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Flood in the Desert

Although most preferred anomadic lifestyle, one group settled inOwens Valley, where the...

Although most preferred a
nomadic lifestyle, one group settled in
Owens Valley, where the snowmelt coming off
the Sierra Nevada Mountains provided a reliable source
of water

Full Transcript

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Although most preferred a nomadic lifestyle,
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one group settled in Owens Valley,
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where the snowmelt coming off the Sierra Nevada Mountains
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provided a reliable source of water.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:55
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history

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Movie Summary

Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the 2nd deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via ...
The Paiutes there, they were building irrigation canals - Flood in the Desert 00:15
The Paiutes there, they were building irrigation canals
Of course, during the conquest, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
Of course, during the conquest,
For the Owens Valley Paiute, in particular, - Flood in the Desert 00:13
For the Owens Valley Paiute, in particular,
In the long run, it's, it's the Paiute who are removed - Flood in the Desert 00:13
In the long run, it's, it's the Paiute who are rem...
So what the settlers did to Native people, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
So what the settlers did to Native people,
The Los Angeles Water Bureau picked up - Flood in the Desert 00:16
The Los Angeles Water Bureau picked up
"Some are living in dugouts or crudely constructed shacks - Flood in the Desert 00:14
"Some are living in dugouts or crudely constructed shac...
"Nearly all of them use immense quantities of water." - Flood in the Desert 00:10
"Nearly all of them use immense quantities of water.&qu...
But of course, it depends on whose morals - Flood in the Desert 00:08
But of course, it depends on whose morals
Dispossession is really woven into - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Dispossession is really woven into
It's the philosophy that - Flood in the Desert 00:07
It's the philosophy that
By the fall of 1924, - Flood in the Desert 00:09
By the fall of 1924,
Trucks ferried sand and gravel - Flood in the Desert 00:09
Trucks ferried sand and gravel
A crane lifted the liquid concrete. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
A crane lifted the liquid concrete.
Workers directed it into position. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
Workers directed it into position.
Over the next 16 months, that same operation would be repeated - Flood in the Desert 00:11
Over the next 16 months, that same operation would be repeat...
It's a retaining wall that you're building - Flood in the Desert 00:11
It's a retaining wall that you're building
And this is water, this is concrete. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
And this is water, this is concrete.
So a dam that has a triangular shape - Flood in the Desert 00:09
So a dam that has a triangular shape
As work proceeded on the dam, - Flood in the Desert 00:09
As work proceeded on the dam,