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River, The (Part I)
(1937)
Classic documentary history of the exploitation of the resources of the Mississippi River Valley and the work being done to rehabilitate and reclaim the area. Director and writer: Pare Lorentz.... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: New Deal: Conservation;Rivers: Mississippi;Infrastructure; Duration: 00:14:28 Popularity (downloads): 83 |
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River, The (Part II)
(1937)
Classic documentary history of the exploitation of the resources of the Mississippi River Valley and the work being done to rehabilitate and reclaim the area. Director and writer: Pare Lorentz.... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: New Deal: Conservation;Rivers: Mississippi;Infrastructure; Duration: 00:15:29 Popularity (downloads): 75 |
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Rivers of the Pacific Slope
(1947)
The Columbia, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Colorado river systems. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Rivers: Western U.S.; Duration: 00:10:03 Popularity (downloads): 66 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's Early Musical Education
(2000)
In the third segment William Ferris and B.B. King discuss his musical education until age 14. Genre: Educational Keywords: Itta Bene, Mississippi; Indianola, Mississippi; divorce; Greenwood, Mississippi; Tupelo, Mississippi; Elvis Presley; religious mother; church; Pastor Archie Fair; guitar playing in church; Church of God in Christ Sanctified; blues; gospel; Reverend Utah Smith; electric guitar; Blind Lemmon Jefferson; Lonnie Johnson; Blind Blake; Reverend Gates; Robert Johnson; great aunt; victrola phonograph; 78 records; Duration: 00:04:04 Popularity (downloads): 556 |
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Hidden Fury, complete video
(1993)
This video uses 3-D map animations to locate and characterize the New Madrid Earthquake Zone in the Mississippi River Valley. It relives newspaper article accounts of a series of... Genre: Documentary Keywords: Earthquakes;Computers; Duration: 00:27:01 Popularity (downloads): 1041 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's Teenage Musical Experience
(2000)
In the fourth segment B.B. King discusses his musical experiences growing up around Indianola, Mississippi from age 14 until he left for Memphis, Tennessee in 1943 at age 18. Genre: Educational Keywords: Indianola, Mississippi; fourteen; quartet; St. John's Gospel Singers; decision to become blues singer;television; ten cent vendors; soundies; 16mm film; Count Basie; Louis Armstrong; Duke Ellington; jazz; Benny Goodman; 74; 1943; 18 years old; Uncle Sam; Tbone Walker; Lonnie Johnson; Blind Lemmon Jefferson;jazz electric guitar; Charlie Christian; Django Rhinehart; Hot Club; France; 1949; 1955; radio;Lucille Duration: 00:05:25 Popularity (downloads): 360 |
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B.B. King at Minnechaug Regional High School - Introductions
(1999)
The second segment of the video begins with Howard Stovall, the executive director of the Blues Foundation, introducing himself. Stovall talks about The Blues Foundation and introduces Art Tipaldi.... Genre: Educational Keywords: BB King; Art Tipaldi; Blues.org; Minnechaug Regional High School; Howard Stovall; The Blues Foundation; Indianola Mississippi; Mississippi Duration: 00:04:40 Popularity (downloads): 279 |
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Wrestling with Uncertainty, segment 05 of 16
(1995)
Basins housing great masses of sediment contain America's major petroleum resources Genre: Documentary Keywords: Oil and Gas; Duration: 00:01:21 Popularity (downloads): 489 |
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The Great Web of Water, segment 07 of 12
(1996)
The city of Sacramento has varied uses for water from the Central Valley Project Genre: Documentary Keywords: Duration: 00:00:59 Popularity (downloads): 459 |
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Mighty Columbia River, The
(1947)
Hydroelectric power, shipping, irrigation and salmon fishing. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Geography: U.S.: Pacific Northwest;Rivers (Western U.S.);Environment; Duration: 00:09:54 Popularity (downloads): 1257 |
