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Mulholland's dream / produced by KTEH/San Jose and Trans Pacific Television in association with KCET/Los Angeles ; director, writer and producer, Jon Else.
LIBRA VHS HD1739.A17 R452 1997 program 1
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Cadillac desert ; prog. 1.
- Cadillac desert ; prog. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mulholland, William, 1855-1935.
- Mulholland, William.
- Water rights.
- History.
- Aqueducts.
- Political corruption.
- Dam failures.
- Irrigation--Government policy.
- Irrigation.
- Water resources development.
- Water-supply.
- California--Owens Valley.
- California.
- California--Los Angeles County.
- California--Los Angeles.
- Water-supply engineers--California--Los Angeles--Biography.
- Water-supply engineers.
- Water-supply--California--Los Angeles--History.
- Water resources development--California--Los Angeles--History.
- Irrigation--Government policy--West (U.S.)--History.
- Dam failures--California--Los Angeles County--History.
- Water resources development--West (U.S.)--History.
- Political corruption--West (U.S.)--History.
- Aqueducts--California--History.
- Water rights--California--Owens River Valley--History.
- Owens River (Calif.)--Water rights--History.
- Owens River (Calif.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (85 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container : Cadillac desert, water and the transformation of nature
- Water and the transformation of nature
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Home Vision Cinema : Public Media Incorporated : distributed by PBS and Columbia TriStar Television, [1997]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Cadillac Desert relates the story of the epic quest for water and the role it has played in the transformation of the American West. This first episode tells of William Mulholland's search for water for the people of Los Angeles. Superintendent of the L.A. water system in 1913, he found a solution to the problem in a remote valley 250 miles to the north. After the city secured water rights to the valley's Owens River, he spent 6 years building an aqueduct across the Mojave Desert. The program also recalls the shady land speculations behind the deal, how northern ranchers fought back, and the great disaster that destroyed his dream.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Alfe Woodard.
- Credits:
- Cinematographers, Michael Chin, Jon Else ; editor, Deborah Hoffmann ; music, Martin Bresnick.
- Notes:
- Adapted from Marc Reisner's Cadillac desert.
- Videocassette release of a 1997 television production.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward J. Lewis Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Reisner, Marc. Cadillac desert.
- ISBN:
- 078001927X
- OCLC:
- 37896007
- Publisher Number:
- 037429112632
- CAD 040 Home Vision Cinema
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