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The processing and transportation of iron and coal along the Mississippi river on steamboats in the United States

The activities around the Mississippi river in the United States. Smoke from steel mills and factories of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Wheeling, West Virginia. A crane lifts the iron ore. A crane lifts coal. View of factories spewing smoke and ash. Hot, molten iron being poured, with flames and sparks shooting outward as it is tipped to pour. Cotton bales on a conveyor. Making of cotton thread. Workers work on cotton bales. The cotton bales being loaded onto barges and a steamship. The steamboat in the Mississippi river travels to various places. Brief scenes of various known city views including St Paul and Minneapolis Minnesota; Davenport Iowa; Moline Illinois; Cincinnati; St. Louis; Omaha; Kansas City; New Orleans.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032222
Water level increases causing a flood in the Mississippi river in the United States

The causes of flood in the Mississippi river in the United States. View of mountains. Views of the trees cut to build houses. Ice on a tree bark. Water flowing down the mountains. The increase in the flow of water on mountains in the passing years. A flooded river. View of the houses submerged in water due to floods in the Mississippi river. Water in the river gushing from under the bridge.

Date: 1937
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032223
Damaged property and activities in a home reflecting poverty, after a flood in Mississippi River in the United States

The effects of flood in the Mississippi river in the southern United States during the Great Depression. Damaged houses and property caused by the flood water. Top soil being washed away by the flood. Huge mounds of dirt moved and misplaced by flood. The damaged houses and shacks, and poor residents. Farmers and workers in the south hand pick cotton from a field. A child in front of a cotton stack in a house. A person on the cotton stack. A young boy sits on the ground and plays with cans. Inside view of a kitchen area in a simple rural house. Hand of a woman cutting vegetable. A woman holding an infant child as she works in a kitchen. Members of a family in the kitchen. Group of boys playing on the floor while an older boy brings in wood for the stove fire. Children dine at a table. Group of children getting ready for bed, sleeping in close quarters. A woman helps the children get ready to sleep. View of the Mississippi River.

Date: 1937
Duration: 4 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032225
Animation shows the various tributaries of Mississippi river and the Tennessee Valley Authority projects in the United States

The effects of flood in the Mississippi river in the United States. Animation shows the various tributaries of the Mississippi river. The reduced fertile soil and plantation over the years due to the flood. The role Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) a federally owned corporation created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation ,flood control,electricity and economic development in the Tennessee valley.

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032226
Man at the controls of the stern wheel paddle steamer WL Quinlan underway at the Mississippi river in the United States.

The stern wheel steamer steamship WL Quinlan underway at the Mississippi river, United States. A man at the controls of the steamer boat. The steamer underway at the Mississippi river. Mountains and trees in the background. Buildings in the foreground. Smoke rise from the stacks of steam ship. The stern wheel of the steamer.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062984
Smoke from the stacks of the stern wheel paddle steamer WL Quinlan underway at the Mississippi river in the United States.

The stern wheel steamship WL Quinlan underway at the Mississippi river in the United States. A sign board reads: 'Mississippi river'. The stern wheel steamboat WL Quinlan underway at the river. Smoke rise from the stacks of the steamer. The stern wheel of the steamer ship. Houses in the background.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062985