Donnerstag, 25. November 2010

Woody Guthrie and the Bonneville Power Administration (Video & Audio links)

Finally found a copy of the film "The Columbia" by the U.S. Department of the Interior/Bonneville Power Administration Woody Guthrie was hired to provide songs for at archive.org.

Description:
"Historic look at the Columbia River and its development. Woody Guthrie was hired by BPA in 1941 to write the songs for this movie, but its production was delayed by World War II. Produced in 1949 in black and white, this film contains rare footage of Grand Coulee Dam construction, Indian fishing at Celilo Falls and the 1948 Vanport flood."






Here's some background:


Description 
from Talking History website:

"In early May of 1941, Woody Guthrie was employed  by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bonneville Power Administration  (BPA) on the Columbia River. 
The BPA hired him to write songs  celebrating the work of the Administration in building dams producing  and making available to millions cheap electricity. Guthrie wrote 26 songs during the month that followed, including such classics as  Pastures of Plenty and Roll on Columbia

Michael O'Rourke produced this radio documentary for Oregon Public Broadcasting. In 2000, a documentary  film on the same subject was produced by the University of Oregon's  Knight Library Media Services and the School of Journalism and  Communication. 
For information on the film (and additional information  on Guthrie's Columbia River songs, see: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/wguthrie/index.html." 






LISTEN 
PART 1 (RealMedia) (31:07)
PART 2 (RealMedia) (14:56)

DOWNLOAD
PART 1 (96 kbps mp3, 
21.8 MB) (31:07)
PART 2 (96 kbps mp3, 
10.5 MB) (14:56)


DOWNLOAD 
"THE COLUMBIA" (Divx, multi-part zip-file -- you'll need ALL PARTS and a program like WinZip, WinRar, or 7Zip to extract/combine video file):

PART 1 (95 MB)
PART 2 (95 MB)
PART 3 (70 MB)

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