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1961 - Color, USA: Glen Canyon Pt. 1 of 2 (Construction, the first four years)
POV looking ahead from plane over desert & canyon rim to Colorado River, flying low over muddy river.
06:00:26 Titles.
06:01;06 POV low above river around bends. High views, rock formations of Grand Canyon.
06:01:50 Rocky Mountains of Clorado, Wyoming, Utah & New Mexico. Small tributary streams, melting snow, forests, larger rivers. Gorges & Glen Canyon red rock country. Two men looking over edge of cliffs w/ sketches.
06:03:35 Glen Canyon & first blast in 1956 for construction w/ cloud rising.
06:03:55 Indian outside Navajo hogan, jeep station wagon arrives.
06:04:08 Heavy construction earth-moving equipment. Blasting cliff & falling rocks. Shovels & earthmovers thru cut for highway construction. Aerial over Glen Canyon.
06:05:08 Three engineers w/ slide rulers designing bridge. Construction blasting rock face; placing steel. Arches partially completed. Riveting from hanging platforms beneath. Last steel beam put into place for world’s highest steel arch bridge, 1959.
06:06:41 Tourists, cars across. Guide lecturing by large map showing Colorado Basin & location. Model of dam & reservoir. High power transmission lines.
06:07:41 Two men rope scaling wall & prying loose rock. Drilling from sling above rapids of river.
06:08:27 Surveyor & tunneling at river level w/ drills & dynamite. Removing rock for diversion tunnels. View from above of blocking the river w/ coffer dam. Pushing boulders in w/ bulldozers. Water flowing thru diversion tunnel, POV by boat. Heavy outflow.
06:10:09 Man beside drilling machine; bulldozer pushing rock; opening keyways to anchor dam. Blasting. Very large shovel & draglines cleaning out old river bed down to bedrock & cleaning off bedrock to begin pouring.
06:11:38 CU steam whistle. Looking down on beginning construction as men eating lunch.
06:12:12 Mother & three children eating lunch in Page, Arizona house. Residential suburb w/o trees. View across 900 house trailers of workers & families. Boy practicing football, girls skipping rope. building church; walking outside bank. Shopping in supermarket. Teenagers at diner & bowling alley. Large swimming pool; golf course.
06:13:22 Blowing sagebrush & desert blackbrush, etc. Aerial over Page w/ bridge in background.
06:13:49 Dam site w/ foundation cleaned. Concrete plants & conveyors for aggregate, truckloads to dump for storage until moved by conveyor to mixing plant.
Bureau of Reclamation; Government Construction Project; 1950s; 1960s; Failures; Climate Change; Propaganda;
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1961 - Color, USA: Glen Canyon Pt. 1 of 2 (Construction, the first four years) POV looking ahead from plane over desert & canyon rim to Colorado River, flying low over muddy river. 06:00:26 Titles. 06:01;06 POV low above river around bends. High views, rock formations of Grand Canyon. 06:01:50 Rocky Mountains of Clorado, Wyoming, Utah & New Mexico. Small tributary streams, melting snow, forests, larger rivers. Gorges & Glen Canyon red rock country. Two men looking over edge of cliffs w/ sketches. 06:03:35 Glen Canyon & first blast in 1956 for construction w/ cloud rising. 06:03:55 Indian outside Navajo hogan, jeep station wagon arrives. 06:04:08 Heavy construction earth-moving equipment. Blasting cliff & falling rocks. Shovels & earthmovers thru cut for highway construction. Aerial over Glen Canyon. 06:05:08 Three engineers w/ slide rulers designing bridge. Construction blasting rock face; placing steel. Arches partially completed. Riveting from hanging platforms beneath. Last steel beam put into place for world’s highest steel arch bridge, 1959. 06:06:41 Tourists, cars across. Guide lecturing by large map showing Colorado Basin & location. Model of dam & reservoir. High power transmission lines. 06:07:41 Two men rope scaling wall & prying loose rock. Drilling from sling above rapids of river. 06:08:27 Surveyor & tunneling at river level w/ drills & dynamite. Removing rock for diversion tunnels. View from above of blocking the river w/ coffer dam. Pushing boulders in w/ bulldozers. Water flowing thru diversion tunnel, POV by boat. Heavy outflow. 06:10:09 Man beside drilling machine; bulldozer pushing rock; opening keyways to anchor dam. Blasting. Very large shovel & draglines cleaning out old river bed down to bedrock & cleaning off bedrock to begin pouring. 06:11:38 CU steam whistle. Looking down on beginning construction as men eating lunch. 06:12:12 Mother & three children eating lunch in Page, Arizona house. Residential suburb w/o trees. View across 900 house trailers of workers & families. Boy practicing football, girls skipping rope. building church; walking outside bank. Shopping in supermarket. Teenagers at diner & bowling alley. Large swimming pool; golf course. 06:13:22 Blowing sagebrush & desert blackbrush, etc. Aerial over Page w/ bridge in background. 06:13:49 Dam site w/ foundation cleaned. Concrete plants & conveyors for aggregate, truckloads to dump for storage until moved by conveyor to mixing plant. Bureau of Reclamation; Government Construction Project; 1950s; 1960s; Failures; Climate Change; Propaganda; NOTE: Card sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk