Panama Canal--scenes of the finished Canal

Scenes of the Panama Canal, generally in the natural order of passage, from a ship moving from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The ship passes by the Panamanian city of Colón on the Atlantic end, through the channel to Gatun Locks and into Gatun Lake, views of the Gatun spillway and the Chagres River. From here she passes from Gaillard Cut (Culebra Cut), into the Pedro Miguel Locks and into Miraflores Lake. Then through the Miraflores Locks and into the final portion of the canal, passing the Canal Zone towns of Ancon, Balboa, and Balboa Heights. Final views are of the Ancon Hospital (Gorgas Hospital) and the U.S. Administration Building at Balboa.
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Duration: 4:03 (part 1), 4:00 (part 2), 3:56 (part 3), 4:07 (part 4), 0:52 (part 5) at 14 fps.
Sources used: Abbot, Willis J. Panama and the canal, 1913; Avery, Ralph E. America's triumph at Panama, 1913.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
National Park Service acquired from Roosevelt Memorial Association. Gift to RMA from Samuel Lewis. Edge code date on nitrate is 1919. Flash titles are very dark.
Received: 5/1968 from USDA lab; viewing print, non-viewing pos pic; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.