Work of Rivers (circa 1944, silent)

Description:

Description: Educational film about the grand importance of rivers, using the Columbia River as an example.

From 16mm Educational Films index:
"Shows the work of rivers. From The Of All Things Series"

From Educational Film Guide, 1945: "An Educational Films Corporation of America production available only to schools. Here we have a description of some of the many ways in which rivers serve mankind. Gravel is taken from a river bed for concrete; a river is damned (sic) to aid navigation and supply power and irrigation. The Columbia River, which makes Portland a tideless seaport 110 miles from the sea, is seen as an important travel way for salmon. Striking views of the salmon running at spawning time, with leaping waterfalls, are shown. Weirs and nets catch many for canning, but sportsmen fish with hook and line. Finally, there are rivers carrying commercial and pleasure boats, running turbines for factories and for lighting, while water is diverted from a river to make a desert bloom. With captions."

Title on film can is inaccurate.

Can: # 16162 Ethiopia X 2007

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: Water, Natural history, 1940s

Tags: streams; forest; rivers; rushing water; gravel; dams; locks; salmon; spawning; ships; shipping; fishing; steamboats; row boats; fish swimming upstream; construction cranes; bridges; intertitles; Willamette River; river boats; the end title

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Educational Films Corporation of America, Robert C. Bruce Instructional Films

Credits: E.W. Hammons presents
Robert C. Bruce Instructional Films

Distributor: Teaching Film Custodians

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: circa 1944

Geographical Location: USA; Oregon; Portland, Oregon; Columbia River

Genre/Form: educational

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square plus

Frame Rate:

Length (feet): 358

Complete Record: Description: Educational film about the grand importance of rivers, using the Columbia River as an example. From 16mm Educational Films index: "Shows the work of rivers. From The Of All Things Series" From Educational Film Guide, 1945: "An Educational Films Corporation of America production available only to schools. Here we have a description of some of the many ways in which rivers serve mankind. Gravel is taken from a river bed for concrete; a river is damned (sic) to aid navigation and supply power and irrigation. The Columbia River, which makes Portland a tideless seaport 110 miles from the sea, is seen as an important travel way for salmon. Striking views of the salmon running at spawning time, with leaping waterfalls, are shown. Weirs and nets catch many for canning, but sportsmen fish with hook and line. Finally, there are rivers carrying commercial and pleasure boats, running turbines for factories and for lighting, while water is diverted from a river to make a desert bloom. With captions." Title on film can is inaccurate. Can: # 16162 Ethiopia X 2007 Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: Water, Natural history, 1940s Tags: streams; forest; rivers; rushing water; gravel; dams; locks; salmon; spawning; ships; shipping; fishing; steamboats; row boats; fish swimming upstream; construction cranes; bridges; intertitles; Willamette River; river boats; the end title Film Sponsor: Creator: Educational Films Corporation of America, Robert C. Bruce Instructional Films Credits: E.W. Hammons presents Robert C. Bruce Instructional Films Distributor: Teaching Film Custodians Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Mogull Bros. Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: circa 1944 Geographical Location: USA; Oregon; Portland, Oregon; Columbia River Genre/Form: educational Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: square plus Frame Rate: Length (feet): 358