| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 2662 |
| Catalog #: | 446632 | |
| Clip Number: | 446632-4 | |
| Orginal Film: | DC3 | |
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| Location: | Georgetown, Washington D.C. | |
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| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENGINEERING: Canals & Locks HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: 19th Century (1800) LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Boats | |
| Description: | MS of white woman dressed in 19th Century costumes sitting on a pile alongside the canal. She stands up and walks up to the canal to receive the rope from the woman on board the boat; people in the BG walking along the towpath. MS of the canal boat tying up alongside the canal. CU costumed white man walking on the towpath, then sitting down. CU water pouring through lock gates, pan up to costumed man sitting on top of lock gates. Pan back down to rushing water. CU costumed African American woman washing her face with water from a spigot on the banks of the canal and then walking off. CU sign "The Georgetown" on canal boat. TLS people in 1980s fashions walking along canal towpath. 19th Century rowhouses line the path. | |
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