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1942 American engineers build a highway alongside the Panama Canal
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0:35Now PlayingDate: 16th March 1942
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
PANAMA: Panama Canal:
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BUILDING Building a highway alongside Panama Canal.. cement laying machinery..weighing machine for cement..giant machines levelling up earth..etc.
PANAMA Building a highway alongside Panama Canal..giant machines levelling up rugged earth..tractor tries to move huge piece of earth..cement brought in on barges..John L. Humbard surveys work..shot of dredge etc.
Transport; Civil Engineering
World War Two, World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, United States military, construction, road building
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