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Flood in the Desert

The St. Francis Damhad largely disappeared from popular memory, but it left a deep...

The St. Francis Dam
had largely disappeared from popular memory, but it left a deep impression
among the engineers who were designing the next
generation of public works

Full Transcript

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The St. Francis Dam had largely disappeared
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from popular memory,
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but it left a deep impression among the engineers
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who were designing the next generation of public works.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:38
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 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,
It got us in the situation we're in today. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
It got us in the situation we're in today.
We can look at Mulholland Dam, or St. Francis Dam, - Flood in the Desert 00:10
We can look at Mulholland Dam, or St. Francis Dam,
But also, all of these things - Flood in the Desert 00:07
But also, all of these things
People are so optimistic that technology will solve - Flood in the Desert 00:14
People are so optimistic that technology will solve
We're going to have to learn to manage our resources, - Flood in the Desert 00:07
We're going to have to learn to manage our resources,
Where are we going to get it from? - Flood in the Desert 00:05
Where are we going to get it from?
This story, and as little known as it is, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
This story, and as little known as it is,
And it couldn't be more relevant to today. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
And it couldn't be more relevant to today.
"American Experience: Flood in the Desert" - Flood in the Desert 00:07
"American Experience: Flood in the Desert"