Description

This short film consists of views of Dr. William Crawford Gorgas (1854−1920), chief sanitation officer (1904−13) to the Isthmian Canal Commission in Panama. Gorgas is shown standing in front of a building at an undetermined location. The remainder of film shows Gorgas and an unidentified man riding on a Panama Railroad train. The two men are silhouetted against passing scenery of the Canal Zone as Gorgas indicates to the other man points of interest. The train passes a body of water that is probably a part of the ...