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C&S Pres. Wendell Willkie receives check from TVA Power Director David Lilienthal completing the conversion to public ownership

MS Wendell Willkie, President of the Commonwealth and Southern Corp., and David Lilienthal, Chairman of the T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority) with five men standing behind them / CU Willkie and Lilienthal / CU David Lilienthal / CU Willkie and Lilienthal / CU of Willkie / MS SOT Lilienthal: "Mr. Willkie, I hand you here a check for the Tennessee Valley Authority for the amount of $44,948,396. This is the T.V.A.'s part of the total sum of $786,000,000 which is being paid for your Tennessee property" / SOT Willkie thanks him and says for that he will give him a deed for all of their electric Tennessee power company properties / both stand up and shake hands, Willie says good luck / CUs check / Note: exact day not known
MS Wendell Willkie, President of the Commonwealth and Southern Corp., and David Lilienthal, Chairman of the T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority) with five men standing behind them / CU Willkie and Lilienthal / CU David Lilienthal / CU Willkie and Lilienthal / CU of Willkie / MS SOT Lilienthal: "Mr. Willkie, I hand you here a check for the Tennessee Valley Authority for the amount of $44,948,396. This is the T.V.A.'s part of the total sum of $786,000,000 which is being paid for your Tennessee property" / SOT Willkie thanks him and says for that he will give him a deed for all of their electric Tennessee power company properties / both stand up and shake hands, Willie says good luck / CUs check / Note: exact day not known
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
2130977673
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
August 01, 1939
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License type:
Rights-ready
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Clip length:
00:01:02:06
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr006046_02_01