Modern Marvels Episode 10, Panama Canal Episode 10, Panama Canal.

Streaming video - 1997

Chronicles one of the most incredible engineering feats of all time: construction of the 51-mile canal that took ten years to build and employed over 40,000 workers, 6,000 of whom died of yellow fever, malaria, and other horrors. An earlier, nine-year attempt by the French ended in failure and cost 20,000 lives.

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The History® Channel 1997.
2022.
Language
English
Other Authors
History (film director)
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Title from title frames.
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In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).