial photograph of Quarry Heights which will provide operational support for United States Southern Command Headquarters. An aerial picture of a bridge in Panama City and Quarry Heights in the background. Aerial photographs of Bridge of the Americas, Albrook AFB, Rodman Naval Station, Howard AFB and Fort Amador. An officer briefs. Maps of Fort Sherman and Galeta Island. Aerial photographs of Fort Sherman and Galeta Island.

Date: 1963
Duration: 5 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060006
Aviator Charles Lindbergh takes President Rodolfo Chiari Robles on a ride in his plane over the Panama Canal Zone.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh in Panama. Lindbergh takes President Rodolfo Chiari Robles, (President of Panama 1924-1928) for a ride over the Canal Zone. President Rodolfo Chiari strapped into the seat in Lindbergh's plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. The plane takes off. The plane in flight over Panama City and Balboa. Aerial views of Panama City, Balboa, buildings and the Panama canal zone. The President disembarks from the plane and talks to some officials.

Date: 1928, January 9
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031429