Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane

Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane is a 1914 silent actuality film taken by pilot Robert G. Fowler and cameraman Ray Duhem on April 27, 1913. Fowler was making the first nonstop trans-Panama flight, Pacific-to-Atlantic, in an aeroplane and took along Duhem and his film camera. They flew over the still uncompleted Panama Canal and filmed scenes that later got them in trouble with the Department of War because they showed military fortifications in construction.

Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane
still of the Canal as seen from the Fowler plane published in Sunset Magazine.
Directed by	Robert G. Fowler
Written by	Riley A. Scott Charles K. Field
Produced by	Duhem Motion Picture Company George F. Cosby M. B. Dudley
Starring	Robert G. Fowler
Cinematography	Raymond Andre Duhem
Running time	6 parts
Country	USA
Language	Silent..English titles

Gage biplane used for the pioneering flight, preserved at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy facility

Movie poster

Cast

• Robert G. Fowler
• Ray Duhem

External links

• The Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane at IMDb.com
• Reel 4 of the film at the Internet Archive