ACT FOUR
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Segment Title: Currents of Change
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children sing happy days are here again to President Roosevelt
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people in stores
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NARRATOR: By the late 1930s, America was back on its feet. The Great Depression was over. People were busy at work once again.
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dam near completion, main street footage, TVA office exterior
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The first TVA dams were rapidly coming on line. And the Tennessee Valley--once a backward and forgotten place, was suddenly, hopping. What made the difference more than anything was power.
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Power switches are thrown, water flows over dams, generator house, water spillways, power towers, factories, shots of houses, boy gets milk from refrigerator.
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