Lake Murray dam--outtakes

1929–04–18

Dam site under construction with voice-over description giving statistics. Close-up of South Carolina Governor John Gardiner Richards, Jr. inviting everyone to visit South Carolina and see the project (two takes). African-American workers (”gandy dancers”) sing while moving railroad tracks. Shots of machinery, steam shovel moving earth onto flatbed railroad cars, intake pipes from the Saluda River, and railroad cars dumping earth onto dam site. Long shot of water is being sprayed onto dam to strengthen surface after spraying.