Great Dam Bursts 1933

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Full title reads: "Denver, Col. Great Dam Bursts - causing raging torrent to sweep through the City."

Denver, Colorado, United States of America (USA).

Shot of houses half submerged by floods. Raging torrent of water flows rapidly past camera. Castlewood Dam burst after great cloudburst....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6644
Sort Number:
33/066
Time in/Out:
01:23:55:00 / 01:24:33:00
Canister:
33/66
Film ID:
733.18
Issue Date:
17/08/1933

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