A parade held on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The parade held for the crew of the B-17 "Memphis Belle." Men on horses. A man riding a horse holds a U.S. flag. The crew rides in a jeep in the parade. Landmark buildings in Las Vegas before the "glitter gulch" days are seen, including Bank of Nevada; the Jack Pot Casino with a small amount of neon lighting; the Boulder Club with somewhat more neon lighting; the Apache Lounge, Cafe, and Hotel with its art deco signage at the Corner of Fremont and Second, and the El Portal Theatre at 310 Fremont Street which was the city's first movie theater; a directional arrow sign for the Hotel Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards). After the parade on Fremont Street, the crew moves on to Las Vegas Army Airfield (today it is Nellis Air Force Base). They gather on a raised speaker's stand near the nose of the B-17 Memphis Belle. Troops assembled on the airfield, B-17, and crew of the Memphis Belle. The crew is introduced and the Memphis Belle crew members address the gathered soldiers. A United States Army Air Force band plays. A crowd around the Memphis Belle after the ceremonies. (World War II period).
Hard times in the Great Depression led to formation of The Bonus Army. American veterans of World War 1 march on streets of Washington DC, carrying a large poster demanding immediate cash redemption their "bonus" service certificates awarded by Congress in 1924 (but not lawfully payable until 1945). Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered by President Hoover, to clear the Bonus Army encampments, is seen standing in a street surrounded by several U.S. Army troops. People watch from sidewalks as a contingent of U.S. Army cavalry rides down the street. U.S. Army M-1917 tanks roll down Pennsylvania Avenue in July 1932. Bonus marchers and others watch from Lafayette Park in background. Scene shifts to the 1932 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago Stadium, Chicago, where delegates cheer after nominating Franklin D. Roosevelt as their Presidential candidate. Roosevelt seen waving from the podium. Migrant farm workers seen at temporary, dilapidated dwellings in close quarters, and sitting at a campfire, some with sad and desperate faces. Migrant farm workers' cars on the road, piled high with family belongings during westward migration. Migrants riding atop an open railroad freight car. Two men share a copy of the "Epic News" newspaper (published by supporters of Upton Sinclair and the End Poverty Movement in Los Angeles and central California). Narrator describes programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Construction workers ignite demolition charges during construction of Boulder Dam (aka Hoover Dam and officially so-named in 1947). Glimpse of President Roosevelt at the site in an open car, for its dedication on September 30, 1935. Construction workers engaged in building the dam. Another shot of President Roosevelt in his open car. Towers being erected to carry electric power from the dam's hydroelectric generators. President Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling broadly at the formal dedication ceremony, September 30, 1935. Controlled discharges of water through the dam. Views of the Boulder Dam hydroelectric generating station. Oil well rigs or oil derricks at work during construction at night. People at work in fabric mills or textile mills, and in a print shop
The construction of Boulder Dam, later renamed as the Hoover Dam. Exteriors of Babcock and Wilcox Mill near Boulder Dam construction site, Nevada. Steel sheets manufactured. Technicians and workers work with equipment. Pipe units are made from sheets after shaping the sheets. Worker welds sheets. Man work with equipment during laboratory tests. Men work with huge pipe units. High capacity cranes swinging pipe unit. Giant lathe used to join individual sections of pipe units. Pipe section ready for insulation. Tractor trailer carrying a giant pipe unit on road. Pipe unit on Canyon rim, exactly over the dam site. Pipe unit is maneuvered for loading into the Canyon. Man at control tower of the cable way on cliff. Pipe unit transferred through cable ways. Pipe lowers into the canyon. Pipe units taken into tunnel.
Boulder City at the time of the construction of Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River in the United States. A desert area with mountains in view. Houses and buildings in Boulder City. A park with many trees. A walkway in a park. A building at a distance. The Office of the Bureau of Reclamation. A lawn around the building. A stores building. A vehicle near the building. Arcades in front of houses provide protection from the sun. Workmen's houses and buildings in clusters. Dormitories for single workmen. Two men at work in a workmen's mess. Several workmen seated at tables in a mess hall. Passenger motor trucks in front of the workmen's houses. The workmen get into the trucks. The trucks drive on a path. The workmen get down from the trucks at the dam site.
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.
A power plant at Boulder Dam and pictorial depictions of water supplies from Parker Dam and Imperial Dam serving California. The two wings of Boulder Dam power plant, one along each side of the Black Canyon wall. The power plant with different units for generating power. The machinery inside the plant. The major transmission lines that carry power to Los Angeles California metropolitan areas. Two men in the plant near transmission lines. A map depicts the path of power transmission lines. The power plant with turbines. The transmission lines along a desert. A path in the desert. A map depiction of water supply from Parker Dam to the city of Los Angeles. A map depiction of water supply to the Imperial Valley from Imperial Dam. The whole of the Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) in view with water gushing through the gates.
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