BOULDER DAM President Franklin D. Roosevelt opens the impressive Boulder Dam on the Colorado river.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	504
	Catalog #:	185472
	Clip Number:	185472-1
	Orginal Film:	36/77
	Timecode:	00:01:34 - 00:02:39
	Location:	Colorado River, United States of America
	Year Shot:	1936 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	ENGINEERING: Dams LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: River, Colorado PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR)
	Description:	See also catalog # 53415 for longer version. Boulder Dam opened. Boulder Dam, Colorado, United States of America, (USA). M/S of President Franklin D. Roosevelt making a speech about the new Boulder dam between Arizona and Nevada. He touches the lever which starts the first turbine, various shots of the turbines and other mechanisms, M/S of a man turning a wheel. L/S as water pours out of the rocks in front of the huge dam. Various shots as water gushes out. L/S of the dam. The Boulder dam is now called the Hoover dam.

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