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A vintage 8mm home movie from March 1971 captures the Upper Mississippi River near a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facility. The footage opens with a handwritten date on film leader, then shows a large informational sign for Lock and Dam No. 7, constructed and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. The scene transitions to a wide shot of the river, where a barge navigates icy waters under a cloudy sky, with a distant mountain visible. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a strong sense of 1970s Americana and industrial history.
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