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Technicolor scale of a staged Cascade flood city spectacle
A description of a large early film production set in a Cascade foothills city mocks the scale of the flood sequence. Crew built a one mile square city, used over a hundred carpenters, pumped Sacramento River water into a mountain reservoir, and staged destruction of dwellings, churches, bridges, and rails for a dramatic finale featuring actor Doug Fairbanks.
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