Film, Video Dr. William Gorgas Doctor William Gorgas
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Title
- Dr. William Gorgas
Other Title
- Doctor William Gorgas
Summary
- Film has ca. 2 ft. of views of Dr. William Crawford Gorgas, chief sanitation officer of the Panama Canal (1904-1913) and member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, standing in front of a building; location of this sequence is undetermined. Remainder of film shows Dr. Gorgas and an unidentified man riding on a Panama Canal Company train. The two men are silhouetted against passing scenery of the Canal Zone as Dr. Gorgas shows the other man points of interest. The train passes a body of water which is probably a part of the canal, countryside, buildings probably on Front Street, Colon, including a YMCA club; final scene of people walking across tracks after the train passes.
Names
- Roosevelt Memorial Association, former owner
- Apollo Pictures (Firm : 1916-1917), former owner
- Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- [between 1904 and 1913]
Headings
- - Gorgas, William Crawford,--1854-1920
- - Railroads--Panama--Canal Zone
- - Panama Canal (Panama)
- - Colón (Panama)
Genre
- Film clips
- Silent films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - Duration: 0:22 at 20 fps.
- - Summary from The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 22-23.
- - Roosevelt Memorial Association inventory number RMA 307-06-04.
- - Sources used: Abbot, Willis J. Panama and the canal, 1914; Heald, J., Picturesque Panama,1928; Gorgas, M. and Hendrick, B., William Crawford Gorgas, 1924; Barrett, J., Panama Canal, 1913, p.19; LC Prints & Photographs Division portrait file; The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 22-23; "How to eradicate a scourge: yellow fever, malaria, and construction of the Panama Canal", Marine Corps Gazette 102, no. 1 (Nov., 2018), viewed online October 13, 2021 via the Marine Corps University WWW site.
- - Appearing: Dr. William Gorgas.
- - Filmed in the Panama Canal Zone between 1904 and 1913.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - Collection transferred to LC from National Park Service in 1967. Previous owners: Roosevelt Memorial Association; Apollo Pictures.
- - The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (18 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (18 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FAB 0985 (viewing print)
- FRA 5959 (dupe neg pic)
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- mp76000276
Online Format
- image
- video
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Contributor
- Apollo Pictures (Firm)
- Roosevelt Memorial Association
- Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)