| 25 Years Ago Today | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1655 |
| Catalog #: | 356006 | |
| Clip Number: | 356006-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 032-004-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:24:48 - 00:27:18 | |
| Location: | Various | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEVERAGES/ALCOHOL: Misc DISASTERS: Avalanches DISASTERS: Floods FASHION: Beach/Swimwear FASHION: Children's FASHION: Lingerie, Underwear LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Austria, Vienna LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA WEATHER: Ice | |
| Description: | 25 Years Ago Today What weather- winter's wickedest is presaged in the super-cold spell of 1934 which proved near calamitous in America and Europe. The Delaware River was blocked with ice for 9 miles. The 'beautiful blue Danube' presented a picture in frozen stillness. Ice chunks where there ought to be rivers. Soup kitchens sprung up in the streets of Vienna; people wait in a queue, are served from steaming pots. Feeding starving thousands. In the game forests, hungry deer got a respite from fear of the hunter as they flock around food-bearing wardens. Torrential rains flooded the Los Angeles area. Scores died in floods and earthslides (landslides, mudslides) as damage went way beyond the $5,000,000 mark. People dig mud that has half-buried automobiles. House on a severe tilt. Disaster, damage. A noble experiment followed the noble experiment! Pennsylvania places whiskey on sale at $1 per bottle to counter post-prohibition bootleggers. The stores were stampeded! Men queued waiting in line. Hands exchange money (dollars) for bottles. Alcoholic beverages. Fashions were on parade. Fashions that ought to silence the talk about 'the good old days' daze is the word! 1934 bathing beauties model tent-like beach wear. Evening gowns. And undies, lingerie, that shocked many- then! Another shocker follows with a gang of juveniles embarrassing adults with a grown-up fashion show to the rhythm of the rhumba! Very young children, even toddlers, model clothing. Cute. | |
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