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Title Reclamation and the arid west / [United States Department of the Interior]
Published Washington, D.C. : United States. Department of the Interior, 1936

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Description 1 online resource (5 min.)
Summary Shows the Colorado River, electric power transmission lines, and a steel plant in operation. A train brings materials, fuel, and workmen to Boulder City to build Boulder Dam. Close-ups are shown of buckets on cable cars dumping cement into the coffer dam. Includes views of the power lines and towers at the dam site, the switches to control the power, and the completed dam; and the farms, homes, and orchards made possible by power and water from the dam
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2016)
In English
Subject Energy development -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Energy development -- West (U.S.)
Reclamation of land -- West (U.S.)
Energy development.
Reclamation of land.
North America -- Colorado River.
West United States.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author United States. Department of the Interior, production company.