When French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps returned triumphantly to Paris after completing the Suez Canal in 1869, he was hailed as a national hero. Thousands raced to invest in his next, even bolder scheme: to build a great canal across Panama. His dream
Narrator, Robert Lindsay.
DVD
In English with English subtitles.
sd., col.
Documentary.
Originally broadcast on television in 2003. A BBC and TLC co-production.