The TVA At Work 1935

About

Reel 1 shows rain storms and flooded streams, the flooded Tennessee River valley, Norris Dam and Wilson Dam, and a panorama of eroded land. Phosphate fertilizer is made in an electric furnace at Muscle Shoals, is bagged, and is shipped to the farmer. Contrasts productivity of fertilized and non-fertilized land. Reel 2 shows crops and cattle on a farm, a delegation of farmers conferring with a county agent, the power house at Wilson Dam, electric power lines and towers, a reservoir, and a close-up of an electric light burning. A farmer installs an electric stove in his home.

National Archives Identifier:11648

Local Identifier: 48.16

Creator(s): Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures. (? - ?) (Most Recent)

From: Series : Motion Picture Film Documentation of the Diverse Activities of the Department of the Interior, compiled 1916 - 1976

* Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009

Level of Description: Item

Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images

This item was produced or created: 1935

The creator compiled or maintained the series between: 1916 - 1976

Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s): Undetermined

Archive

Internet Archive, in Ephemeral films

Licence or status

Public Domain Mark 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.

Credit

Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures

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