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Released
1938 · FILM

Electrical Power

Runtime
10 min
Documentary

Synopsis

The short film opens at Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam, where electricity is generated by the Colorado River. This power is transmitted to Hollywood, where movie studios rely on it to produce films. Following a tour of the power plants at MGM studios, the film features brief advertisements for upcoming MGM releases.

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Principal cast & crew: 7

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Mildred RichShot by Willard VogelScored by David Snell

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