The Columbia
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 2010-09-01

The Columbia - FDR Presidential Library 1949 - Video 353 - Historic look at the Columbia River and its development. Woody Guthrie was hired by BPA in 1941 to write the songs for this movie, but its production was delayed by World War II. Produced in 1949 in black and white, this film contains rare footage of Grand Coulee Dam construction, Indian fishing at Celilo Falls and the 1948 Vanport flood.