Emergency Conservation Work in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1936)

Creator(s): Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures.
Series: Motion Picture Film Documentation of the Diverse Activities of the Department of the Interior, 1916 - 1976
Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009

Production Date: 1936

Scope & Content: CCC men ride in trucks, work with pick and shovel, operate bulldozers, graders and pneumatic drills, construct parapets and guard rails, and march with pick and shovel in the park. Includes views of forests, flowers, and underbrush. Rangers in towers watch for forest fires.

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Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected]

National Archives Identifier: 11653
Local Identifier: 48.21

Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/11653

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