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  1. World-wide News: USA - Hoover Dam

    Date released
    22 Feb 1954
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1290
    NoS ID
    019059
    Story no
    1 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hoover Dam. DESCRIPTION: Touring the United States, President Bayar of Turkey visited Hoover Dam, Nevada. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Crowds on dam, President Bayar (Turkey) crosses Lake Mead...

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  2. Story of the Hoover Dam, The (1955 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., Free loan

    Contemporary account of the construction and operation of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, completed in 1936 as Boulder Dam and given it original name in 1947.

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Harnessing Power

    Date released
    24 Sep 1936
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    36/77
    NoS ID
    093856
    Story no
    1 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Boulder Dam comes to life at President’s touch.

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  6. Divert Mighty Stream

    Date released
    28 Nov 1932
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    183
    NoS ID
    032369
    Story no
    4 / 6

    Giant blast for Hoover Dam! Contractors deflect Colorado River in biggest US engineering job for eighteen years.

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  7. The Mighty Atom

    Date released
    16 Aug 1945
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    45/66
    NoS ID
    100780
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    First and exclusive pictures of Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, centre of research into atomic power. A "heavy water" plant in Norway which was discovered by Secret Service agents and upon which a commando...

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  8. Las Vegas and the Wild West

    Date released
    6 Mar 1969
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    741
    NoS ID
    122078
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: You still go by mule down Angel trail if you want to get to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. In vast areas of Arizona and Nevada the Wild West is unchanged. But the great Hoover Dam has made a...

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  9. Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (7 Parts) (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering; FE; History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 350 minutes), £39.99

    Drama-documentary series recreating epic moments in the industrial revolution. Each episode explores a specific triumphal construction of the era.

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