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| Public Domain Films And Royalty Free Stock Footage |
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Public Domain Archive Film Stock Footage Library |
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Available in High Definition formats: (72 hr. turn-around)
1920 x 1080 24p MAC or PC - Quicktime |
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| ADDITIONAL HD FORMATS AVAILABLE - CALL FOR DETAILS |
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| NTSC Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| PAL Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| DVD-R Time-Code Preview Disc (NTSC): (24 hr. turn-around) |
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| keywords: columbia river, snake river, dams, flood control, grand coulee dam, dust bowl era, depression era |
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Synopsis: Bonneville Power Administration, the Federal program for the development of the Columbia River and its tributaries. Using a map to locate Bonneville, Grand Coulee, The Dallas, Priest Rapids, John Day, Chief Joseph and McNary Dams on the Columbia River, and Lower Monumental, Little Goose, Ice Harbor and Lower Granite Dams on the Snake River, explains use of dams for irrigation, navigation, flood control and power development... (read more) |
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Information: 1949 BW 21 min |
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Scenes of salmon migrating upstream to spawn, Indians using nets to fish for salmon. Depression era footage from the 1930's of families from the dust bowl of the southern plains with cars loaded with household goods headed to the northwest. Out of work men are walk and ride the train as hobo's seeking work.
Shows the logging and timber of the northwest before the depression and then the decline of the timber industry as the depression hit. No jobs for incoming workers migrating from the dust bowl. Unemployed men looking for work standing on street corners. Scenes of unemployment. Southern plains dustbowl scenes. Abandoned farm equipment and homes as people leave the dust bowl area seeking jobs.
Building and construction of the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, blasting with dynamite, pouring concrete, hydroelectric equipment, and electrical power switch yards. Industry and jobs return to the northwest with start of WWII and the abundance of electrical power. Flood scenes and people driven from their homes due to floods. Map shows other dams built to control flooding.
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