The Golden Isthmus
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Extract 2
Extract 3
1966
00:54:08
Panama
About Panama, telling the story of 450 years of efforts to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in this narrow neck of land, and the native peoples who have had to suffer them.
Physical formats available:
16mm
Digital formats available:
MPEG-4 AVC
Audio & visual:
Sound,
Color
Featuring, Fort St. Andrew, Panama. Darien regions of Panama. Geologists & hydrologists at work in the Panama Isthmus, searching for the best route for a new Panama canal. Nuclear explosion on land showing crater left by explosion town of Portobello, Central Panama, showing bay & ruins of Spanish Fort with cannons, now overgrown.
Written and Narrated:
David Howarth
Filmed by:
Robert Cundy