| HARNESSING POWER (aka BOULDER DAM OPENED) President Franklin D. Roosevelt opens the impressive Boulder Dam on the Colorado river. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6320 |
| Catalog #: | 53415 | |
| Clip Number: | 53415-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 36/77 | |
| Timecode: | 01:26:53 - 01:29:08 | |
| Location: | Boulder Dam, Colorado, United States of America | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Grand Opening ENGINEERING: Dams LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: River, Colorado PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR) | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 185475 for short version. Boulder Dam opened. Boulder Dam, Colorado River, Nevada - Arizona Border, 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 aerial view of the dam, the cars driving on the highway above look tiny, the camera pans around the back of the dam. M/S of a TWA airplane flying over it. L/S of the dam in the middle of the mountains showing its magnitude. The Boulder dam is now called the Hoover dam. | |
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