Boulder Dam

Clark County, NV, late February–early March 1939

From Arizona on their way to Los Angeles and San Francisco, where Ross had a speaking engagement on March 15, 1939, this footage of Boulder Dam¹ can plausibly be slotted sometime in late February, early March 1939.²

Colin Ross. Amerika Reise – Texas. Fredericksburg, San Antonio, Austin; Boulder Dam; Los Angeles [archive title]
Germany: Tobis; 1938-1939

35mm | b&w | silent | 214.9m | 16 fps | 12’

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Route: American journeys

Footnotes

¹ While the name Hoover Dam was in official use since 1930, the Roosevelt administration was unwilling to honor the former president and named it Boulder Dam at its dedication. An Act of Congress, in 1947, officially restored the name Hoover Dam.

² Bodo-Michael Baumunk. Colin Ross. Ein deutscher Revolutionär und Reisender 1885-1945. [unpublished master’s thesis]. rev. edn. Berlin; 2015 [1999]: 111-112. See Library.