The Valley of the Giant: Mississippi River story
Newsreel · 27 min
Synopsis
The Valley of the Giant: Mississippi River story Department of Defense. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Opening with an explanation of the national importance of the Mississippi River as a major trade waterway, the film explores the Army Corps of Engineers' methods of maintaining it as a safe navigational channel. It also chronicles how the Corps has built countless levees, dams, floodways, etc., in order to prevent a reoccurrence of the massive destruction of the delta…
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