Mixed sound footage of the John Day Dam in operation on the Columbia River. The film includes scenes of adjacent roads, bridges and birds; the dam under construction; irrigation, power transmission, boats moving through the dam's locks and fishing navigating its ladders; Native Americans fishing at Celilo Falls; and scenery from nearby. Sound segments include two men piloting a tugboat and commenting on river conditions; an engineer providing an overview of the approach taken to constructing the dam; and an engineer discussing the specifics of the dam's hydroelectric power generation.
Digitized from a film original held in the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Moving Images (FV120:167), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
