The Valley of the Giant: Mississippi River story
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Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. US Army Corps of Engineers. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of Defense. Department of the Army. US Army Corps of Engineers
- National Archives Identifier
- 12767 (local identifier 77.62)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.12767 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/)
The record
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National Archives and Records Administration The Valley of the Giant: Mississippi River story Department of Defense. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (06/16/1979 - ) ARC Identifier 12767 / Local Identifier 77.62. 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 that resulted from the 1927 flood.