Harnessing Power Aka Boulder Dam Opened (1936)
Item title reads 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 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 an aeroplane flying over it. L, S of the dam in the middle of the mountains showing its magnitude. Note: the Boulder dam is now called the Hoover dam. There is a shorter version of this story entitled Boulder Dam in 36, 77 on PM0889. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING
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