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U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt on his vacation cruiser Houston at Panama Canal in Cristobal, CZ.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's vacation cruiser USS Houston underway at Panama Canal in Cristobal, CZ. Roosevelt emerges out of his cruiser and takes salute of thousands of troops assembled at the dock area. Troops fire artillery in President's honor.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt visits President Arias of the Republic of Panama at dock in Balboa, CZ.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in conversation with President Arias of the Republic of Panama at dock in Balboa, CZ. President Arias bids Roosevelt farewell before he leaves in his vacation cruiser USS Houston. Houston underway in the canal.
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.
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.
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.
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.
