| Flood Toll Heavy: Kansas Hard Hit As Colardo Digs Out | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1737 |
| Catalog #: | 426671 | |
| Clip Number: | 426671-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 038-050-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:06:28 - 00:07:52 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Colorado LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Kansas | |
| Description: | Floods set off by violent thunderstorms range through six states - from Colorado to Arkansas. The South Platte River cut a mile wide swathe through Denver, causing damage in the millions. Fourteen known dead in Colorado as the flood moves into Kansas, the next hardest hit state. Dodge City, is flooded as the waters rise 14 feet within an hour. Colorado Aerial shot of floods. Colorado - Heavy damage in the industrial area. Men piling up bricks from destroyed buildings. Heavy damage and trailers carried down stream many miles. Three men standing among the heavy damaged buildings assessing the aftermath. A truck that had been carrier away by the flooding and lifted up and resting on some wreckage of buildings. Semi trailers that were lifted up by the floods and carried away. Kansas Kansas River, Bridge with a high level of the water flowing and lot of debris on the banks of the river. Aerial of Dodge City, Kansas - Flooded, water reaching the bottom of the windows on the houses and the tops of trees. | |
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