Inland Waterways In The Development Of American Transportation

Inland Waterways In The Development Of American Transportation Encyclopaedia Britannica Films 21:07:38 Aerial views river, coastline. Old-fashioned steam locomotive past. Industrial scenes, steel mills. VO re fall & rise of US waterways. Freight barges & tug boats; canals. Pan across river to dam / bridge. Allegheny Mountains - VO re Westward expansion in 19th Century 21:09:10 Flatboat loaded w/ goods; poled on river. Niagara Falls. Man dressed as George Washington - quote re waterways. Mules leveling land. 21:10:16 Erie Canal lock; canal boat drawn by mule - water level raised in lock & barge continues. 21:11:56 Map of US showing canal construction. Various paddle steamboats on river. Locomotive steam whistle - early trains along railroad. VO re decline of inland waterways by 1850. 21:13:53 Industrial scenes, steel mills - ore barge along river; coal barge towed. Oil tanker barge, chemical barge; grain filled into covered barge - top shot goods loaded into barge. 21:15:58 Map of North America showing inland waterways & links w/ rivers & sea. Cars & steel transported down Ohio River en route to Texas - towboat pushing barge. INT cab - past Cincinatti - new industrial development on riverside. Barge thru lock - new barge full of tractors added at Louisville. Night scenes, barge using arc lights & radar. Fog. 21:19:56 Barge passes thru Baton Rouge & New Orleans, Louisiana - dock scenes, United Fruit Company freighter. 21:20:39 Map showing point where barge leaves Mississippi River & enters Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Aerial views GIW showing channel; barges- passes Galveston & arrives at Brownsville, Texas where freight unloaded, pipes. 21:21:59 New cars loaded onto four-deck self-propelled barge - Tennessee River - bridge raised - various barge & aerial shots. The End. Shipping; Cargo; Trade Routes; US History; 1956; 1950s; Corps of Engineers; Freight Transportation; NOTE: Any continuous one minute sold at per reel rate.