1920-1936HISTORICALS
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOOVER DAM WITH HISTORIC FOOTAGE. (INCOMPLETE)
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BLACK SCREEN
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EMBLEM OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, DATED MARCH 3, 1849, PLAQUE WITH BUFFALO AND STYLIZED SUNRISE OVER PURPLE MOUNTAINS
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| 01:00:09 9.4 |
UNVEILING OF THE PLAQUE ON THE HOOVER DAM
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| 01:00:15 15.7 |
BRONZE PLAQUE AT HOOVER DAM: A MODERN CIVIL ENGINEERING WONDER OF THE US, ONE OF 7 SELECTED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
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| 01:00:22 22.29 |
LS OF HOOVER DAM, TITLE CARD SUPERIMPOSED: THE STORY OF THE HOOVER DAM
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| 01:00:38 38.04 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF THE DAM WITH TRAFFIC MOVING OVER IT
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| 01:00:42 42.77 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF DAM IN DISTANCE
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| 01:00:47 47.06 |
PEOPLE WALKING OVER THE HOOVER DAM, YELLOW AND WHITE 1960S CAR AND BOAT PASS BY
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| 01:00:52 52.15 |
TOURISTS LOOK OVER EDGE OF DAM
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| 01:00:58 58.29 |
OVERHEAD WS OF THE DAM
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| 01:01:07 67.94 |
TOURISTS WAIT ON LINE TO GO INTO DAM, SECURITY GUARD COUNTS THEM
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| 01:01:16 76.37 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF PEOPLE WALKING ALONG EDGE OF DAM, CAMERA ZOOMS IN
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| 01:01:22 82.52 |
TOURISTS WALK TOWARDS CAMERA, CAMERAS AROUND THEIR NECKS
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| 01:01:27 87.58 |
TOURISTS WALK AWAY FROM CAMERA, PLEASE WATCH YOUR STEP SIGN
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| 01:01:31 91.42 |
MAN (GUIDE) WITH MEGAPHONE TALKS TO TOURIST GROUP, STANDING IN BLACK CANYON, ARIZONA AND COLORADO BORDER, BOTTOM OF DAM, POINTS UP TO TOP, TOURISTS LOOK UP
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| 01:01:55 115.2 |
ANIMATED MAPS WITH MOUNTAIN RANGES, SOUTHWEST, SHOWS RIVERS MEETING TO FORM COLORADO RIVER GOING TO THE PACIFIC
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| 01:02:18 138.38 |
LS OF MOUNTAIN RANGE, SNOW CAPPED
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| 01:02:21 141.7 |
WATER MOVING DOWN SNOWY MOUNTAIN
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| 01:02:23 143.36 |
COLORADO RIVER, WATER MOVING OVER ROCKS
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| 01:02:25 145.44 |
CU OF THE UNTAMED COLORADO RIVER, MUDDY WATER
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| 01:02:46 166.31 |
VIEW OF THE SALTON SEA, FRAMED BY PALM TREES
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| 01:02:50 170.07 |
WHITE FOAMY WATER AT SALTON SEA'S EDGE
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| 01:02:56 176.61 |
DRIED FRUIT ON TREE
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| 01:02:59 179.97 |
DRIED UP BRUSH
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| 01:03:04 184.74 |
LOW ANGEL VIEW UP AT SMALL WIND TURBINE
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| 01:03:09 189.55 |
ABANDONED FARM BUILDING, RUSTED CORRUGATED METAL
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| 01:03:13 193.33 |
OLD FARM BUILDING IN DESERT
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| 01:03:17 197.68 |
DRIED UP BUSHES AND BRUSH
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| 01:03:24 204.9 |
SHOTS OF THE COLORADO RIVER, POV BOAT
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| 01:03:43 223.6 |
LS OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING, WASHINGTON, STREET CARS, C. 1920
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| 01:03:47 227 |
INT OF CONGRESS, C. 1928, PASSING HOOVER DAM CONSTRUCTION BILL, MEMBERS STAND AND APPLAUD
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| 01:04:02 242.87 |
WHITE HOUSE, C. 1930
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| 01:04:08 248.5 |
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER SIGNING BILL, 1930
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| 01:04:14 254.69 |
CLIPS OF ENGINEERS WORKING ON THE DAM, SURVEYORS
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| 01:04:19 259.08 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF WORK AT THE RIVER'S EDGE
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| 01:04:20 260.87 |
WORKERS ON SMALL BOAT IN COLORADO RIVER
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| 01:04:29 269.1 |
LS OF COLORADO RIVER VALLEY, POV RIVER
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| 01:04:32 272.65 |
OVERHEAD SHOTS OF THE RIVER VALLEY
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| 01:04:40 280.41 |
WORKERS WALKING OVER TEMPORARY BRIDGE, CROSSING THE COLORADO RIVER
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| 01:04:44 283.98 |
WORKER PULLING DYNAMITE LEVER, CLIPS OF EXPLOSION
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| 01:04:58 298.84 |
PAN OF RIVER WITH DIVERTING TUNNELS DRILLED
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| 01:05:05 305.3 |
MEN WORKING ON THE 56 FOOT TUNNELS, SCAFFOLDING AND LADDERS
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| 01:05:11 311.19 |
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DRILL HOLES IN ROCK WALLS FOR DYNAMITE, SEPIA TONED
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| 01:05:16 316.22 |
WORKERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEARING DEBRIS FROM TUNNEL, SEPIA
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| 01:05:20 320.07 |
DUMP TRUCKS DWARFED BY SIZE OF TUNNELS, SEPIA
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| 01:05:23 323.68 |
LOW ANGLE VIEW OF DUMP TRUCK LEAVING, WORKERS ARRIVE WITH LUNCH PAILS, SEPIA TONED
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| 01:05:27 327.89 |
LS OF TRUCKS MOVING SLOWLY FROM VALLEY
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| 01:05:30 329.99 |
DUMP TRUCKS UNLOADING ROCK OVER EDGE
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| 01:05:35 335.58 |
WORKERS IN TUNNEL WITH PLATFORM AND EQUIPMENT
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| 01:05:37 337.83 |
HOPPERS FULL OF CONCRETE, LINING THE WALLS OF THE TUNNELS, HARD WORK
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| 01:05:44 344.45 |
TANKER TRUCK MOVES AWAY FROM CAMERA IN TUNNEL
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| 01:05:47 347.68 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF MANY EXPLOSIONS ON CANYON WALLS
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| 01:06:06 366.33 |
"HIGH SCALERS"-ACROBATIC WORKMAN ON ROPES PLACE THE DYNAMITE ON CANYON WALLS
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| 01:06:12 371.97 |
CLOSER VIEW OF ONE HIGH SCALER, SUSPENDED BY ROPES SIT ON SMALL WOODEN PLANK
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| 01:06:15 375.2 |
HIGH SCALERS AT WORK
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| 01:06:18 378.42 |
LS OF CANYON AND EXPLOSIONS
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| 01:06:23 382.87 |
HIGH SCALERS SUSPENDED BY ROPES SCALE WALLS, CLEAR DEBRIS, WORKING FAST, DANGEROUS WORK
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| 01:06:37 397.42 |
OVERHEAD VIEW OF DAM UNDER CONSTUCTION
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| 01:06:40 400.57 |
SHOT OF THE RIVER BEING DIVERTED, 1932, WORKERS IN THE WATER
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| 01:06:51 411.22 |
DUMP TRUCKS AT WORK, DUMPING DEBRIS INTO RIVER
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| 01:06:57 417.2 |
WATER RUSHING THROUGH NEW CEMENT TUNNELS
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| 01:07:03 422.85 |
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT AT WORK
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| 01:07:12 432.06 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF THE DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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| 01:07:17 436.87 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF DRY RIVER VALLEY
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| 01:07:20 440.13 |
CU OF BACK HOE, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, DUMPING ROCK INTO DUMP TRUCK
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| 01:07:30 450.31 |
CANYON WALLS WITH ROADS, OVERHEAD SHOT OF VEHICLES IN CANYON, DRY RIVER BED
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| 01:07:38 458.42 |
MEN AT WORK IN ANCIENT RIVER BED
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| 01:07:46 466.07 |
PAN OF RIVER BED, WITH WORKERS AND EQUIPMENT
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| 01:07:52 472.7 |
CRANE AND DRAG LINES EXCAVATING, LOADING TRAIN CARS
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| 01:08:05 485.32 |
TRAIN CARS FULL OF GRAVEL TRAVEL OVER A BRIDGE
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| 01:08:14 494.31 |
GRAVEL ON CONVEYOR, MACHINERY FOR SCREENING AND GRADING, CU OF MACHINERY
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| 01:08:33 512.87 |
TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE
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| 01:08:36 515.98 |
SHOTS OF CEMENT FACTORY, MEN AT WORK, HOPPERS, MIXERS, GAUGES
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| 01:09:02 541.92 |
BINS OF CONCRETE MOVING ALONG TRAIN TRACKS, ALONG CANYONS EDGE
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| 01:09:09 549.63 |
CONCRETE DELIVERY SYSTEM USING OVERHEAD CABLES, 1933, WORKMEN MOVE AWAY FROM DROPPED CONCRETE
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| 01:10:00 600.02 |
CLOSER VIEW OF CONCRETE DELIVERY BINS AND WORKERS WITH SHOVELS, WOODEN FORMS
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| 01:10:15 615.72 |
LS OF CONCRETE DELIVERY SYSTEM, OVERHEAD VIEW
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| 01:10:23 623.54 |
CART OF WORKERS BEING LOWERED INTO CANYON
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| 01:10:28 628.32 |
OVERHEAD VIEWS OF THE DAM TAKING SHAPE, DAY AND NIGHT
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| 01:10:35 635.77 |
CONTAINER OF CONCRETE BEING LOWERED AND OPENED
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| 01:10:42 641.93 |
EXTREME WS OF THE DAM BEING BUILT
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| 01:10:55 654.92 |
SHOTS OF THE POWER PLANT BEING BUILT, WOODEN SCAFFOLDING AND FORMS
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| 01:11:08 668.19 |
POWER PLANT BEING BUILT
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| 01:11:20 680.73 |
WORKERS ON COLUMNS, WOOD SCAFFOLDING AND FORMS
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| 01:11:24 684.22 |
MS OF WORKER
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| 01:11:28 688.56 |
DAM DETAILS, SPILLWAYS BEING BUILT
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| 01:11:43 703.47 |
WORKERS, SCAFFOLDING AND FORMS
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| 01:11:46 706.14 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE NEARLY COMPLETED DAM
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| 01:12:04 724.3 |
PAN OF THE BABCOCK AND WILCOX BUILDING, PENSTOCK SYSTEM
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| 01:12:09 729.63 |
LOW ANGLE SHOT UP AT HUGE PIPE, WORKER ON TOP SLIDES DOWN CABLE
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| 01:12:24 744.7 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF STEEL PLATES AND FABRICATION MILL ON SITE, WORKERS DWARFED BY SCALE OF PIPE
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| 01:12:42 762.05 |
PIPE SEGMENTS BEING FITTED
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