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Flood in the Desert

The anger only deepened whenit became clear that much of theOwens River water wasn't going...

The anger only deepened when
it became clear that much of the
Owens River water wasn't going to Los Angeles
at all

Full Transcript

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The anger only deepened when it became clear
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that much of the Owens River water
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wasn't going to Los Angeles at all.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:58
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 ...
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.
The threat of shortages - Flood in the Desert 00:10
The threat of shortages
In a dry year, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
In a dry year,
So they need storage, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
So they need storage,
In the summer of 1922, - Flood in the Desert 00:28
In the summer of 1922,
The St. Francis Dam and the Hollywood Dam - Flood in the Desert 00:20
The St. Francis Dam and the Hollywood Dam
Plans were drawn up in Mulholland's offices - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Plans were drawn up in Mulholland's offices
20 years before, the city had required - Flood in the Desert 00:09
20 years before, the city had required
But that was then. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
But that was then.
This is that sense - Flood in the Desert 00:10
This is that sense
This is the second-largest storage reservoir - Flood in the Desert 00:07
This is the second-largest storage reservoir
It should have had peer review; - Flood in the Desert 00:10
It should have had peer review;
But nobody's questioning him by the time you get to 1922. - Flood in the Desert 00:08
But nobody's questioning him by the time you get to 192...
It had been 12 years since Mulholland's crews - Flood in the Desert 00:18
It had been 12 years since Mulholland's crews