COLLECTION NAME:
River Films Collection
Record
Filename:
MCPL_RFC_0001.mp4
Identifier:
MCPL_RFC_0001
Title:
Scenes of River, Boats, and River Marine Service
Subject:
River industry -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Rivers -- Ohio River
Subject:
Rivers -- Tennessee River
Subject:
Boats
Subject:
Towboats
Subject:
Bridges
Description:
8mm film primarily depicting scenes of the rivers and river industry around McCracken County, including shots of bridges, barges, towboats, scenes of towns from the river, dry dock, and towboats. In portions of the video, the river is frozen over, and shots include aerial views of the barges among the ice. The 3:45 mark shows a deer stuck on an ice floe in the middle of the river. A business called River Marine Service in Paducah is featured a few times in the film. In the film, the office door for River Marine Service says 1240 Jefferson Street. The 9:30 mark shows a spectacular boat launch from dry dock into what appears to be the Tennessee River in front of Owen's Island. Footage around the 17:00 mark show a towboat called the T.G. Gerow which was sold to River Marine Service in 1963. The U.S. Naval Ship, the Kellar, is shown around the 21:00 mark. Personal home movies are interspersed through the film, shots of family life children, scenes of town. There is no sound in the film and no specified year, though it looks to be the late 1950s' to mid-60s'. Length of film 24:42.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Type:
8mm Film
Format:
Video/MOV
Language:
N/A
Coverage:
Paducah (KY)
Rights:
Permission to use or copy this image must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department