In a 1970 television program, host Lee Marvin talks about Hoover Dam in the Black Canyon on the Colorado River, in between Arizona and Nevada in the United States. Historical scenes from construction of the dam in the early 1930s. Crane lifts a number of workers on a raised platform. Worker comes down the mountain with the help of rope. Workers walk across bridge. Dynamite explosion dislodges rock for dam construction. The Hoover dam under construction. Rock blasting in the dam's diversion tunnels. Construction workers eat food in Anderson's Mess hall. Views of workers dining in the mess hall and the kitchen during food preparation. Includes interviews with workers Joe Kine, Tommy Nelson, and Doug Moore who participated in construction. Later aerial views of the Hoover Dam around 1970.
The National Ski Jump Championships in Steamboat Springs Colorado. Women on skis parade. A band on skis. Spectators watch as the competitors begin the jumps on the nation's steepest slopes. A blizzard on the second day makes it difficult for the jumpers. Various competitors fall from the slopes during unsuccessful jump attempts. Art Tokle from Chicago becomes America's champion jumper with a leap of 295 feet.
View of the Colorado State Capitol (200 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203, United States) building in Denver Colorado from across a large expansive square. Slates describe ability to view mountain ranges clearly from Downtown Denver, a former mining supply camp. View of the Mountains ranges of Colorado, rocky and snow-covered.
Footage of cold war defense simulation exercise: Airmen post information on displays in a Command Post of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC). View of senior officers in upper tier of NORAD Headquarters Command Center or War Room in Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Duty officers communicate by telephone. SAC B-47, B-52, and B-58 bombers are ordered to take off. Command Post duty officer reports to a General. Red telephone (rotary type) on the General's desk. (NORAD is North American Aerospace Defense Command).
A film titled 'Colorado: land of long look' about places of interest in Colorado, United States. Telephone poles and farmland on the side of the highway in Colorado as seen from a moving car. Highway view of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. People ride horses. People enjoy their vacations. Close-up view of a man filming a scene using a Kodak Instamatic M30 movie camera or camcorder. A group of youngsters on a vacation. Teenage boys and girls walking, and they drive away in a car.
A film about tourism in Colorado, United States. People enjoy skiing, river rafting, fishing, motor sport, rodeo, and rock climbing in Colorado. A couple in the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado. People milling about on the street. A herd of sheep in the countryside. A Tudor-style mansion with sprawling green lawn. An African American couple walks together. A man rides a bicycle. Cars on a highway. A man near a pond. A view of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
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