Grand Coulee
Description
Reel 1 shows the Rocky Mountains, forests, lakes, and the rushing waters of the Columbia River. Workmen operate power shovels, bulldozers, and other equipment to construct the Grand Coulee Dam near Spokane, Wash. Tractors and trucks haul excavated material and dump it on conveyor belts to be carried away. Cement is mixed in a plant. Reel 2, cement from the mixing plant is unloaded into steel silos. Buckets of concrete are carried by cable from the mixing plant and dumped into the dam. Tourists arrive in buses and watch the construction operations from bleachers. Shows the reservoir site, the arid land to be irrigated, and views of farms, trees, homes, and other benefits which the dam will make possible.
Runtime
20 minutes
Geography
Genre
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
Astor Johnson master footage. Tape 1
Rotorua. A Case Study in Sustainable Tourism
Physical aspects
What is motivational interviewing
An Alzheimer's story
Deepwater BP oil spill. Presidential press conference
Just the Facts. Super Foods
The Harrier Jump Jet
Uskuder. (Turkey)
Taboo. Sacred Pains
El palacio negro
Great Opera In Vienna
Capitalism. Adam Smith, the birth of the free market. Part 1
Will Netflix get left behind as competition grows?
Magic and Bird, A Courtship of Rivals