Canal Zone

Canal Zone (1977)

Follow the people who live and work in the Panama Canal Zone and glimpse into both the operation of the Canal and the various governmental agencies — business, military, and civilian — related to the functioning of the Canal and the lives of the Americans in the zone. Features sequences of ships in transit, the work of special canal pilots, aspects of the civil government, work of the military, and the social, religious and recreational life of the Zonians.

Date of release
1977-06-13
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (10)
Runtime
2h 55m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Frederick Wiseman

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