| AMERICAN DESTROYERS FOR BRITAIN Britain Leases Old Forts in Panama to America in Return for Loan of 50 Warships | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6423 | |
| Catalog #: | 52129 | |
| Clip Number: | 52129-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 40/73 | |
| Timecode: | 01:30:42 - 01:32:43 | |
| Location: | Panama | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Misc LOCATIONS/CENTRAL AMERICA: Panama TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Boats & Ships | |
| Description: | AMERICAN DESTROYERS FOR BRITAIN Britain Leases Old Forts in Panama to America in Return for Loan of 50 Warships Panama VS of American destroyers being fitted out with guns and torpedoes. There are a large number of ships all gathered together. VS. of former British fortress bases along the American coast mainly in Panama which have been leased over to the Americans in return for the fifty destroyers. VS of Panama Canal with lock gates being opened and a submarine and warships travelling through the canal. VS of destroyers speeding across the ocean. | |
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