- Title: P-213-124J
- Summary: PATHE HISTORICALS: BUILDING AND OPERATION OF THE SHASTA DAM OVER THE SACRAMENTO RIVE IN CALIFORNIA, 1940S
- Description:01:00:02 - OPENING MONTAGE, TITLE CARD: MILESTONES OF THE CENTURY, PATHE NEWS 01:00:16 - TITLE CARD: SHASTA DAM. # 324. (P-213-124J)THE DREAM THAT BECAME A MONUMENTAL REALITY TO MAN'S PERSONAL CONQUEST AND TRIUMPH OVER NATURE. 01:00:23 - MODEL OF SHASTA DAM,OVERHEAD SHOT OF MODEL 01:00:30 - AERIAL OF SHASTA DAM. TRUCKS SEEN MOVING ON ROAD BELOW. 01:00:41 - LOTS OF WORKERS BUILDING DAM. 01:00:48 - HIGH SHOT OF UNDERGROUND EXPLOSION. TONS OF SMOKE BILLOWS UP IN AIR 01:01:02 - HUGE CRANE DIGS EARTH & LIFTS IT AWAY. 01:01:11 - TRUCK ROLLS ACROSS RAW DIRT ROAD WITH LOAD INTERCUTS CRANE LIFTING DIRT. 01:01:26 - GIANT BUTTRESSES OF SHASTA DAM RISE ON BOTH SIDES OF SACRAMENTO. 01:01:35 - MEN AT WORK AT NIGHT. LIGHTS HELP MEN WORK. MONTAGE OF MEN WORKING. 01:02:01 - LOW ANGLED SHOT OF SIRENS AND WORKER'S LIGHTED SIGN WITH START AND STAND-BY LIT, AID TO MANAGE WORKERS 01:02:04 - WALL OF NEEDLE GAUGES, CONTROL PANEL 01:02:07 - PANS UP MASSIVE GENERATOR. HUGE CABLES CROSS OVER THE SACRAMENTO TO THE OTHER SIDE. 01:02:23 - HIGH ANGLED SHOT OF SACRAMENTO RIVER 01:02:27 - MAN CUTS TAPE AT DEDICATION 01:02:31 - MAN TURNS BIG WHEEL TO OPEN FLOOD WATERS 01:02:35 - BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF WATER POURING DOWN FROM 600 FEET HIGH. PANS TO TOP OF SHASTA 01:02:44 - CAMERA RIDES THE EDGE & OVER TO SEE WATER FLOW DOWN 01:02:50 - LOW ANGLED SHOT UP WITH COUPLE WATCHING. LOOKING UP AT FLOW OF WATER, AMERICANA, MID CENTURY DATE 01:02:53 - WATER POURS DOWN SHASTA DAM. 01:03:10 - BEAUTIFUL NIGHT TIME SHOT OF SHASTA DAM 01:03:14 - TITLE CARD: PRODUCED BY PATHE NEWS 01:03:19 - BLACK SCREEN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1937
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: P-213-124J