This 1981 film 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, it details how Lake Mead evolved into a successful
recreational area as a result of the dam construction.
Produced by Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Hoover Dam Story
