Flood in the Desert (2022)
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director:
Rob Rapley
genre:
Documentary
/
History
region:
United States
language:
English
length: 53m
release date: 2022-05-03
IMDb: tt18573574
Overview
Explore the 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering and human failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer who ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing the city water via aqueduct. The catastrophe killed more than 400 people and destroyed millions of dollars of property.