Behind These Scenes: Government Agencies in Washington, DC (1950)

SUMMARY Shows the Capitol Dome and the Interior Department Building in Washington, D.C., and flashes of offices in the Interior Building. Secretary of the Interior Chapman speaks. President Truman signs the Defense Production Act of 1950. Includes scenes of field and factory, coal mines, steel mills, and aerial views of Boulder Dam, Lake Meade Reservoir, irrigation channels at Bonneville, and electric power lines at Boulder and Parker dams. CREATED BY Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures. SUBJECT * Dams * Military bases * Reservoirs * Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 * Department of the Interior Building (Washington, D.C.) * United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) For more information: http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/actionExternalDOSearch?searchExpression=11731