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Flood in the Desert

But just as the project wasgearing up, it suddenly took ona new urgency

But just as the project was
gearing up, it suddenly took on
a new urgency

Full Transcript

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But just as the project was gearing up,
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it suddenly took on a new urgency.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:52
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 ...
On the 21st of May 1924, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
On the 21st of May 1924,
The damage was repaired within a few days, - Flood in the Desert 00:12
The damage was repaired within a few days,
The aqueduct was a disaster for Owens Valley. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The aqueduct was a disaster for Owens Valley.
The people who lived there lost almost all of their water. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The people who lived there lost almost all of their water.
It became such a desolate place. - Flood in the Desert 00:08
It became such a desolate place.
It was a complete undoing - Flood in the Desert 00:09
It was a complete undoing
To the city and to Mulholland, this is terrorism. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
To the city and to Mulholland, this is terrorism.
You are destroying the water supply - Flood in the Desert 00:08
You are destroying the water supply
Six months after the first attack, - Flood in the Desert 00:15
Six months after the first attack,
They wouldn't restore the aqueduct flow, they said, - Flood in the Desert 00:12
They wouldn't restore the aqueduct flow, they said,
The siege lasted four days, - Flood in the Desert 00:09
The siege lasted four days,
To Mulholland's annoyance, - Flood in the Desert 00:13
To Mulholland's annoyance,
There are multiple layers of irony here. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
There are multiple layers of irony here.
When the settlers of the Owens Valley - Flood in the Desert 00:17
When the settlers of the Owens Valley
Before contact, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
Before contact,
Although most preferred a nomadic lifestyle, - Flood in the Desert 00:14
Although most preferred a nomadic lifestyle,
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...