Mixed sound footage collected for use in a series titled "Oregon at Work." Scenes include fishermen using nets to haul in salmon on the Columbia River; hydroelectric dams on the river; water analysis in a laboratory; data collection at a salmon viewing window; operations at a fish hatchery including reproduction and harvesting processes; and releasing hatchery fish into a river. The film's sound segments include an interview with fishermen on the issues presented to fisheries by hydroelectric dams and timber operations on the Columbia River; and interview on the fish hatchery program maintained by the Fish Commission of Oregon; and an interview on processes used to boost salmon reproduction at a hatchery.
Digitized from a film original held in the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Moving Images (FV120:157), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
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