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Flood in the Desert

It only holds one-third itsdesign capacity, and it had a hugeembankment fill added to the...

It only holds one-third its
design capacity, and it had a huge
embankment fill added to the front of it

Full Transcript

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It only holds one-third its design capacity,
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and it had a huge embankment fill
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added to the front of it.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:13
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 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,
St. Francis Dam had a huge impact on Hoover Dam. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
St. Francis Dam had a huge impact on Hoover Dam.
Where the St. Francis Dam had been largely - Flood in the Desert 00:17
Where the St. Francis Dam had been largely
It captured the imagination - Flood in the Desert 00:08
It captured the imagination
Immense dams became defining monuments of the age. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Immense dams became defining monuments of the age.
The legacy of the St. Francis Dam disaster - Flood in the Desert 00:37
The legacy of the St. Francis Dam disaster
And water our crops," - Flood in the Desert 00:08
And water our crops,"
The idea that moving water from one geography - Flood in the Desert 00:10
The idea that moving water from one geography
But in some ways, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
But in some ways,