Wattenberg At Large: "Waterways"
Wattenberg At Large: "Waterways"
Show host Ben Wattenberg walking on old levee bank in St. Louis. Missouri; adult Caucasian woman and child walking off covered gang plank in BG. "G. William Oakley's National Ragtime Festival" banner on retired riverboat that's been converted into a theater. Retired riverboat restaurant with gang plank. Retired riverboat museum with gang plank attached. McDonald's restaurant housed in abandoned riverboat, opposite the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Aerial of St. Louis and Gateway Arch. River barge. Dump truck pouring contents onto barge from elevated pier. Large crane picking up grain. Coal mound on barge. Oil tankers loaded on barge. Towboat pushing barge with chemical containers. Crane lifting steel pipes onto barge. Crane loading truck containers on to barge.
Wattenberg At Large: "Waterways"
Loaded river barge. Cutter suction dredger lowering into Mississippi River. Water spraying in the air as riverbed is dredged. VS of locks maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers. Aerial views of river dams. POV from stern of boat; sailboat in the distance. POV from mast of small sailboat, adult and elderly adult Caucasian men sailing on boat. Aerial of river barge pushed by towboat. VS of Wattenberg on deck of gigantic barge. Wattenberg speaking with a middle-aged adult Caucasian male towboat captain, discussing the perils of wind and water on towing a barge. Towboat pushing barge down river. Two barges being pushed by towboats in opposite directions along a narrow river. VS of wake being created by moving barges.
Wattenberg At Large: "Waterways"
VS adult Caucasian male crew working on Valley Line's Lillian Clark towboat day and night, tightening tow rope lines and looping steel cables over cleats and bollards, securing barges. VS Captain Clay Hanlan piloting towboat. Mammoth barge in river; another barge in distance, rolling hills in BG. Adult man, in shadow, walking on open land, sunset. Adult Caucasian man sitting at controls in towboat pilot house; barge outside window. Scenic sunset over river; small barge in distance.
Wattenberg At Large: "Waterways"
Adult Caucasian male sitting at controls in pilot house of towboat pushing barge under bridge. Two huge barges traveling side by side on river. Tugboats pushing ocean freighter "Maritime Trader" into dock position. Adult Caucasian male throwing rope off dock bollard. Container being removed from platform via crane; ocean freighter sailing in BG.
Wattenberg At Large: "Waterways"
Map of United States superimposed over calm water, yellow line illustrating Mississippi River and tributaries; major cities around the Mississippi River and tributaries; Arkansas River highlighted. Tugboat and barge sailing past Arkansas River dam. Small barge and tugboat. Water flowing from Arkansas River dam. Grain elevator dumping grain into truck containers; two adult Caucasian men supervising. Oil refinery. Aerial of riverside industrial area. Crane lifting logs onto flatbed; two adult Caucasian men watching, guiding. Flatbed truck loaded with large boxes driving from industrial building. Overview of barge on Arkansas River. Aerial of river dam. Aerial of river lock. POV from car crossing bridge, driving past dam. Aerial of converging rivers with bridge spanning each one. Aerial of barge traveling on river.