A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama

Nov 03, 1987 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

The Panama Canal opened in 1914 after a 30-year effort that dwarfed the building of the pyramids. Historian David McCullough navigates through the canal and tells the story of the human drama behind the engineering feat.

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