Navigating the Mississippi (1955)

About this film

This episode is about navigation of the Mississippi River by steam boats and barges.

Directors & creators

National Educational Television and Radio Center

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Mississippi River, River navigation, Inland water transportation, Steamboats, Towboats, Barges, United States history, Explorers, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Jacques Marquette, Geography, Shipping, Freight transport, Educational television, 1950s, Voyageurs, Log rafts, New Orleans, Louisiana, Hickman, Kentucky, River pilots, Transport history, Waterways, National Educational Television, Children's television programs, Commodities

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