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Spirit of the West aka TVA (main title missing) R1 of 2

Reel Number: 221720-09

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940

Country: USA

Location: Tennessee

TC Begins: 01:15:33

TC Ends: 01:25:23

Duration: 00:09:50

Titles (main title missing) R1 of 2 Aerial over Tennessee Valley w/ reservoirs, forest & farming areas. Ground & farms; pan river or reservoir. 01:17:20 Tug pushing barge on Tennessee River; locks & barges towards. 01:17:45 Wilson Dam; Norris Dam w/ plaque; pan over large dam; Wheeler Dam; Pickwick Landing sign; Guntersville; Chickamauga Dam. 01:18:52 Hillside explodes w/ dynamite; steam shovel removing stone, loading truck, bulldozer pulling earthmoving equipment. 01:19:17 Pan over Watts Bar dam under construction; men working, cranes lifting material. 01:19:34 Kentucky Dam under construction, pouring concrete; lowering steel, large overhead crane. 01:20:32 Overhead of tugs pushing barges; view from on water; entering Guntersville locks. Sternwheelers working. 01:21:59 Water down spiillway; interior of turbine room. Men at control board watching dials etc. Electrical transmission equipment. 01:23:10 Aerial over waterways, plants on shore w/ large alumnium plant (?). Pan over other industrial plants. 01:23:55 Workers to plant in MCU from waste down. 01:24:05 Aluminum ingots rolled, moved; sheet metal punched, worked. Textile machines working; shoe stamping; ore crushing, mixing. Electric furnace & smelting ore. Steel mill. WW2 Industrial Manufacturing; Electrical Power Production; WWII; Factories; Factory; War Effort; Americana Homefront; USA; 1940s;

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