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.

National Archives Identifier: 11674

Local Identifier: 48.43

Creator(s): Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures. (? - ?) (Most Recent)

From: Series : Motion Picture Film Documentation of the Diverse Activities of the Department of the Interior, compiled 1916 - 1976

* Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009

Level of Description: Item

Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images

This item was produced or created: 1936

The creator compiled or maintained the series between: 1916 - 1976

Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s): Undetermined

Sound Type: Sound

Accession Number(s): III-NAV-193

Online Resource(s): YouTube 

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* Transcript 

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Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Material(s):

* Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. (06/20/1923 - 11/06/1979), Producer