| Blizzard Of '58: Year's Worst Storm Ushers In Spring | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1645 |
| Catalog #: | 355471 | |
| Clip Number: | 355471-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-024-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:46:21 - 00:47:33 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Blizzard LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA WEATHER: Snow | |
| Description: | Spring is ushered in by the worst snow storm of the year, these days of snow that ravaged the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Maine. Hundreds of motorists are marooned on the snow-blocked Pennsylvania turnpike. Hundreds of thousands are without electricity and heat for days. Pennsylvania and the New England states face the danger of major floods with the spring thaws. Establishing shot - Traffic is totally stopped and snowed in on the American free-ways. It's at a stand still. MCUS - A family or group of friends shoveling the deep, deep heavy snow. A car is partially hidden by the dept of the snow. MS - Inside a bar and grill every body is drinking and eating and enjoying the comforts of not being out-side in the snowy weather. MS - Woman a sleep across restaurant chairs another woman maybe a grandma enjoying her coffee. MS -US Air Force helicopter bringing in a woman in her 70's for medical attention. CUS - Nurses and doctors attending to the people's need in the eatery. MS - Downed power lines, cars covered in snow. MS - A home and a snowed in car sitting in the driveway. MS - A man shoveling snow the pile has to be over 7 feet high. MS - Snowy scenes | |
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