Boulder Dam (1936)

Item title reads - Boulder Dam opened. Boulder Dam (United States of America, USA). M/S of President Franklin D. Roosevelt making a speech about the new Boulder dam between Arizona and Nevada. He touches the lever which starts the first turbine, various shots of the turbines and other mechanisms, M/S of a man turning a wheel. L/S as water pours out of the rocks in front of the huge dam. Various shots as water gushes out. L/S of the dam. Note: the Boulder dam is now called the Hoover dam. There is a longer version of this story entitled ’Harnessing Power’ in 36/77 on *PM0889*. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bull