Main Street; Waters Divided

Item Information

Title:
Main Street; Waters Divided
Description:
"Waters Divided," produced by KOAC-TV in Corvallis, Oregon, is the story of the Columbia River. It is a story of conflict and compromise. The Columbia River gives a form and direction to the entire Northwest. Only in terms of the river has the area's history developed. Motion and still photographs, dramatic sequences and narration tell the story of this great system of waters. The river starts high in the mountains - an impressive series of shots shows the first trickle of the stream, its course down the mountains through fields until, swollen to hundreds of times its original size, it rushes into the Pacific Ocean. The first men to use the river were Indians who netted salmon struggling upriver to spawn. White men were more concerned with control and use of the rivers waters, and, in a dramatized portion, the episode illustrates the plight of new settlers caught in a flood. As recently as 1948 the Columbia River overflowed its banks, destroying vast numbers of homes and communities. Among the constructions shown on the episode are the Willamette flood control system of dams, and the Grand Coulee and Bonneville Dams and power stations. The episode also details how the river's hydroelectric power is produced and controlled, who produces it and what some of the difficulties are in regulating the production of power and the building of the dams. The activities of the agencies governing the river's various aspects and uses are discussed relative to the control the agencies have in the region drained by the Columbia River. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) Five affiliates of National Educational Television present their Main Streets: five different pictures of America, five different moods and ways of life. The new series spans the continent from Boston to Corvallis and Sacramento, penetrates the center of the country in Oklahoma and listens to the beat of a great port in New Orleans. Each region is different, and each presents itself in a different way, concentrating on those things which make it unique and yet familiar to anyone who has thought about how our country looks and feels. All five half-hour episodes use narration and motion as well as still photography to describe and suggest the hearts of their cities. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Production company:
KOAC (Radio station : Corvallis, Or.)
Director:
Leffler, Brooks
Producer:
Richter, Bob
Artist:
Winter, Jack
Creator:
Kalar, Philip
Author:
MacDonald, John
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
Library of Congress
Collection (local):
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:
Library of Congress > Main Street
Subjects:
Nature
Local Communities
Extent:
00:30:39.104
Link to Item:
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-6d5p844n2b
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Notes:
Episode Number: 2