WATERWAYS RESEARCH CENTER - 1975
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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · Education
For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) ZOOM OUT FROM LONG BRIDGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI RIVER, WHICH STRETCHES 3000 KILOMETERS FROM CANADA TO GULF OF MEXICO. 00:40:06 AERIAL PAN OF MISSISSIPPI FLOODING FARM LANDS ALONG ITS BANKS, CAUSING TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION. MONTAGE FLOODED PASTURES, FARM HOUSES. 00:40:23 "U. S. ENGINEER," SIGN ON STONE ENTRANCE, TO WORLD'S LARGEST HYDRAULICS LABORATORY, IN VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, BUILT BY U. S. ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE COMPLEX, WHICH HAS SCALE MODEL OF MISSISSIPPI AND EVERY MAJOR WATERWAY IN U. S. 00:40:44 ENGINEER TAKES MEASUREMENT WITH SMALL GAUGE TESTING EFFECTS OF WIND, WATER CURRENTS WHICH ARE STUDIED UNDER PRECISE LABORATORY CONDITIONS. 00:41:00 SCIENTIST DROPS SMALL PIECES OF PAPER IN WATER ALONGSIDE SCALE MODEL BRIDGE, TO TEST AFFECTS OF WATER CURRENTS ON STRUCTURE. THE PAPER FLOATS WITH CURRENT. 00:41:32 WAVE ACTIONS ARE DUPLICATED IN SCALE AS ARE ALL POSSIBLE WATER CONDITIONS. CU "WAVES" ROLLING INTO SHORE. CU COMPUTER TAPES, CIRCA 1975, COLLECT DATA FOR ANALYSIS. BLIPS ON SCREEN, PRINT-OUT AS ON CARDIOGRAM. 00:42:10 BUS LOAD OF ENGINEERS FROM ALL OVER WORLD, STOPS AT CENTER. FEMALE GUIDE SHOWS VISITORS SCALE MODEL OF NIAGARA FALLS, TO STUDY THE WITHDRAWAL OF WATER FROM FALLS FOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC USE. CU PAN OF MODEL
