The Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane (1914)

Directed by

Robert George Fowler

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film from 1913 shows aerial footage of the Panama Canal while it was still under construction. It was shot during the first nonstop flight across Panama from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

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What happens

Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane is a 1914 silent actuality film taken by pilot Robert G. Fowler and cameraman Ray Duhem on April 27, 1913. Fowler was making the first nonstop trans-Panama flight, Pacific-to-Atlantic, in an aeroplane and took along Duhem and his film camera. They flew over the still uncompleted Panama Canal and filmed scenes that later got them in trouble with the Department of War because they showed military fortifications in construction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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