Reel #1, Marshall Ford Dedication, Ground Breaking; Reel #1, Marshall Ford Dedication, Ground Breaking

  • Buchanan Dam construction
  • Reporters
  • V.I.P. and Press Tour of Buchanan Dam
  • Closer view of tour group, including Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes
  • Alan J. Wirtz standing with Harold L. Ickes
  • Slow pan across work site
  • Pan across homes and small buildings around work site
  • Fritz Englehard, member of the original LCRA Board of Directors
  • Commissary at Buchanan Dam, attendees waving American flags
  • Crowd at Marshall Ford ground breaking ceremony
  • Beginning of ceremony; Man reading group prayer from podium
  • Plaque is presented to Harold L. Ickes
  • View from audience
  • Men in suits
  • Smoke rising [demolition]