Panama Canal: How Two Nations Cut Through a Continent

The Panama Canal is an 82-kilometre waterway that links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. A French attempt collapsed in 1889 after an estimated 22,000 deaths, and the United States finished the canal in 1914. This documentary follows the centuries-old idea, the French disaster, the revolution that created Panama, the fight against mosquito-borne disease, the locks and Gatun Lake, and the handover of the canal to Panama. Chapters 0:00 Joining Two Oceans 0:49 A Dream Since 1513 1:51 The French Disaster 3:35 A Nation and a Canal 4:45 Beating the Mosquito 5:45 Locks and a Lake 6:57 Panama's Canal …