Trade Routes: NY to Panama 1929

This 1920s silent educational film, Modern Commerce: A Film Lesson in "World Geography", explores global trade through two vital hubs. It opens with New York Harbor, America’s bustling gateway, where steamships load cargo amid skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty. The reel then sails to the Panama Canal, showcasing its locks lifting vessels between oceans—a 1914 marvel cutting travel time. Intertitles link commerce to geography, illustrating how these arteries fueled 1920s economic growth for classroom learners.