Man demonstrates new super camera in Los Angeles used in aerial mapping of Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) and Lake Mead in Nevada

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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: “Camera marvel maps Boulder Dam for US”. Man standing next to camera on table beside plane. Man lifting camera to show set of lenses on bottom. Man’s hand holding pointer pointing at two sets of lenses. Man standing next to camera on table beside plane. Man lifting camera to show set of lenses on bottom. Man’s hand holding pointer pointing at two sets of lenses. Man standing next to camera on table beside plane demonstrating camera. Rolls of film in boxes stacked next to camera, man opens door on side of camera for loading film. Man demonstrates how to operate camera. Two shots inside plane of two men loading camera into plane. Four aerial shots of plane carrying camera in flight. Man inside plane operating camera. Aerial shot of part of Lake Mead. Two shots of man inside plane operating camera. Note: exact month/day not known.Video Length00:02:15Date Original1935-01-01Date 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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Identifier4798Digital FormatMP4File Size181.7 MBDigitizing InstitutionSherman Grinberg Film Library

SR006507_01_01_wm.mp4

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Man demonstrates new super camera in Los Angeles used in aerial mapping of Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) and Lake Mead in Nevada