Dam Novelty (1934)

The Mississippi river between St Louis and St Paul’s United States of America. Full titles read: “A DAM NOVELTY ! The World’s largest roller Dam.“ L/S’s of the strange looking roller dam which crosses the upper Mississippi. The narrator says that the dam has “11 cylindrical roller gates each weighing 200 tonnes.“ L/S’s of the interior of the dam control room. Nice M/S’s of a paddle steamer (U.S. Ellen) passing the dam on the river. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage