Transportation and installation of steel pipes during the construction of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. A pipe section is lowered into a canyon by cables. Cars carry the pipe sections into a tunnel. Workmen watch the procedure. Men at the entrance of the tunnel. The pipe sections are taken into the tunnel for installation. Work underway inside the tunnel. The workmen work on pipe sections. A man climbs up the section by a ladder. Other men at work on the section.
Boulder Dam site where installation work of steel pipes and concrete work is going on in the United States. The Boulder Dam site in view. Work under way in a tunnel. Rail cars bring concrete to the dam site. Construction underway at the site. Concrete taken in buckets transported by a cable way is dropped into interlocking columns. Men in the columns. A skid way in view. The structure of the dam which has risen to a considerable height. A U-shaped structure also in view.
The dedication of Boulder Dam by President Franklin Roosevelt in the United States. United States President Franklin Roosevelt speaks at a ceremony. Several dignitaries seated behind the President. The President dedicates Boulder Dam to the progress of the nation. View of whole of Boulder Dam. Vehicles pass along a road on the dam. The Lake Mead, the reservoir filling behind the dam. A boat carrying several people in the lake. Rocks in the midst of the lake.
Different parts of Boulder Dam in the United States. Four cylindrical gates of the intake towers which function as inlets to supply water to turbines and outlet works. Cliffs on either side of the dam in view. Two spill ways, each one equipped with four drum gates. The path on the bridge on the dam visible.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt and his daughter, Eleanor, with General Charles De Gaulle in the White House, Washington DC. General Charles De Gaulle with other personnel walking in the door. President Roosevelt seated in front of a fireplace. President's daughter, Eleanor, stands behind him. General De Gaulle shakes hands with the President. President Roosevelt introduces person near him. The General seen with other personnel in front of a portrait. General de Gaulle with the President and his daughter, Eleanor, pose for photograph. Numerous U.S. flags displayed on top of the fireplace. The General meeting with other dignitaries. He shakes hands with James V. Forrestal, administrative assistant to the President.
A 1940 Packard long body sedan, carrying General Charles de Gaulle, comes up the drive to the White House. A group of U.S. military officers, and civilian officials, standing under an awning, greets him.
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