gov.archives.arc.12767National Archives and Records AdministrationUploaded by Public.Resource.OrgNational Archives and Records Administration<br /><br />The Valley of the Giant: Mississippi River story<br /><br />Department of Defense. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (06/16/1979 - )<br /><br />ARC Identifier 12767 / Local Identifier 77.62. Opening with an explanation of the national importance of the Mississippi River as a major trade waterway, the film explores the Army Corps of Engineers' methods of maintaining it as a safe navigational channel. It also chronicles how the Corps has built countless levees, dams, floodways, etc., in order to prevent a reoccurrence of the massive destruction of the delta that resulted from the 1927 flood.Englishhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/moviesarchives.gov;public.resource.orgFedFlixcarl@media.org