Bibliograph

Boulder Dam, the pictoral record of man's conquest of the Colorado River, produced by the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation

Type

Label

Boulder Dam, the pictoral record of man's conquest of the Colorado River, produced by the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Boulder Dam

Oclc number

950267395

Responsibility statement

produced by the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation

Runtime

Sub title

the pictoral record of man's conquest of the Colorado River

Summary

Reel 1 shows the Colorado River and the arid deserts of the Southwest. Bulldozers build a road to the proposed dam site. A train brings in supplies and materials made throughout the U.S. The dam site is surveyed. Shows Boulder City, Nev., including workmen's dormitories, kitchen, and mess hall. Workers ride to the dam site in trucks and drill and blast out diversion tunnels. Power shovels clear debris. Reel 2, diversion tunnels are blasted open and cofferdams are constructed. Bulldozers and trucks clear excavated material. Sand and gravel is brought in by train and is screened, washed, and graded. Concrete is mixed and is carried by truck and locomotive to the dam site. Reel 3, concrete is poured into forms. Shows the interior of a tunnel, the intake towers, spillways, and penstock valves. Tubing is made at the dam site and is assembled by workmen. Reel 4, penstock pipe sections are trucked from factory to the dam site and lowered into position by cable. Concrete is poured into cofferdams. President Roosevelt speaks at the dedication ceremonies. Shows flashes of spillways, transmission towers, and power lines, and an aerial view of Boulder Dam and Lake Meade

Target audience

adult

Contributor