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Flood in the Desert

The failure was an aberration, unlikely to be repeated

It was a reassuring conclusion: the failure was an aberration, unlikely to be repeated

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It was a reassuring conclusion:
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the failure was an aberration,
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unlikely to be repeated.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:04
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 ...
But nobody wants to investigate it too much. - Flood in the Desert 00:08
But nobody wants to investigate it too much.
Meanwhile, the city moved quickly - Flood in the Desert 00:08
Meanwhile, the city moved quickly
The city agreed upon a kind of a fixed price. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
The city agreed upon a kind of a fixed price.
$5,000 for a human life is not enough. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
$5,000 for a human life is not enough.
The city paid, very quickly. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
The city paid, very quickly.
They wanted to get it out of the way. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
They wanted to get it out of the way.
But for Mulholland, the reckoning was just beginning. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
But for Mulholland, the reckoning was just beginning.
Some of the victims had died in Los Angeles County, - Flood in the Desert 00:10
Some of the victims had died in Los Angeles County,
It was a trial to determine who was responsible - Flood in the Desert 00:07
It was a trial to determine who was responsible
It's quite possible that William Mulholland - Flood in the Desert 00:07
It's quite possible that William Mulholland
To date, 277 bodies had been found. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
To date, 277 bodies had been found.
Hundreds were still missing. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
Hundreds were still missing.
Mulholland was at times prickly and evasive - Flood in the Desert 00:12
Mulholland was at times prickly and evasive
"If there is any error in human judgment," - Flood in the Desert 00:08
"If there is any error in human judgment,"
I won't try to fasten it on anybody else." - Flood in the Desert 00:19
I won't try to fasten it on anybody else."
If blame could be put on this individual, - Flood in the Desert 00:07
If blame could be put on this individual,
In November 1928, a few weeks before - Flood in the Desert 00:12
In November 1928, a few weeks before
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.