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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920
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Part 1 of 5
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Part 2 of 5
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Part 3 of 5
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Part 4 of 5
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Part 5 of 5
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SUMMARY
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.
NOTES
Copyright: no reg.
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.
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; ref print, archival pos; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.
SUBJECTS
Canals, Interoceanic--Panama.
Ships.
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
Spillways.
Public buildings, American.
Panama Canal (Panama)
Panama Canal (Panama)--Navigation.
Gatun Lake (Panama)
Chagres River (Panama)
Miraflores Lake (Panama)
Documentary--Short.
Newsreel--Short.
RELATED NAMES
Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (358 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (358 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. arch pos.
CALL NUMBER
FAB 1115 (ref print)
FRA 6058 (arch pos)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
trmp 4129s1 4129s2 4129s3 4129s4 4129s5 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/trmp.4129
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