Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

Canals: Towpaths West

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Description Portrays the need for improvements in transportation as the U.S. spread westward, and outlines the development of a network of canals to supplement existing river and highway transportation facilities. Uses flashbacks to show activities of a family employed by the canal company to maintain a ten-mile section of the canal and operate the locks.
Creator Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Date 1963
Original Format 16mm print
Duration 16:54
Color/Black & White B&W
Sound/Silent Sound

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