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| A&E Television Networks | | Run Time:
| 50 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| July 17, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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Good HistoryJun 12, 2009
By W. Wheeler
A very good documentary of the building to the Canal. Period still pictures and video make the history lesson come alive.
A graphic recordMar 03, 2012
By Gustavo A. Mellander, Ph.D., D.H.L.
"Gus A. Mellander"
Vasco Nunez de Balboa trekked across the Isthmus of Panama in 1519. He and his motley crew become the first Europeans to gaze on what is now called the Pacific Ocean. Since Balboa gazed southerly onto the vast waterway, he dubbed it the South Sea and claimed it for the Spanish Crown.
Many nations including Spain, Holland, and Colombia to name a few dreamed of building an inter oceanic waterway in Panama which is only 50 miles wide in some areas. The French tried to build a sea level canal in the 1880s but failed miserably.
It would be the United States who ultimately built the Panama Canal, 1904-1914. This DVD captures with video tape and outstanding still pictures those turbulent years when resolute men -- and women -- undertook one of the greatest engineering feats of all time.
With the 100th anniversary of opening of the Panama Canal, August 2014, on the horizon this carefully prepared DVD can help students, of all ages, appreciate what a marvelous feat the construction of the canal really was.
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Dr. Mellander is a specialist in Panamanian history. He wrote three books on the topic. One was honored as a "best seller" at the United Nations: "The United States in Panamanian Politics" has been adopted at several universities.
Great HistoryDec 07, 2011
By Calvin L. Russell
A definite requirement for anyone who has interest in this great engineering marvel, but especially for those who might be making a trip to Panama or taking a cruise through the Canal.
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