The story of Hoover Dam

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14 жыл бұрын

ARC Identifier 37058 / Local Identifier 115.31. Explains the overwhelming need to control and regulate the raging waters of the Colorado River; the 1928 passage of the Boulder Canyon Project authorizing construction of the Hoover Dam; the ensuing construction of diversion tunnels and then the dam itself; building of support facilities, such as a steel fabrication plant for giant pipe construction; and creation of hydroelectric operations that provided electricity to California, Nevada, and Arizona. Also details how Lake Mead evolved into a successful recreational area as a result of the dam construction. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. (06/20/1923 - 11/06/1979)

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@machone7580 4 жыл бұрын

I went and seen the dam about 6 months ago. Worth the trip!! Good thing they built it back when. Tree huggers would never let this be built today, and if we could build it, it would be way over budget and take forever.

@stephaniepersin4145 9 жыл бұрын

This film gives me flashbacks to the time we had film projectors in the classrooms. The time line of all of them were the 1950s, early 60s.

@oldnick4707 4 жыл бұрын

Me too! Back in the seventies, in school, we would look forward weekly to these! We called them "film strips", of course! :D Our school system had a great many old ones like this that were cycled through our many schools! :)

@maryvalentine9090 Ай бұрын

has that distinctive sound and style of every informational 16 mm film we had to watch in elementary and high school through the 60s and 70s. They were so formulaic, the tone was very distinctive in this style of educational filmmaking. I always felt like I was being talked down to as a kid.

@CorruptedGov 12 жыл бұрын

America should be spending money on these kind of projects not war, thus creating clean energy, and jobs

@wcstevens7 3 жыл бұрын

yo daddy ..Never a truer statement has ever been made !!!

@carlfrye1566 3 жыл бұрын

Well, Trump is bringing troops home from overseas, and getting us out of wars. Plus bringing back manufacturing jobs. Plus trying to get NATO to pay their bills, which other Presidents let ride.

@whereswaldo5740 2 жыл бұрын

The communists on every level are watermelons. Green on the outside and red on the inside. You have man made droughts in the southwest diverting precious water to the Pacific. Thanks Obummer fir nothing. Supposedly saving the pacific smelt or something like that. And it’s not even endangered. They can’t allow America to be great. They can’t bring the rest of the world up. So they tear us down.

@kinte1870 2 жыл бұрын

Let's go to space and mine minerals.

@dixon33mj 2 жыл бұрын

@@carlfrye1566 and let a bunch of shitbags into the capitol eh Carl?

@peggyuriz2336 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up 79 miles from the dam. Went on the dam tour 3-4 times. I never get tired of watching this kind of thing or seeing pictures Amazing work!!

@curtiscampbell4554 4 жыл бұрын

It would take our workforce today 40 years to build this .

@thethirdman225 Жыл бұрын

@@curtiscampbell4554 The project till took 30 years. A modern construction company would use a tenth of the number of (casual, non-union) workers to save money and bolster their superannuation packages through long term contracts. At the start of the project there were around 5,000 workers employed by six construction companies. Today there would never be more than 500. At least 96 workers died building it, in many cases because of poor safety standards.

@balharithfahad 12 жыл бұрын

Miracle to build such gigantic dam in the thirties, I like it, so innovative

@brentsarazin4346 2 жыл бұрын

If you haven't watched any videos of the construction of the Empire State Building, at exactly the same time in the early 1930's, DO IT! Amazing engineering marvel, as well.

@brentsarazin4346 2 жыл бұрын

I just LOVE these kind of stories that involve Engineering as I stepped into the engineering field many years ago now. The shear size and volumes of steel, concrete, and manpower to build this dam left me speechless. Bravo America and praise God for the strength and wisdom to harness the gifts he entrusted us with to better mankind and our Planet.

@avriljenifersexton912 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful story about the Hoover Dam and how it was constructed and all the hard work that went into it more especially in the unbearable heat too

@michaelw5186 10 жыл бұрын

What a great, educational video on American exceptionalism.

@daveowens2538 9 жыл бұрын

Where is your exceptionalism now?

@michaelw5186 9 жыл бұрын

Dave Owens What exactly are you asking?

@oldnick4707 4 жыл бұрын

@@daveowens2538, Are you really trolling for the list!? :D

@seanclason6350 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody asked

@raymondwelsh6028 2 жыл бұрын

Little mention in this promo film about the human cost. Using internal combustion engines in the diversion tunnels and when workers were dropping like flies, management washed there hands of them. Blaming them for getting pneumonia, no such thing as workers compensation. Not to mention people falling from great heights, then throwing a bag over the till the bony was removed, got to keep working so Mr Crow could get his 3 million bonus.🇦🇺

@ragingbull154 4 жыл бұрын

I visited the Hoover Dam when I was 10 years old back in 1982. My parents, my brother and I took a road trip to visit relatives in California and we went to the Hoover Dam when were out there. Long trip......we live in North Carolina. Marshville, North Carolina to Barstow, California in August 1982. Two and 1/2 days on the road. Hoover Dam was amazing thing to see.

@1wide9111 4 жыл бұрын

Same story here.

@christopherrippel2463 3 жыл бұрын

In 1983, it was the only time the dam was full capacity. I would like to see your pictures of it in 1982.

@user-ty6do8yz4l 3 жыл бұрын

Funny, 82 is when I moved to Charlotte, I was 12. South Blvd

@TheBandit7613 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherrippel2463 You are full of shit. It was the only time the dam was overfull and was close to collapse. From the LA Times. "The level of the reservoir peaked at 3,708.34 feet on July 15, six-hundredths of a foot below the point where officials feared they’d lose control" Making stuff up is fun!

@TheBandit7613 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherrippel2463 LA Times article. webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eejuPqg5XuwJ:www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-29-tm-62672-story.html&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1&vwsrc=0

@Seph1906 13 жыл бұрын

THIS VIDEO HAS SO MUCH INFORMATION!!!* *in a good way

@marilynbocanegra4960 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Brings back alot of memories in school

@allandavis8201 4 жыл бұрын

When you consider that the dam was constructed in the 30s it’s incredible the quality and intricate engineering was achieved, even in our modern technological advanced world it’s a feat that is rarely equaled.

@allandavis8201 4 жыл бұрын

Moon Watcher, yes, America seem to have cornered the market in dam building, got it down to a fine art. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@andybilakshow260 2 жыл бұрын

The engineer was a genius. His design is just a shade shy from perfect.

@billysnipesmarketing9565 Жыл бұрын

@@andybilakshow260 Led Zeppelin? He's Cool:))

@daleburrell6273 Жыл бұрын

@@andybilakshow260 ...YOU SUMMED IT UP PERFECTLY-!!!

@andybilakshow260 Жыл бұрын

@@daleburrell6273 True visionaries no?

@anthonywilliamson7323 3 жыл бұрын

A modern day masterpiece of engineering.

@brentsarazin4346 2 жыл бұрын

Funny when you say modern when the World now sits in the year 2022 but you are correct.

@darrinmcneill534 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic film thanks so much

@bartdereu 10 жыл бұрын

I've seen it this februari. It's a very impressive engineering masterpiece.

@hhani172 3 жыл бұрын

This is the greatest channel I have found on KZfaq in the last months !!! Wonderful work, full of atmosphere … Thanks

@brentsarazin4346 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. They way the information, pictures, and even the commenter take you into the work boots of this video and others as well.

@stinkybritches8174 Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome, fam.

@johnshields6852 Жыл бұрын

It's a great manmade structure, great video of how this huge project was done. Thank you

@TheDylanJoyce 12 жыл бұрын

"Dam" that's huge!

@joemacinnis1972 4 жыл бұрын

An absolute marvel of human possibilities

@Bewification 12 жыл бұрын

@PublicResourceOrg ... absolute engineering marvel. theoretically, its not that hard to lay a big slab of concrete. but it's so much more than that. the power houses and tunnels. are impressive on their own. 1930's too. thank you for this video. Long Live Hoover Dam.

@ssweeps 3 жыл бұрын

Really good. Thank you for posting.

@JuukezeBarbie 12 жыл бұрын

what an enormous and great piece of American history...

@SuperScottschannel 4 жыл бұрын

An unbelievable accomplishment. So many people working together to create a masterpiece.

@rocketdaddy35 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if you could even get enough people in the US to work this hard anymore. That's all I could think about seeing all the manual labor going into that massive project, 24/7 in ALL weather-- try getting workers to do that now. What an accomplishment though!

@supra4mn 13 жыл бұрын

AMAZING !

@solosneros 12 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! The video helped me at my Power Point Presentation! thx from Germany!

@OneSkiWonder 13 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this! This video has amazing amounts of history and a wealth of information about the dam and other dams. :D

@MusaMusa-sw4ek 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sir ,I appreciate your work.

@tracer740 12 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal!

@CASH-TO-THE-MERE101 4 жыл бұрын

Liche Christ 👌

@gulfwinds94 11 жыл бұрын

Truly amazing.

@neilfurby555 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful...and no music overwhelming the pretty excellent commentary.

@DawnInTexas 9 жыл бұрын

We used to stop and watch this at the Gold Strike Inn on our way to the Dam! I just found out it has burned down and replaced by the Hoover Dam Lodge. Looking at their website, it doesn't look like they show the movie. I am glad it is here on youtube!

@-oiiio-3993 2 жыл бұрын

I'd bet the former staff of the inn could recite this film's dialogue verbatim.

@UnionKid15 13 жыл бұрын

thx a lot for posting this.

@Abdikarimelmi 12 жыл бұрын

It's part of FDR New Deal package. It served under Rural Authority act. It helped electrify villages and create revenue from Public works.

@MichiganQuadTrailsTales 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Done Early...and Under Budget!bet that was the last thing built on time, and under budget! Went through it back in 2011, very cool!

@kennyburns8511 4 жыл бұрын

Took longer to build a bridge over it

@thethirdman225 Жыл бұрын

Taking full advantage of unemployment during the Great Depression…

@Savatage1964 4 жыл бұрын

Very good documentary!

@selvagemlatino7050 4 жыл бұрын

Em 2009 nem sabia que existia esse vídeo. Gostei. Imagens antigas.

@videoluvr4204 13 жыл бұрын

great video i watched the whole thing

@MoneyRay619858 Жыл бұрын

This was a great video to watch

@magicalrobster 8 жыл бұрын

what an achievement! so impressive

@CASH-TO-THE-MERE101 4 жыл бұрын

magicalrobster 👍

@ImmortalDragon 13 жыл бұрын

Outstanding..

@allirocksyoursocks74 11 жыл бұрын

wow great documentary

@joelee662 4 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable what they did back then with little technology that they had. Those guys worked hard and I'll bet you they didn't make that much money per week they risked their life and today I bet you a McDonald's worker made more money per week then them. A great video thank you 👍🇺🇸

@liberalssuck3155 4 жыл бұрын

That's a understatement. Alot of people today think they are owed something.they didnt make much building it.

@erichaskell 4 жыл бұрын

Most people do not know that the river below the dam is now cold supporting fish such as trout, above all the dam the water is warmer.

@ArnesPerama 2 жыл бұрын

Terimakasih telah berbagi informasi.. salam dari Indonesia 2022.

@darrinmcneill534 6 ай бұрын

For the persons who had the vision for the dam where simply awesom people

@gordoelkis 2 жыл бұрын

Just visited yesterday,what an american wonder incredible when you go there and see it.

@alisaleh1000 12 жыл бұрын

thats amazing

@mwak7 11 жыл бұрын

yea really much thanks to hoover posted this video

@actionjessie 9 жыл бұрын

This is why I chose civil engineering. Its awesome. Dont care bout the elitist mechanical and electrical engineers that call it the 'dumb' engineering.

@actionjessie 8 жыл бұрын

+Troy Greyham depends what company you work for. where I live only beginner civil engineers would get 60k, those working in geotech and oil and gas easily earn of 100k.looks like the market is going to change though as we start to move away fossil fuels. the opportunity to work out on site and travel is great, otherwise I would have lived to do aerospace engineering, but sadly not much industry here in Australia

@CASH-TO-THE-MERE101 4 жыл бұрын

actionjessie 😭

@liberalssuck3155 4 жыл бұрын

Its kind of funny you think of mechanical like that 😂

@brentsarazin4346 2 жыл бұрын

Never heard that term before. I high 5 you fellow civil engineer. We ROCK!

@thethirdman225 Жыл бұрын

@@actionjessie My Dad was a civil engineer. Wish I could have shown this to him.😕 I wanted to study aeronautical engineering (now called aerospace engineering, of course but I’m old). Maths was never my best subject but I could just about manage it. Of course, this was when everyone transitioned to computers anyway, something my Dad was a trailblazer in. Greetings also from Oz.🙂

@mimih22a 3 жыл бұрын

Can they make a movie of this whole thing like being constructed it would be amazing seeing it in great detail with cgi

@williamhaynes7089 2 жыл бұрын

The tour now is shortened so you can go to most of the places in this video that you see the tourist visit

@hamaljay Жыл бұрын

This is a good damn movie.

@knighttuttruptuttrup8518 2 жыл бұрын

I've been here a few times, very impressive. There's a lot of historical photos and information in the casino just up the road from the dam. Check it out!

@GMTX-kg8ep 3 жыл бұрын

What company made the locomotive at 17:34 and who was owning it at the time of the project?

@christopherdibble5872 Жыл бұрын

All of the snow that has fallen in these tragic snow storms when melted would not fill lake mead, it took the Colorado River SEVEN years to fill it.

@selvagemlatino7050 4 жыл бұрын

Assistindo primeira vez este vídeo em 24marco202020h53min.terca🇧🇷. Nunca vi antes. Este canal é novo para mim.

@hlar8605 9 жыл бұрын

Ave, true to Caesar!

@boone4531 5 жыл бұрын

Your sticks are no match to ncr weaponry....and house securitrons. Well shit courier choose the house ending.

@arctroopersvm346 3 жыл бұрын

This is great footage considering how old it is.

@ar-15techtipsinunder5minut8 Жыл бұрын

Never could be done in this day and age of DE&I.

@dixiemay1996 2 жыл бұрын

@21:29 It clearly shows the "bath tub" forming along the sides of Lake Mead. 1st thought then should have been about future problems.

@dhtango 2 жыл бұрын

unbelievable! amazing construction feat!! same as the pyramids.

@sandip0sheta 10 жыл бұрын

nice

@jrdeckard3317 2 жыл бұрын

The Detroit Tigers paid Miguel Cabrera as much as it cost to build the Hoover Dam. Today, the dam is running out of water and electrical generation capacity, and Cabrera's batting average is under .200.

@mattywho8485 4 жыл бұрын

Why is the woman fishing @22:16 wearing a lampshade on her head ???

@jeffadams4590 3 жыл бұрын

How many bags of quickcrete in this dam? At least a couple pallets right?

@vadimssipolnieks2103 Жыл бұрын

Have question anybody know place in usa today where they build same equipment .

@vickydiaz1596 7 жыл бұрын

I love my city of Las Vegas!. just as much as I love Chicago, the city that saw me grow.

@MrShobar 4 жыл бұрын

The "Six Companies, Inc." joint venture consisted of the following partners: 1. Henry J. Kaiser Co. of Oakland, California and Bechtel Corporation of San Francisco (Bechtel-Kaiser); 2. MacDonald and Kahn of Los Angeles, California; 3. Utah Construction Company of Ogden, Utah; 4. Morrison-Knudsen of Boise, Idaho; 5. Pacific Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon; and 6. J.F. Shea Co of Portland, Oregon.

@mein214 Жыл бұрын

Do you know if this companies are still in business?

@paco3343 2 жыл бұрын

I marvel at the talent and knowledge our glorious God has given to the individuals involved in the Hoover Dam's construction and implementation from President Hoover to Arhur Powell Davis and the Bureau Service, the architects, engineers, construction workers, and managers. What a blessing to agriculture and industry in these United States!

@Shine.-_-.Bright3 2 жыл бұрын

Yet today in 2021 the amount of water in the dam would shock the generation that helped create this.

@ahambrahmasmi2477 2 жыл бұрын

ನಮ್ಮ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದವರು ಯಾರಾದ್ರು ನೋಡ್ತಿದ್ದೀರ ✌️

@selvagemlatino7050 4 жыл бұрын

Duvido que esse canal esteja com datas certas. Muito raro aparecer postagem de antes de 2012.

@kingkong1040 2 жыл бұрын

Why is there no footage of the lake mead valley and river before the lake?

@hablerz 11 жыл бұрын

True but people need electricity. Its essential for modern life. Civilisation needs water in the right places as well of there simply wouldn't be enough food to go round.

@Eparabola 11 жыл бұрын

You got that right.

@selvagemlatino7050 4 жыл бұрын

24marco2020,terça-feira, 21h.🇧🇷. Nunca postei nada antes pois nunca acessei o canal antes. Mas o assunto é muito bom. Obras públicas. Isso me interessa. O canal apareceu de repente no meu tour tube. Nunca vi antes.

@cerebulon 13 жыл бұрын

The US used to be so bad ass. We don't do anything anymore. Where is our space elevator?

@HavinSumKindaFun 12 жыл бұрын

funny they didn't put that in the documentary... thanks

@johncmoore416 3 жыл бұрын

When was the last time there was enough water to fill the thing high enough to use the spill way?

@sogoofyahh 3 жыл бұрын

1983

@williamhaynes7089 2 жыл бұрын

@@sogoofyahh - 1999 after 1983...

@skorpyonayts1169 13 жыл бұрын

Respond to this video...thank you for sharing.

@captjim007 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be your dam guide for this dam tour. Does anybody have any dam questions? Where can I get some dam bait?

@NinjasUseGlocks 9 жыл бұрын

Ave, true to Caesar

@cobydog456 11 жыл бұрын

How did you get this video?

@skorpyonayts1169 13 жыл бұрын

@agile16mm wow.

@rebekahneighbors 10 жыл бұрын

WHat makes you say that?

@markroberts9577 4 жыл бұрын

So it took the government what 12 years to get something started. But once it was started they kicked ass! Does America have any more major projects like this left in her?

@FetchTheSled 12 жыл бұрын

on Lake Mead there is. big steelhead, mucho carpo

@agile16mm 14 жыл бұрын

It is a shame that the film was not cleaned beofre it was transfered to video. Do the folks who keep these videos at the archive not clean them before they are transfered?

@-oiiio-3993 2 жыл бұрын

Then it wouldn't look as it did being shown at elementary school assemblies.

@agile16mm 13 жыл бұрын

@TrustowrthyRapist The film had a lot of dust spots on it, and they were not removed before it was transfered to video. Running the film through some particle trasnfer rollers would have removed the spots.

@-oiiio-3993 2 жыл бұрын

Then it wouldn't look as if it's being shown at an elementary school assembly.

@thethirdman225 Жыл бұрын

Who is going to pay for that?