CinemaOSMovie · 2017 · 1h 23m · NR

Grand Coulee Dam

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During the darkest days of the Depression when construction was started on Grand Coulee Dam, everything about it was described in superlatives. It would be the "Biggest Thing on Earth," the salvation of the common man, a dam and irrigation project that would make the desert bloom, a source of cheap power that would boost an entire region of the country. Of the many public works projects of the New Deal, Grand Coulee Dam loomed largest in America's imagination, promising to fulfill President Franklin Roosevelt's vision for a "planned promised land" where hard-working farm families would finally be free from the drought and dislocation caused by the elements.

Directed byStephen Ives

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Released
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
EN
Released
April 18, 2017
Studios
Insignia Films

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1 credited
Starring
Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

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Creative team
Directed by
Stephen Ives
Stephen Ives
Written by
Rob Rapley
Produced by
Amanda Pollak
Sharon Grimberg
Sharon Grimberg

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