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Motion Picture MP76-71

The Missouri Basin – Promise of Tomorrow

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
936 feet
Running Time
26 minutes
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Color
Produced by
Telefilm Production, Chicago (Presented by Mississippi Valley Association, Missouri River Shippers Committee)
Restrictions
Restricted
Description

A plea for implementation of the Pick Sloan Plan for the Missouri River. Harry S. Truman is interviewed.

Date(s)
ca.
1960

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
0:00   Introduction to a young boy named Jimmy Peterson, who lives in the Missouri Basin.
1:30   Aerial views of the Missouri River and Missouri Valley. Narrator is speaking. Harry B. Woodbury (?), of the Army Corps of Engineers, speaks of the Pick-Sloan Plan for the Missouri River.
2:59   Map of river and dams, Woodbury continues talking.
4:06   View of river and dams; narrator speaks of benefits of Missouri Basin Plan.
5:02   Young boy Jimmy Peterson shown holding corn.
5:31   Views of river, irrigation.
5:57   Recreational uses of river, showing boating, swimming, family picnics.
6:34   Barges; narrator speaks of transportation and navigation.
6:48   Harry S. Truman speaks at Wayne City Landing, with the boat Sergeant Floyd in the background and Corps of Engineer men standing with him. He speaks of the history of Wayne City Landing. He is interested in river transportation and what the Corps of Engineers is trying to do.
8:25   Narrator continues; film shows barges.
8:54   Fred Seaton, newspaper publisher from Hastings, Nebraska and former Secretary of the Interior under President Eisenhower, speaks on behalf of the Missouri Basin project.
9:44   Seaton discusses the cheapness of moving cargo by water.
10:19   Robert Woodworth (or Woodland, name not understood) speaks on how farmers can benefit from water transportation.
11:41   Film shows barges, things being transported.
12:27   Plans for a 9 foot channel to have more barges.
12:52   Harry S. Truman again speaks of the 9 foot channel; says as far as it goes, he would like a 34 foot channel so he could bring the U. S. S. Missouri up the river.
13:11   Former Kansas City Mayor John B. Gage speaks about the Pick-Sloan Plan.
14:10   Young boy Jimmy Peterson shown walking.
14:20   Narrator mentions other cities along the river, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Nebraska City, Atchison, scenes of Kansas City.
16:20   Woodworth speaks again; map is seen, views of the river.
17:53   Cattle barge, scenes of inside of barge, showing the rudders, radar, steering, the crew eating and their rooms.
19:57   Young boy Jimmy Peterson is seen. Joe Foss, former Governor of South Dakota and Commissioner of American Football League, talks about irrigation, industry, improvement, and how Missouri basin is ripe for development.
21:50   Narrator talks, shows how New Orleans Port is available.
22:34   Hastings, Nebraska; Fred Seaton talks about benefits for farmers and cattlemen.
23:28   Narrator speaks, Missouri Basin can move to the “Big League” of water transportation.
24:24   John B. Gage speaks again.
24:57   View of the river, what will become of Jimmy Peterson? That is our challenge.