| 20,000 Flee: Floods And Winds Devastate 4 States | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1708 |
| Catalog #: | 425178 | |
| Clip Number: | 425178-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-023-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:40:43 - 00:41:58 | |
| Location: | Southern United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Floods DISASTERS: Survivors LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA | |
| Description: | Floods And Winds Devastate 4 States. A massive clean-up job underway in four Southern stats in the aftermath of floods that sent a dozen rivers overflowing their banks. Tornados followed in some sections and authorities fear the disaster will approach that of 1957. Aerial shot of the Cumberland River and a washed out bridge. CUS - Helicopter downed during rescue operations. CUS - Towns along the Cumberland River, Harlan and Pineville. MS - Things that got water-logged are set outside. MS - Homeowners in Kentucky. MS - The rising water left a water mark on the bricks and door of a church. MS - More homes with ruined thing placed outside the house. MS - Men cleaning the porch of a flooded home and house. MS - After the flood waters receded the boat is sitting on the ground. MS - The owner of a restaurant shows the water level left on his windows before they receded. CUS - Macks Super Market and all the spoiled food placed on the street in shopping baskets and waiting to be hauled away. | |
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