• 1997
  • 4h 30m
Cadillac Desert

Summary The amazing transformation of the American Southwest in the 20th century, from desert to oasis. View more details

  • 1997
  • 4h 30m

Cadillac Desert

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Robert Towne Alfre Woodard Barry Goldwater Floyd Dominy

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8.7

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jun 23, 1997

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : KTEH Trans Pacific TV

Summary The amazing transformation of the American Southwest in the 20th century, from desert to oasis. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jun 23, 1997

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : KTEH Trans Pacific TV

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Episode 1 • Jun 23, 1997
Mulholland's Dream
Los Angeles need for water in the early 20th century. William Mulholland takes the Owens River and building a 233-mile aqueduct to bring that water to the city. The 1928 St. Francis dam disaster. An era ends with 1988 Moro Lake decision.
Episode 2 • Jun 30, 1997
An American Nile
The Colorado a controlled, litigated, domesticated, regulated and over-allocated river. Hoover Dam, the era of western dams. The end of free-flowing rivers. Glenn Canyon dam becomes the last straw. The Central Arizona Project a new threat.
Episode 3 • Jul 07, 1997
The Mercy of Nature
Fierce political and environmental battles rage around California's Central Valley, the most productive and environmentally altered agricultural region in the history of the world. Today, water is tightly regulated and farmlands poisoned.
Episode 4 • Jun 23, 1997
Last Oasis
Water use -- and misuse - affect the lives of millions of people in India, China, Mexico, South America, the Mideast, Colorado and California. Facing rising water needs, advances in water conservation may be humanity's "last oasis."
Episode 5 • Jun 23, 1997
Episode #1.5
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