大象传媒

Air an 15mh den L霉nastal, 1914, dh' fhosgail Canal a' Phanama, a' ceangal an d脿 chuan as motha san t-saoghal ri ch猫ile agus a' sealltainn a' chumhachd a bha gu bhith aig Ameireaga. Bha na h-Ameireaganaich air a bhith soirbheachail far an do dh' fh脿illig na Frangaich beagan bhliadhnaichean ro l脿imh.

Thairis air na bliadhnaichean, chunnaic meadhan Ameireagaidh cumhachd ga thoirt air falbh bhon riaghaltas, 55,000 luchd-obrach air a thoirt a-steach bho air feadh an t-saoghail, na ceudan de mhilleanan tunnaichean 霉ir air a thoirt air falbh, agus innleadaireachd aig 矛re nach fhaca an saoghal a-riamh ron seo.

A' cleachdadh tasglann iongantach de dhealbhan agus film, seann agallamhan c貌mhla ris an luchd-obrach agus fiosrachadh bho daoine a bha a' fuireach faisg air l脿imh, tha am pr貌gram seo ag innse sgeulachd sh貌nraichte, aon de na gluasadan teicne貌lach as motha san t-saoghal.

On 15 August 1914 the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signalling America's emergence as a global superpower. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded where, just a few years earlier, the French had failed disastrously. Along the way, Central America witnessed the brazen overthrow of a sovereign government, the influx of over 55,000 workers from around the globe, the removal of hundreds of millions of tons of earth, and engineering innovation on an unprecedented scale.

Using an extraordinary archive of photographs and footage, rare interviews with canal workers, and first-hand accounts of life in the Canal zone, this film unravels the remarkable story of one of the world's most daring and significant technological achievements.