Canal Zone

1977 • 2h 55m • Documentary

7.2(10 votes)

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.

Director

Frederick Wiseman

Writers

Frederick Wiseman

Status

Released