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Canal Zone

1977 175 min English
Wubly rating 7.1 IMDb rating 7.4

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.

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Frederick Wiseman Director · William Brayne Cinematographer

United States release June 13, 1977 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Spanish

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United States

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English

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English · Spanish

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United States · June 13, 1977

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Denmark

January 13, 1982

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