Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur at Hoover Dam

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CreatorParamountPublisherParamountBrowse TopicGovernment and PoliticsLand, Environment, and Natural ResourcesSubjectHoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--History.United States. Department of the Interior.DescriptionFlash title card, "Speed work on dam! Boulder City, Coll - Sec'y of Interior Wilber inspects Hoover Dam, power and irrigation project, to be finished about 1937". A group of men at the edge of a cliff with a pan down to the Colorado River; the outlines of an outlet tunnel leading to the river with wooden scaffolding. Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur presses the plunger on a dynamite detonator box with the resulting large explosion. Title card, "Huge walls of $165,000,000 dam across Colorado River will create world's largest artificial body of water. A large tableau of the dam and a voiceover explaining its workings. POV of floating on the Colorado and an airplane in flight over the river. Note: exact month/day not known.Video Length00:01:33Date Original1931-01-01Date 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 93

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Identifier1258Digital FormatMP4File Size125.8 MBDigitizing InstitutionSherman Grinberg Film Library

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Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur at Hoover Dam