Canal Zone

19772h 55mNo ratings yet

Documentary

Overview

CANAL ZONE is about the people who live and work in the Panama Canal Zone and shows 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. The film includes 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.

Keywords

observational documentary
panama canal
observational cinema

Details

Status: Released
Release date: June 13, 1977
Original language: English
Spoken languages: Spanish, English
Countries: United States of America
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Writer: Frederick Wiseman
Producer: Frederick Wiseman
Cinematography: William Brayne
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0075803