Moving Image / A Harbor for Kawaihae: The Story of Project Tugboat

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Title: A Harbor for Kawaihae: The Story of Project Tugboat
Alternative Title: A Harbor for Kawaihae
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1972
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection: Water Resources Collections & Archives sound and moving image recordings
Rights Information: Copyright Unknown
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Description: Scope/Content: #45; Documentary film from US Army Corps of Engineers about Project Tugboat and the use of explosives for harbor excavation. Opening Credits: "The United States Army Corps of Engineers Presents A Harbor for Kawaihae: The Story of Project Tugboat." Closing Credits: "Project Tugboat Participants: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Honolulu Engineer District, Nuclear Cratering Group, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Waterways Experiment Station. Other Agencies: Lawrence Radiation Laboratories, State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawaii, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, John A. Blume Associates, Dow Chemical Company, Mile-High Drilling Company, Esso Production Research Company. Motion Picture Production by: Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Not the End, Only the Beginning."
Annotations/Markings: Written on Film Container: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; USAEWES Explosive Excavation Research Lab
Condition: Due to original recording/condition: Vertical scratches visible throughout.
Funding: This item was digitized in 2020 with support from the California State Library's California Revealed initiative.
Type: moving image
Format: 1 reel; 16mm film, color, sound
Form/Genre: nonfiction films
documentary films
industrial films
Extent: 0:21:17
Identifier: ark:/86086/n25141q6
curiv_000011
cavpp022684
Language: English
eng
Subject: Harbors
Nuclear excavation
Place: Kawaihae (Hawaii)
Relation: "Project Tugboat: Explosive excavation of a harbor in coral" (technical report): https://doi.org/10.2172/4619859

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