M-10000 train leaves station and travels to Boulder Dam construction site

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CreatorParamountPublisherParamountBrowse TopicGovernment and PoliticsLand, Environment, and Natural ResourcesSubjectHoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)--History.United States. Department of the Interior.DescriptionTitle card: "New Train Visits Dam! Las Vegas, Nev-Colorado River canyon and Boulder Dam welcome Union Pacific's streamline train of tomorrow," Paramount News at top. M-10000 train leaving station moving through circle structure. Train engineer at controls looking out window with windshield wiper. WS train moving through desert terrain, mountains in bg. LS along train side, telephone poles along other side. black chefs at work in train kitchen, maybe conductor getting cup of coffee at counter and walking away. Train passing camera. Pan down maybe parts of Boulder Dam under construction between Boulder Canyon and Black Canyon, can make out maybe train below. Train emerging from mountain tunnel. Side of train moving across trestle, dam in bg. looking down at train moving across trestle built against mountain rock. Train passing camera. Note: [exact day not known].Video Length00:01:31Date Original1934-03-01Date 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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Identifier3662Digital FormatMP4File Size123.7 MBDigitizing InstitutionSherman Grinberg Film Library

SR006493_05_01_wm.mp4

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M-10000 train leaves station and travels to Boulder Dam construction site