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Flood in the Desert

Even so, it stillhad power enough to demolish railroadand highway bridges

Even so, it still
had power enough to demolish railroad
and highway bridges

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Even so, it still had power enough
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to demolish railroad and highway bridges.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:38
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 ...
Along the way, it had picked up all the debris - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Along the way, it had picked up all the debris
Orchard trees, cattle. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
Orchard trees, cattle.
And as you get to the ocean, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
And as you get to the ocean,
So it's this mix of sludge - Flood in the Desert 00:14
So it's this mix of sludge
The next day was gloomy, - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The next day was gloomy,
There was no color at all that morning. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
There was no color at all that morning.
He remembered houses just broken into pieces. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
He remembered houses just broken into pieces.
Trees uprooted and thrown everywhere. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
Trees uprooted and thrown everywhere.
Cadavers lined up like piles of wood. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Cadavers lined up like piles of wood.
Mothers crying, in tears, sobbing. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
Mothers crying, in tears, sobbing.
There were bodies strewn everywhere. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
There were bodies strewn everywhere.
Boy Scouts would go out with little flags, - Flood in the Desert 00:19
Boy Scouts would go out with little flags,
Rescuers found Lillian Curtis, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
Rescuers found Lillian Curtis,
Everyone else in the town was dead. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
Everyone else in the town was dead.
She was cold and wet, - Flood in the Desert 00:10
She was cold and wet,
He stands in shock and awe - Flood in the Desert 00:12
He stands in shock and awe
And all that's left is this center section of the dam. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
And all that's left is this center section of the dam.
Everything else from the dam is gone. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
Everything else from the dam is gone.
Within days, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
Within days,
Scaling the towering monolith that became known as - Flood in the Desert 00:09
Scaling the towering monolith that became known as