Moving Image / Baldwin Hills Reservoir Failure

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Title: Baldwin Hills Reservoir Failure
Creator: California Department of Water Resources
Date Created and/or Issued: 1963
Contributing Institution: California State Archives
Collection: California Revealed from California State Archives
Rights Information: Public Domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: This film documents one of the largest catastrophic dam failures in California History. It led to five deaths and the destruction of over 200 homes.
Type: moving image
Format: Print
Sound
16mm film
Extent: 1 Reel of 1
00:29:06
Identifier: 2015-154
car_000248
Language: English
Subject: Reservoir
California. Department of Water Resources
Place: Baldwin Hills (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Provenance: California State Archives
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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