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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Boulder Dam (Part I)
- Year
- 1931
- Abstract
- Shows the beginning of construction on the Hoover Dam (later called Boulder Dam) project in southern Nevada. With excellent footage of Boulder City, the model housing community built to provide residences for project workers.
- Notes
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Produced: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in collaboration with Six Companies, Inc. and The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior
Run Time: 10:27
Audio/Visual: Si, B&W - Keyword
- Infrastructure: Dams;Boulder Dam;Nevada;Boulder Dam;Nevada
- Theme
- Give a dam
- Review
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Part I of this silent film is a self congratulatory wank for the US Dept of Interior. It begins with poorly chosen shots, bad editing, and "man conquers nature" title cards that made me cringe. Don't bother with this.. skip to Parts III and IV (where's II?) when you actually see this awesome project being built.
(Reviewer: Steve Nordby) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F