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Flood in the Desert

So it's this mix of sludge and rocks and partsof steel bridges and bodies and animalsin a...

So it's this mix of sludge and rocks and parts
of steel bridges and bodies and animals
in a kind of an oil slick

Full Transcript

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So it's this mix of sludge
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and rocks and parts of steel bridges
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and bodies and animals in a kind of an oil slick.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:02
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 next day was gloomy, - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The next day was gloomy,
There was no color at all that morning. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
There was no color at all that morning.
He remembered houses just broken into pieces. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
He remembered houses just broken into pieces.
Trees uprooted and thrown everywhere. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
Trees uprooted and thrown everywhere.
Cadavers lined up like piles of wood. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Cadavers lined up like piles of wood.
Mothers crying, in tears, sobbing. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
Mothers crying, in tears, sobbing.
There were bodies strewn everywhere. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
There were bodies strewn everywhere.
Boy Scouts would go out with little flags, - Flood in the Desert 00:19
Boy Scouts would go out with little flags,
Rescuers found Lillian Curtis, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
Rescuers found Lillian Curtis,
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,