- Title: PA-52
- Summary: BOULDER DAM (PART 1): Shows the beginning of construction of the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) project in southern Nevada. Footage of Boulder City, the model housing community built to provide residences for project workers.
- Description:01:42:42 - AERIAL PAN COLORADO RIVER SNAKING THROUGH BARREN MOUNTAIN COUNTRY, PAN TO THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS. AND CLIFFS. ABOVE VIEW WATER LIFTS THE SILT AS IT FLOWS RAPIDLY DOWN STREAM. 01:43:35 - MAP OF THE U. S. SHOWS LOCATION OF PROJECTED DAM BETWEEN BORDER OF AZRIZONA AND COLORADO IN THE BLACK CANYON OF THE COLORADO RIVER. ON 12/21/1938 PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE SIGNED THE BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT AUTHORIZING SECRETARY OF INTERIOR TO PROCEED ON THE CONSTRUCTION. WORK BEGSN IN JULY, 1930. 01:43:53 - TOURISTS RIDING DOWN RIVER VIEW THE AWESOME SIGHTS. 01:44:10 - SURVEYORS AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS ON THE HAZARDOUS CLIFFS. 01:44:28 - MS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND FREIGHT TRAINS STEAMING SLOWLY TOWARDS CAMERA, ON WAY TO DAM SITE. MLS CARAVAN OF TRUCKS ON HIGHWAY, L TO R, ON WAY TO SITE. ELECTRIC POWER GRID AS POWER LINES THRIST THROUGH BARREN WASTELAND TO SITE. 01:44:57 - SITE OF FUTURE DAM BEFORE CONSTRUCTION SHOWS COLORADO RIVER FLOWING BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAIN CLIFFS. ANIMATED DRAWING OF DAM IS SUPER-IMPOSED BETWEEN THER TWO CLIFFS SHOWS HAT IT WILL LOOOI LIKE WITH DAM IN PLACE. 01:45:10 - AERIAL TWIN ENGINE PLANE (CIRCA 1930S) FLYING OVER FUTURE DAM SITE AND COLORADO RIVER (GOOD SHOT). AERIAL PAN CITYSCAPE BOULDER CITY , IN ITS INFANCY, SIX MILES FROM DAM SITE, WAS BUILT TO HOUSE WORKERS EMPLOYED ON DAM PROJECT. "THIS MODERN TOWN ROSE FROM THE BARE SAND HILLS WITHIN FIFTEEN MONTHS". ABOVE PAN OF BOULKDER CITY CIRCA 1930S. 01:46:55 - MLS VARIOUS VIEWS THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND DORMITORY OVER LOOK THE PARK. MLS THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING HOUSES THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POST OFICE AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 01:47:45 - GROUP OF FEDERAL RANGERS WHICH POLICE BOULDER CITY AND THE FEDERAL RESERVATION, EXIT BUILDING, POSE. "WIDE STREETS AND SIDEWALK ARCADES ARE FEATURES OF THE BUSY COMMERCIAL CENTER OF TOWN". VIEW OF TOWN WITH VARIOUS VIEWS AUTO TRAFFIC, PEDEWSTRIANS, CIRCA 1930S 01:48:29 - MLS LOCAL GAS STATION WITH VINTAGE CAR GASSING UP, CIRCA 1930S, PAN TO GARAGES REPAIR SHOPS, CROSS STREET TO ARCADES WITH VARIETY STORES, INCLUDING CORNER DRUG STORE AND SODA SHOP IN QUAINT LITTLE TOWN. 01:49:10 - HOUSE WIFE AND DOG ON LAWN IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF THE CITY. CHILDREN PLAYING ON LAWN OF HOME. LONG STRING RESIDENTIAL HOMES IN B/G. "ATTRACTIVE GARDENS HAVE REPLACED CACTUS AND SAGEBRUSH". MS GARDEN WITH DESERT PLANTS, CACTUS AND ROCKS, CHILDREN POSING IN F/G. LS TYPICAL HOUSE ON RESIDENTIAL STREET. PAN VARIOUS HOMES OF BUREAU OF RECLAMATION EMPLOYEES, FANCIER, LARGER, HOMES. 01:50:13 - LS LARGE SSHOOL BUILDING FOR GRADED AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHILDREN BUILT BY GOVERNMENT. MLS SCHOOL CHILDREN CROSS STREET UNDER SUPERVISION OF SCHOOL GUARD. GIRLS PLAY VOLLEYBALL IN SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. 01:50:33 - LARGE GROUP OF PRE-TEEN AGE GIRLS TAP DANCE FOR CAMERA IN SCHOOL YARD, DO SIDE TO SIDE SHUFFLE DANCE. LS SCHOOL CHILDREN, BOYS AND GIRLS, POSE FOR GROUP PHOTO, STANDING AND SEATED IN FRONT OF SCHOOL ENTRANCE. CHILDREN RUN EN MASSE, TOWARDS CAMERA AFTER GROUP SHOT. 01:50:47 - "THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE SERVED BY FOUR CHURCHES". LS VIEW OF EACH OF THE FOUR CHURCH BUILDINGS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1931
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: PA-52