Valley of the Tennessee
1944 · National Technical Information Service (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of War. 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 War
- Internet Archive item
- gov.ntis.ava09234vnb1 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/)
The record
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Office of War Information Valley of the Tennessee AVA09234VNB1, 1944 The Tennessee Valley Authority: The Valley of the Tennessee is a film showing the hardships of agriculture before the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) came in and built many dams to help prevent the problems of flooding, erosion, and poor irrigation. Before the TVA built its many dams there was a lot of farms, houses, and lives lost due to flooding. With the building of the dams and educating of the farmers in the Tennessee River Valley, the TVA helped better the area for generations to come.