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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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Chicago citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, Former Owner, Former Owner Apollo Pictures, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Dr. William Gorgas. [Between 1904 and 1913, 1904] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000276/.

APA citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, F. O., Apollo Pictures, F. O. & Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. (1904) Dr. William Gorgas. [Between 1904 and 1913] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mp76000276/.

MLA citation style:

Roosevelt Memorial Association, Former Owner, Former Owner Apollo Pictures, and Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection. Dr. William Gorgas. [Between 1904 and 1913, 1904] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mp76000276/>.