World War II U.S. light cruiser in Panama. Light cruiser moves towards loading docks in U.S. Tugboats on both sides of the ship. Shells being loaded in magazine or ammunition storage area of the ship. Men bring food supplies. Light cruiser underway at sea. Secondary battery crew make practice runs with a dual purpose gun. Facilities aboard a ship like a drug store below the deck of the ship, barber shop, service store, machine shop for repair, food being prepared in kitchen. Ship at Panama Canal. Ship underway at sea.
People on the streets of Panama city, Republic of Panama. Boys sparring on a street. Other boys watching. Horse-drawn carts move along a street. People walk along a sidewalk. Some men in straw hats. Naked child being pulled back into a house by their mother. Several views of people on the streets. A woman with a basket on her head in a marketplace. Vendors sell their goods.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh leaves Panama for a Pan-American Conference in Havana. Lindbergh with an officer on an air field in Panama City. Colonel Fisher of France Field bids him farewell. Men prepare his plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis' in the background. A crowd gathered to bid him farewell. Lindbergh climbs into the cockpit. People watch as his plane taxis and takes off.
Ship in lock, Panama Canal. Lock mechanism. Lock moving. View of the Panama Canal. Deck of ship. A ship moves in the Canal.
Panama Canal in Panama. View of canal from a moving boat. Half sunken boats and crane along shore. Ship underway in canal. Boat is lifted by crane onto dry dock. Ship in dry dock. Dry dock is flooded with water. Locomotives tow the ships through the locks. Panamanian carries water jug on his head. Large arrow on pivot. Ship sails in the background.
Jungle Operations Training Center (JOTC) in Fort Sherman, Panama. A soldier with a boa constrictor snake around his neck at United States Army base. The soldier holds the boa constrictor snake's head with his hand. A wall of a building in the background.