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1949 - USA, Documentary: Columbia, The: America’s Greatest Power Stream Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221658-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1949,1940s

Country: USA

Location: Oregon,Portland,Vanport,Washington

TC Begins: 00:10:34

TC Ends: 00:21:12

Duration: 00:10:38

Continued... Pt. 2 of 2 WWII montage: marching, planes on field, construction large factory. Power lines, aluminum ingots moved. River rapids. 00:11:24 Montage: Bonneville dam; spillways, turbines spinning; man noting gauges; transformers; power lines. 00:12:15 Montage: Liberty ship construction, welding, launchings. 00:12:33 Montage: pouring aluminum, ingots, interior of airplane factory w/ construction, planes towed out. 00:12:55 Grand Coulee Dam, power line construction. Sheep moved across & past dam. 00:13:44 Men leaving mill; railroad moving ore; sawmill; loading lumber on ship. Pan St. John’s substation; men constructing electric line towers. Aluminum rolling mill shots, products. Grand Coulee dam turbine room activity & industry. Aerials of snowcapped mountains; view of river in Hell’s Canyon (?). Bonneville Dam. 00:15:48 Aerial over completely flooded Vanport, Oregon w/ submerged buildings & homes. Men unloading belongings from house window into boat; rescued from roof by breeches buoy; cows in boat; buildings floating downstream. Men filling sandbags & carrying along dike. Rushing waters, people on roof of floating buildings. People carrying suitcases, walking along road w/ children. Herding cattle thru water. Aerials. 00:17:29 MCU of flood victims / refugees. 00:17:35 Montage CU Rushing water over rapids; aerial over snow capped mountain peaks. Map of Columbia thru Washington & other dam locations noted. 00:18:24 Large pipeline construction; construction of large canal; irrigation ditch; orchard. 00:18:46 Map w/ headwaters & tributaries w/ dam sites including Snake River thru Idaho. 00:19:16 Hell’s Canyon aka Hells Canyon from bottom & views from above. Mail Boat up river, POV & from above. 00:20:03 Men leaving factory; superimposed & shots of turbines & dams; rapids. View of Columbia River Gorge. The End. WW2; Industry; Geography; Electrical Power; Natural Resources; Natural Disasters; Economics; Economy; 1940s; 1949; U.S.A. Government Propaganda; Folk Songs; Woody Guthrie; Bonneville Power Administration;

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