TVA Project
TVA Project
Master 1482 - Tape 1 TVA Project
TVA Project
Animated map of Tennessee, Tennessee River, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) project, Wilson Dam, Norris Dam, proposed dam (Kentucky Dam?) across border. LS white male surveyors atop large earth mound, one man leaping across gulley. TLS surveyor working atop mound. TLS white men working in field, digging with shovels, using two-man hand saw. MS white male foremen and project supervisor conferring in field, looking over papers. MS claw-mouth of tractor shovel releasing load of dirt toward camera. LS tractor shovel releasing dirt onto mound, two mules standing tethered to cart in FG. LSs late stage hydroelectric dam construction, water detention. Traveling LS mid-stage dam construction. TLS water rushing through dam.
TVA Project
Master 1482 - Tape 2 Great high angle traveling shot (overview) hydroelectric plant, men shine-cleaning equipment and mopping floor. LS completed, operational hydroelectric dam. LS/TLSs men working atop electric distribution tower (transformer, electric grid). Panning LS electric distribution project, electric cable being unspooled in FG. TLS white man drawing electric cable to rural farmhouse. Low angle MS white man waving from atop telephone pole. TLS/MSs white men hooking farmhouse with electricity, installing electric meter outside house.