Lost River (ca. 1951)
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 2020-11-17

National Archives Identifier: 1820
Local Identifier: 16-P-1117
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1820

Creator(s): Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation

Series: Public Information and Training Motion Picture and Television Productions
Record Group 16: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1794 - ca. 2003

This film produced or created: ca. 1951

Scope and Content: This Bureau of Reclamation film addresses the problem of water loss in irrigation systems. It is explained that water loss due to seepage, transpiration by weeds, and inefficient operation means money wasted and less water available to farmers. The film demonstrates many of the conservation measures taken by the Bureau and irrigators to help reclaim this "lost river."

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM)
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