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Flood in the Desert

Rescuers found Lillian Curtis, her son, and a neighboron a hillside overlooking the...

Rescuers found Lillian Curtis, her son, and a neighbor
on a hillside overlooking the ruins
of Powerhouse 2

Full Transcript

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Rescuers found Lillian Curtis,
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her son, and a neighbor on a hillside
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overlooking the ruins of Powerhouse 2.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:45
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 ...
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
Collecting bits of debris for souvenirs. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
Collecting bits of debris for souvenirs.
The sightseers fed a growing bitterness among the survivors. - Flood in the Desert 00:09
The sightseers fed a growing bitterness among the survivors.
But some of the bodies were lost forever. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
But some of the bodies were lost forever.
We never know how many, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
We never know how many,
It was a community that had many transients. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
It was a community that had many transients.
There were migrant workers or migrant families. - Flood in the Desert 00:08
There were migrant workers or migrant families.
And so many of them, maybe, who lived along the river, - Flood in the Desert 00:12
And so many of them, maybe, who lived along the river,
And the fact that we can never name them - Flood in the Desert 00:09
And the fact that we can never name them
For supporters of Hoover Dam, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
For supporters of Hoover Dam,
Just as the Senate was about to decide - Flood in the Desert 00:12
Just as the Senate was about to decide
The Hoover Dam was the largest line-item - Flood in the Desert 00:10
The Hoover Dam was the largest line-item
They had the votes to finally get this thing. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
They had the votes to finally get this thing.
The problem was that Mulholland was the biggest - Flood in the Desert 00:09
The problem was that Mulholland was the biggest