Great Smoky Mountains (1936)

A remastered version of this film is available on the National Archives RUclips channel: • Emergency Conservation...
The Department of Interior takes a look at its effort in the Great Smoky Mountains in this vintage film.
SUMMARY
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men ride in trucks, work with pick and shovel, operate bulldozers, graders and pneumatic drills, construct parapets and guard rails, and march with pick and shovel in the park. Included are views of forests, flowers, and underbrush. Rangers in towers watch for forest fires.
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CREATED BY
Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures.
ARC ID 11653
LOCAL IDENTIFIER 48.21
REPOSITORY:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
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SUBJECTS
Civilians
Earthmoving machinery
Department of the Interior. National Park Service.(1916 -1933 ), Producer
Great Smoky Mountains
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