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Colorado River - A Desert's Dream
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keywords: environment, united states, colorado river, hoover dam, cattle ranching
Synopsis: The importance of the Colorado River and its beneficial effects along its banks, scenes of the Hoover Dam and how ranchers benefit from the Colorado River...(read more)
- Date: 1981
- Duration: 00:27:26
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Color
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Colorado River - A Desert's Dream
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation film shows snowfall in the central Rocky Mountains, headwaters of the Colorado River, and views of the flow of Colorado River water to it's use by a farmer & rancher in Arizona.
Shot List:
00:00:50;03
Heavy snow fall and winter scenes of the central Rocky Mountains, and the continental divide of the Americas (United States). Scenes of melting snow and rushing streams of water that form the headwaters of the Colorado River.
00:04:13;11
Shows paintings of areas of the Colorado River by Xavier Gonzales and Ethel Edwards.
00:05:50;09
Scenes of the Grand Canyons and the flow of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyons.
00:10:07;06
Scenes of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River.
00:11:35;06
Scenes of the flow of the Colorado River after water is released from Hoover Dam. Scenes of dams on the Colorado River between the Hoover Dam and the Mexican border.
00:13:49;13
Artist Ethel Edwards painting a sound, the sound of rushing water. Artist Xavier Gonzales painting of a dam on the Colorado River.
00:17:26;20
Shows herd of cattle on an Arizona ranch. Shows farmer-rancher D. Tenny Lamoreaux on horseback. Shows D. Tenny Lamoreaux and son Max Lamoreaux talking with artist/painter Xavier Gonzales. Various images of Xavier Gonzales painting animals.
00:23:08;05
Shows water being delivered to irrigation canals in Arizona upon request and how siphon hoses are used to transfer the water from the canals into the fields. Aerial views of irrigation canals and water conservation in the Southwest United States.
