American Experience S34E03 - Flood in the Desert
American Experience (1988)
S34E03 Flood in the Desert
Episode Overview
Delve into the catastrophic dam failure of 1928, which stands as the second deadliest disaster in California's history. This monumental engineering mishap was the work of William Mulholland, whose efforts in constructing an aqueduct had previously secured Los Angeles's expansion by supplying water to the burgeoning city.