The Ohio River

United States, 1967

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Episode of Series “Background for Social Studies”.
Colonists floating down the Ohio River helped to settle the present cities of Pittsburgh, Cincinatti, Louisville, Huntington and Wheeling. Today the Ohio is America’s busiest inland waterway. Its enormous volume of water and nearby coalfields have attracted steel, chemical, aluminium and atomic energy plants, and efforts are being made to solve problems of water pollution, flood control and increasing traffic.

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Credits

production company

Coronet Films

Duration

00:10:35:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1967

Appears in

Background for Social Studies

Group of items

Background for Social Studies

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

007793

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrialization

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - United States

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rivers - United States

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment - Social aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental education

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pollution - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pollution - United States

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rivers - United States

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Traffic - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water - Pollution

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Waterways

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Inland water transportation

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Environment - Social aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social sciences - Study and teaching

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Social sciences - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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