Hungry Horse Dam Construction Movies 1948-54, no audio. 1280x720 HD

Hungry Horse Dam Construction Silent Movies shot by Charles J. Jellison in 1948 through 1954. He used a spring powered, hand held, single lens Kodak 16 mm film camera . Uploaded Resolution at 1280x720 pixels. "Pat's" grandson, Roger Jellison had the film converted to digital format and stored on a DVD by a Seattle firm in 2009

[@billhall2016]

Robert H. Fry worked at the Hungry Horse Project from February 25, 1946 to September 17, 1953 as an Engineering Aid. He was transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation dam site at Minidoka on the Snake River in Idaho. Bill A. Hall, Lead Reclamation Guide, Hungry Horse Dam

[@jamescheff3160]

Thanks for posting this my grandpa Bud Cheff worked on this project.

[@kennethsilvestri4161]

We stopped at the visitors center last September. It's bigger than Hoover Dam! My wife was taken by how interesting it was. Good stop for families, enlightening.

[@stumpshot9970]

I've always wanted to see this especially the logging part. I lived up there for 5 years and would wander around and try to imagine how it was done. I noticed lots of stumps still there you can see when the water was down. I spent many many hours daydreaming up there about the old days. Thankyou for this movie

[@gaylenebordeaux7321]

My father and uncle worked on the Hungry Horse Dam. My father's name was Gerald Walters, from Whitefish, my uncle was Lowell Shepard and family lived in Whitefish while he was working on the dam. I believe one of them was a carpenter foreman. I do have some still shots if anyone is interested. One night the two men brought home 4 puppies that were found in a bag near the dam. They were cockers and were parceled out among family members.

[@eldeguello9154]

While building the Hungry Horse Dam, John DeForest Gauss died Sept. 18, 1952 when a failure on the No. 3 highline caused a concrete bucket to crush him. He was a 33 year old veteran of WWII. - The line of Gauss has not forgotten.

[@rexterrier1]

My father was a Draftsman for Hungry Horse Dam. His name was Robert Fry. He looks like the man in red in the beginning of your video.

[@juniperbay7]

The picture/video was my Dad - Charles (Pat) Jellison. This was about the only video/picture I could find of him - he enjoyed shooting film but did not like to have his picture taken. Bruce Jellison ps: Robert Fry is a familiar name - did he live in the Kalispell area after the dam was finished?

[@rexterrier1]

Bruce Jellison Yes he did! My 1st brother was buried there.
My mother didn’t like her picture taken either😀.

[@eileengrafton1392]

Am writing a history about the Cat Twin D8s that Buster Peterson (Peterson Tractor Co, Calif) built in 1949-52. Interested in corresponding and hearing your story. How to get in touch? Eileen Grafton

[@Thechurchatcreston]

Contact me on at email: [e-mail]

[@juniperbay7]

Hi Eileen. Sorry I did not see this message until today. Don't really have much info on the twin D-8's. I saw them in operation one day and the short movie clip is the only film my dad shot. In the 1950's, 16mm movie film was pretty expensive. My cell phoe # is: 406-270-8851, email: [e-mail]

[@juniperbay7]

sorry email is [e-mail] I miss typed and did not get the s in there.