Canal Zone (1977)

• Documentary

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.

Rating

7.2 / 10 (10 votes)

Release date

June 13, 1977

Runtime

2h 55m

Language

English

Director

Frederick Wiseman

Status

Released