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In November 1928, a few weeks before
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Flood in the Desert

In November 1928,a few weeks before the crucial Senatevote on Hoover Dam, William...

In November 1928,
a few weeks before the crucial Senate
vote on Hoover Dam, William Mulholland retired
from the Water Bureau

Full Transcript

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In November 1928, a few weeks before
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the crucial Senate vote on Hoover Dam,
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William Mulholland retired from the Water Bureau.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:08
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 ...
And so long as he did, then he was, - Flood in the Desert 00:06
And so long as he did, then he was,
They hold a banquet for him. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
They hold a banquet for him.
No mention is ever made of the St. Francis Dam. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
No mention is ever made of the St. Francis Dam.
In the spring of 1929, the City of Los Angeles - Flood in the Desert 00:12
In the spring of 1929, the City of Los Angeles
But it wasn't so easy to get rid of the very - Flood in the Desert 00:12
But it wasn't so easy to get rid of the very
Nobody trusted the Hollywood Dam - Flood in the Desert 00:08
Nobody trusted the Hollywood Dam
They ended up drawing it down two-thirds. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
They ended up drawing it down two-thirds.
It only holds one-third its design capacity, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
It only holds one-third its design capacity,
The monument to - Flood in the Desert 00:09
The monument to
People in Hollywood no longer have to be reminded - Flood in the Desert 00:10
People in Hollywood no longer have to be reminded
Mulholland had a stroke - Flood in the Desert 00:08
Mulholland had a stroke
At family gathering, he would just - Flood in the Desert 00:08
At family gathering, he would just
William Mulholland died in Los Angeles - Flood in the Desert 00:12
William Mulholland died in Los Angeles
And in this story, Mulholland is the villain. - Flood in the Desert 00:08
And in this story, Mulholland is the villain.
There's lots of other folks, including - Flood in the Desert 00:07
There's lots of other folks, including
This is a communal effort. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
This is a communal effort.
The St. Francis Dam had largely disappeared - Flood in the Desert 00:15
The St. Francis Dam had largely disappeared
The Hoover Dam - Flood in the Desert 00:12
The Hoover Dam
I think a lot of good things come out of failures. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
I think a lot of good things come out of failures.
We pull back, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
We pull back,