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Explosions fill Boulder Canyon to divert Colorado River at Boulder Dam

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CreatorAmerican PathéPublisherAmerican PathéSubjectHoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--History.United States. Department of the Interior.DescriptionTitle card: "MAN'S GENIUS TURNS RIVER AT HOOVER DAM - Nature conquered as mighty Colorado is diverted from age-old course in Boulder Canyon". LS Boulder Canyon at Arizona, Nevada border. VS looking down at Boulder Dam (later known as the Hoover Dam) with archway entrances; explosion. VS men working on and around dam. LS Boulder Canyon with smoke billowing from multiple detonations. MLS-PAN RIGHT two workers stand in front of huge smoke billows. MLS canyon filled with smoke. Note: exact day not known.Video Length00:01:40Date Original1932-11-01Date Range1930s (1930-1939)TypeMoving ImageOriginal FormatNewsreelsLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionSherman Grinberg Film LibraryCollectionParamount and American Pathé Newsreel Collection Rights StatementThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights of the Sherman Grinberg Film Library. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For commercial uses, please contact the Sherman Grinberg Film Library at [email protected].

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Geographic FeatureHoover DamColorado RiverBlack CanyonBoulder CanyonLake MeadRoadUnited States Highway 93CountyMohave CountyClark CountyStateArizonaNevadaCountryUnited States

AgencyUnited States Department of the InteriorPlaceHoover DamColorado RiverBlack CanyonBoulder CanyonLake MeadUnited States Highway 93TopicGovernment and PoliticsWater Management

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Identifier5303Digital FormatMP4File Size135.7 MBDigitizing InstitutionSherman Grinberg Film Library

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Explosions fill Boulder Canyon to divert Colorado River at Boulder Dam