Across the Isthmus of Panama in 1912 (1912)
In this film, which was taken under the auspices of the United States government, the auditor is taken on an intimate inside trip across the entire canal zone. The first scenes show the Pedro Miguel Locks and the whole process of building these gigantic walls and gates of concrete and steel. We are shown huge cranes carrying sand, rock and cement to the mixers. Then the carrying to and dumping of the cement upon the locks. Miraflares Locks, the top of the gates at Gatun, the huge conveyors and cranes at Gatun, the building of the gates, lake walls, and locks at Gatun, and an interesting panorama of Gatun lake and locks gives us a thorough understanding of this phase of the great project. Then we are taken to the Culebra cut region, where we follow the work as it progresses rapidly under the perfect system directed by the most skilled U.S.A. engineers. The drills, steam shovels, spreaders, trains, dumpers, etc., are all shown and we leave Culebra after viewing an interesting panorama of the entire cut. We are now taken to Panama City, on the Pacific Coast, and after viewing the track shifter and its almost human functions, we can indeed say that we have seen the canal zone and its vast work under better conditions than most of those who travel to the zone in person.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
