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Flood in the Desert

There's a sense thatthe community is really being destroyed

There's a sense that
the community is really being destroyed

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There's a sense that the community
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is really being destroyed.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:08
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history

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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 ...
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.
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.