American soldiers marching close order drill at Fort Kobe. Sign Headquarters Caribbean Command at Quarry Heights. Images of interior of soldier barracks, golf links, tennis courts, servicemen bowling, riding in sightseeing horse drawn carriage.
Aerial view of Panama City and Balboa, arriving passengers departing from PAA (American World Airways) at Tocumen National Airport. Shows architecture of several modern building, homes, National Theater. Street scenes of stores, people, traffic, street markets in Panama City. Street vendor sells national lottery tickets, drawing of lottery tickets. Siesta time in Panama. Presidential Palace.
New University buildings near Panama City, students in classroom, procession depicts Holy Days, church, people in church, place of worship, and ruins of Church of San Domingo. Monument to explorer Balboa. People celebrating carnival or fiesta time in Panama, costumes, music, dancing. Shows hands beating on bongo drums and feet shuffling to beat of drums. Electric neon signs of nightclubs, lady entertainer dancing in nightclub. Shows industrial development.
Countryside of Panama outside the city, banana trees, harvesting and shipping bananas, panning for gold, goods and products made from alligator skins. Daily lives of Mentions that live in the interior region of Panama. Picking coffee beans. Kuna Indians that live on the San Blas Islands.
History and building of the Panama Canal is shown using still photographs and video clips. Animated map illustrates the need for building the Panama Canal. Planes used to spray and destroy the breeding grounds of the anopheles mosquito, carrier of malaria fever. Shows passage of an aircraft carrier through the Panama canal locks. Shows operation of the canal locks. Shows an Army alert drill taking action to protect the canal against attack.
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