St. Lawrence Power Project Ground Breaking
St. Lawrence Power Project Ground Breaking
Clip: 498290_1_1
Year Shot: 1954
(Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1602
Original Film: 027-595
HD: N/A
Location: Messena, N.Y.
Timecode: 00:55:47 - 00:56:39
St. Lawrence Power Project Ground Breaking. Men in suits and hats clap and sit down. CU of New York State Power Authority Sign. Pan down from man to the podium beside him where he pushes a button. Across the river , there is an explosion. People are on a stage with a giant poster behind them. It is titled "The St. Lawrence Power Project" and has Uncle Sam and a Canadian Mountie both holding a dam or a power plant. Two men walk towards and stop at a spot on the ground. A mountie looks on. Old man shovels out a piece of the ground while other watch. Shot of a mountie watching. Two more men dig up the ground with shovels. Shot of the river.