To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
Just think about it: they were looking out 50 years
Please log in to add to collections.
Flood in the Desert

They were looking out 50 years, and they were out of waterin ten

Just think about it:
they were looking out 50 years, and they were out of water
in ten

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:06.109
Just think about it: they were looking out 50 years,
00:00:06.133 --> 00:00:08.766
and they were out of water in ten.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:08
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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 ...
What Mulholland created was an illusion of abundance. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
What Mulholland created was an illusion of abundance.
And so, the people of the city of Los Angeles - Flood in the Desert 00:12
And so, the people of the city of Los Angeles
There are lawns everywhere. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
There are lawns everywhere.
Spectacular flower gardens. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Spectacular flower gardens.
The amount of water poured onto those lawns - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The amount of water poured onto those lawns
In order to quench L.A.'s thirst, - Flood in the Desert 00:15
In order to quench L.A.'s thirst,
There's a tremendous amount of anger - Flood in the Desert 00:07
There's a tremendous amount of anger
There's a sense that the community - Flood in the Desert 00:09
There's a sense that the community
And using their water, - Flood in the Desert 00:07
And using their water,
Arrogance absolutely plays a big role. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
Arrogance absolutely plays a big role.
There is a lot of resentment that is driven by the decisions - Flood in the Desert 00:12
There is a lot of resentment that is driven by the decisions
The farmers in the Owens River Valley - Flood in the Desert 00:09
The farmers in the Owens River Valley
The anger only deepened when it became clear - Flood in the Desert 00:12
The anger only deepened when it became clear
Even as the rest of Southern California - Flood in the Desert 00:18
Even as the rest of Southern California
Did the city really need to provide landowners - Flood in the Desert 00:08
Did the city really need to provide landowners
Well, it turns out that the owner of the "Los Angeles Times" - Flood in the Desert 00:11
Well, it turns out that the owner of the "Los Angeles T...
Those wealthy landowners made a killing. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Those wealthy landowners made a killing.
It's very easy to picture Mulholland as corrupt, - Flood in the Desert 00:13
It's very easy to picture Mulholland as corrupt,
I think, for him, it's really about his own vision - Flood in the Desert 00:12
I think, for him, it's really about his own vision
I think that's what's driving him. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
I think that's what's driving him.