| Largest Dam In South America - Garico Dam | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1618 |
| Catalog #: | 354124 | |
| Clip Number: | 354124-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-045-06 | |
| Timecode: | 00:37:56 - 00:38:56 | |
| Location: | Caracus, Venezuela | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Dams & Levees CONSTRUCTION: Earth Movers ENGINEERING: Dams LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela | |
| Description: | Largest earthen dam in south America is rushed to completion by a crew of 3,000. Venezuela's huge Garico Dam must be finished before the tropical rainy season-no mean task, since it will be 9 miles long, up to 100 feet high. Establishing shot - A great array of earth moving equipment reshaping the landscape. MS - Between great dirt wall earthmoving equipment doing their jobs, moving earth. MS - Man directing a huge tractor with mounds of rock and dirt. CUS - President / General Hemenaze. LS - Cattle. CUS - Dried and cracked earth. MS- Deforested hill side. CUS - Men planting explosives. LS - Explosion goes off with a big boom. MS - Truck being loaded with rock and dirt. MS - Two men walking towards a huge pipe in the ground | |
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