This film, shares highlights of several different historic events. It is a black and white film of the late 1920’s. June 1 1934, President Roosevelt, The ill-fated cruiser USS Indianapolis, FDR Reviews fighting ships, fleets swarm into NY Harbor, 50:22. 35,000 officers, US mastery of the seas, Armada of battle vessels, Ambrose Light, warships in NY harbour pass lady liberty 2:26. The fleet comes into Manhattan, 1934, 2:45. Dartmouth Bears Knees, 3:09. Male students of Dartmouth wearing short shorts in fashion show, 3:27. Dartmouth fashion show in 1930, male students wearing shorts, 4:00. February 26, 1928 Rocky Mountain UnderPass is opened, 4:06. “The Colorado Cut” with Governor Adams, 4:17. Last spike in railroad to go under Rocky Mountains, 4:24. Salt Lake City’s Mayor Bowman launches the Salt Lake Railroad, 4:35. Train heads under 6 miles of mountain rock on the Salt Lake City Railroad, 4:54. 1928 Personalities Segment, 5:02. Lead City, South Dakota, actor John Milgen, 5:15. Milgen’s first film was entitled “Love letters”, 5:29. Lou Fields daughter Dorothy, a songwriter 5:37. 1923, Giants and Yankee players shake hands, Emil and Bob, brothers under their uniforms but rivals on the field, 6:01. Nellie Bly cracks up, 6:12. 6 miles outside of Camden, New Jersey, Nellie Bly Crashes and 3 persons are dead, 6:36. Nellie Bly wreckage, 7:05. Some Swell Gish, 1920, 7:12. Gish girls dancing, 7:15. Curtain rises and fall on gish dancer, 8:15. Aviation, 1929, 8:24. July 21, 1929, Louis Bleriot crosses English Channel, 8:35. Dover’s mayor praises Bleriot 1949, 9:06. Fashions of the Day, 1919, 9:12. 1919 women’s outdoor fashion show, 9:30. Sports, 1921, 10:14. Georges Carpentier, boxer who lost to Jack Dempsey watches a bike race, 10:27. Marvelous Marvin Nelson, August 30, 1933, Canadian National Swim with George Young, 11:05. Marvin Nelson and George Young in a final heat, 11:25. Marvin Nelson crosses the finish line, 11:52.
The Moffat Tunnel is a railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in north-central Colorado. Named after Colorado railroad pioneer David Moffat, the tunnel’s first railroad traffic passed through in February 1928.
The Moffat Tunnel finally provided Denver with a western link through the Continental Divide, as both Cheyenne, Wyoming, to the north and Pueblo to the south already enjoyed rail access to the West Coast. It follows the right-of-way laid out by Moffat in 1902 while he was seeking a better and shorter route from Denver to Salt Lake City. The water tunnel and the railroad tunnel parallel each other; the water tunnel delivers a portion of Denver’s water supply.
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