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President of Southern States Industrial Council, Fitzgerald Hall, speaks about the NEC report on the economy of the south

Fitzgerald Hall, President of Southern States Industrial Council at his office at Nashville, Tennessee. He speaks to reporters as they take down notes. He speaks out against a report that he says is inadequate, exaggerated and misleading. He says that the south is not Nation's number one economic problem, but rather it is the Nation's economic hope. He is reacting to a 1938 "Report on the Economic Conditions of the South" by the National Economic Council (NEC), that had been echoed in statements by President Roosevelt.

Location: Nashville Tennessee USA
Date: 1939, April
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048961
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) members help house owners to find another house for them in Tennessee.

Creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Boat moves across in river Tennessee. Animated map shows various dams constructed on Tennessee River Basin. Engineers conduct geological and geographical surveys to determine dam sites and reservoir area. Workers clear the reservoir area of timber. TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) member meets owners of houses in the area. He reads out a document to them. The owners sign document. Property dealer visits woman, inspects houses and takes notes. The American flag in front of the building. Owners visit the house to be purchased.

Location: Tennessee United States USA
Date: 1935
Duration: 8 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023070
Tennessee Volunteers win the football match against Kentucky Wildcats by 20-7 in Tennessee.

An American football match between Tennessee Volunteers and Kentucky Wildcats in Tennessee. The players playing on the ground. Wildcats winning in the fourth quarter. Johnny Majors scoring goals against Kentucky. Volunteers winning after the fourth quarter. The players playing the match. Tennessee wins against Kentucky by 20-7. The spectators in the stand cheer as Tennessee wins the match.

Location: Tennessee United States USA
Date: 1956, October 26
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069751
A 15-mile Swimming Championship held at the 7th National Canadian Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A 15-mile Swimming Championship held at the 7th National Canadian Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tired contestants pulled in midway on life boats. George Samuel Blagden of Memphis, Tennessee wins the vent. He comes out of the water and smiles at the camera.

Location: Toronto Ontario Canada
Date: 1932, September 1
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029788
Farmers discuss problems of the land including soil erosion and poverty in United States during Great Depression.

Opening view is in Pennsylvania: Farm houses, smoke from a chimney. Fences around barns. A farmer with his wife and child walks in a field. Haystacks in the field. The family moves towards the houses. Barren trees around the houses. Damaged and abandoned stone houses. Men and women farmers with children standing and seated on benches together outside a meeting area. Farmers discuss the problems of the eroded land during a meeting. Eroded fields due to loss of soil in Dust Bowl. Farmers walk through the eroded fields. Sun rays through the clouds. Tennessee: Dry land and dry rivers. Rain washes away the soil. Hills bare of trees and grass. Devastated salt like patches of soil with deep fissures and evidence of massive erosion.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 5 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021568
U.S. battleships in a column formation underway in Hampton Roads, United States.

U.S. battleships underway in Hampton Roads, United States. Five battleships in a formation underway at sea at sunset. The battleships in a column formation. USS Tennessee, USS California, USS West Virginia and USS Idaho underway.

Location: Hampton Roads Virginia USA
Date: 1939, April
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062196
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