| BLASTING A TUNNEL THROUGH MOUNT JACINTO Explosion through Mount Jacinto completes the water tunnel. California, America. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6452 | |
| Catalog #: | 254706 | |
| Clip Number: | 254706-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/97 | |
| Timecode: | 01:51:47 - 01:52:22 | |
| Location: | California. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENGINEERING: Tunnel, Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California | |
| Description: | Blasting a tunnel through Mount Jacinto California. L/S of Mount Jacinto. M/S of engineers making a tunnel far below which will be used to carry water from the Colorado river to Southern California. They have been working from different ends and are nearly all the way through the mountain. C/U of hand flicking switch which blasts away the last of the wall between them, M/S of explosion. The engineers cheer and climb over the rubble to greet each other. | |
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