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  1. Dam Good Job

    Date released
    31 Oct 1938
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    38/87
    NoS ID
    096484
    Story no
    2 / 11
    Extras
    1 film clip

    New dam completed, pouring concrete to complete dam which is to provide fresh water to Manchester.

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  2. Boulder Dam Tested

    Date released
    1 Sep 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/70
    NoS ID
    098989
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Boulder Dam gets first working test with the opening of the Arizona Gate. The water gushes through to bring life to the arid desert of Nevada.

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  3. Dnieper Dam Restored

    Date released
    19 Feb 1945
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    45/15
    NoS ID
    100634
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Reconstructed work on the Dnieper Dam. General views showing the section destroyed by the Russians in their retreat during 1941. Men working on the Dam with swirling waters beneath them. Russian girl welders...

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  4. The Longest Dam

    Date released
    21 Jan 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1442
    NoS ID
    021444
    Story no
    4 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hirakud Dam. DESCRIPTION: The Hirakud Dam in the Indian State of Orissa is the longest in the world, three miles long. Premier Nehru went to perform the inauguration of this great...

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  5. Coolee Dam

    Date released
    29 Jun 1939
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    39/52
    NoS ID
    097242
    Story no
    13 / 13
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The completed dam will pour hundreds of tons of water down its spillways every minute to generate power to quench the thirst of arid desert acres.

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  6. World Wide News Items: Nevada - Giant "Boulder Dam" nears completion

    Date released
    19 Nov 1934
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    285
    NoS ID
    005208
    Story no
    9 / 11

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Giant Boulder Dam Nears Completion. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the building of the dam. Pan shots around the dam. Shot of same with the river in the background.

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  7. World Wide News Items: Nevada - Giant "Boulder Dam" nears completion

    Date released
    19 Nov 1934
    Series name
    British Movietone Gazette
    Issue no
    285
    NoS ID
    001860
    Story no
    6 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Giant Boulder Dam Nears Completion. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the building of the dam. Pan shots around the dam. Shot of same with the river in the background.

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  8. Reports: Great Boulder Dam inauguration

    Date released
    24 Sep 1936
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    381A
    NoS ID
    006852
    Story no
    3 / 11

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Great Boulder Dam Inauguration. SHOTLIST: Shot of President Roosevelt. Shot of hand pressing button to put the Dam into use. Shot of the dam and water pouring into Canyon. Close shots...

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  9. Boulder Dam Anniversary

    Date released
    14 Oct 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/83
    NoS ID
    098317
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    On the fourth anniversary of the Boulder Dam’s commencement of work, twelve gigantic outlet valves open simultaneously shooting thirty million tons of water into space.

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  10. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Nr. Khartoum - Building a new dam

    Date released
    16 Aug 1934
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    271A
    NoS ID
    005004
    Story no
    4 / 10

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Khartoum Dam Built. ‘Gebel Anlia’. SHOTLIST: Shots of the natives working on the dam building same.

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