Panama Canal Operations 19131914

(Video is silent)

Scope & Content: Reel 1 shows the Gatun Locks, tugs in Gatun Lake, aerial views of Culebra Cut and jungle areas, and a freighter passing through locks. Reel 2, dams are opened and water rushes through. Locks are filled and emptied. The freighter City of Lordsburg passes through. Natives hack through jungle vegetation, dam creeks, and spray marshes with oil. Engineers test stagnant pools. Shows native settlements in Panama City. A navy tug passes through Miraflores Locks.

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent)

Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1936

Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1164
Use Restriction(s): Undetermined
Sound Type: Silent

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 24669
Local Identifier: 111-H-1164

http://research.archives.gov/description/24669

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