Boulder Dam Anniversary 1940

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Full title reads: "Boulder Dam Anniversary".

Boulder Dam, Colorado, United States of America (USA).

VS Good shots from library of the opening of the Boulder Dam Hydro Electric scheme in 1936, showing GVs of the dam, the turbine rooms and spectacular shots of water pouring from the...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21170
Sort Number:
40/083
Time in/Out:
01:50:24:00 / 01:51:11:00
Canister:
40/83
Film ID:
1057.46
Issue Date:
14/10/1940

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