| Moving A Mountain: Canadian Engineers Tackle Huge Project | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1739 |
| Catalog #: | 426757 | |
| Clip Number: | 426757-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 038-072-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:42:03 - 00:43:30 | |
| Location: | British Columbia, Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Dams & Levees CONSTRUCTION: Earth Movers CONSTRUCTION: Equipment DEMOLITION: Misc ENGINEERING: Dams LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, British Columbia SCIENCE: Paleontology | |
| Description: | One of the new wonders of the world is under construction on the Peace River in British Columbia. The river was first diverted from its bed & now engineers are constructing a hydro-electric project that calls for a mile-and-a-half dam, 600 feet high. A $10,000.000 conveyor belt bring materials three miles to the construction site. Aerial shots of snaking, winding Peace River. MS tourists sight-seeing at river valley overlook. LSs - Portage Mountain dam construction site, bulldozer (earth movers) pushing, grading dirt. MS bulldozer operator in cage. Panning LS dozer pushing dirt into conveyor belt. LS conveyor belt stretching as far as the eyes can see. TLSs - dump truck. TLS three surveyors kneeling by dinosaur tracks in dirt; MS surveyors measuring dinosaur footprint; tilting MS surveyor making notes by dino tracks. More shots of earth movers working in construction site. | |
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