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Flood in the Desert

We never know how many, exactly, died that night

We never know how many, exactly, died that night

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We never know how many,
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exactly, died that night.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:17
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 ...
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
How can you be sure about the safety of any other dam? - Flood in the Desert 00:06
How can you be sure about the safety of any other dam?
They've got to find a way to deal with this very quickly. - Flood in the Desert 00:08
They've got to find a way to deal with this very quickl...
Within a week, the commission announced that the dam - Flood in the Desert 00:10
Within a week, the commission announced that the dam
It was a reassuring conclusion: - Flood in the Desert 00:10
It was a reassuring conclusion:
But nobody wants to investigate it too much. - Flood in the Desert 00:08
But nobody wants to investigate it too much.
Meanwhile, the city moved quickly - Flood in the Desert 00:08
Meanwhile, the city moved quickly
The city agreed upon a kind of a fixed price. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
The city agreed upon a kind of a fixed price.
$5,000 for a human life is not enough. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
$5,000 for a human life is not enough.
The city paid, very quickly. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
The city paid, very quickly.
They wanted to get it out of the way. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
They wanted to get it out of the way.
But for Mulholland, the reckoning was just beginning. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
But for Mulholland, the reckoning was just beginning.