| Floods Again Wreak Havoc In Northeast | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1610 |
| Catalog #: | 353683 | |
| Clip Number: | 353683-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 028-718-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:00:33 - 00:02:50 | |
| Location: | Connecticut | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods DISASTERS: Rescues DISASTERS: Survivors LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Connecticut | |
| Description: | Audio is low on screener Three days of torrential rains bring another flood disaster to northeastern states not yet recovered from the havoc wrought by Hurricane Diane. 48 Are dead or missing, hundreds of towns inundated, 30,000 families homeless, and transportation paralyzed. Establishing shot - Raining, country hillsides and streams overflowing with water, flooding. MCUS - Flooded street, streams turned into roaring turbulent water. Aerial shot - Bridge collapsed due to the water, railroad embankments washed out, train derailed. MSWA - Streets turned into raging rivers, 9 feet of water reported in some sections. MCUS - A police man standing against a building as the water rages passed him. MCUS - National Guard truck making its way through the water. MLS - Flooded homes. MLS - Downtown small town, flooded, car flooded. Bridge washed out. MCUS - People being rescued from their home. CUS - Little girl being rescued and put on a boat. MS - Some National Guard men on a partially sunken truck. CUS - People taken off the boat to a safe place. Policeman taking a baby. Older woman taken off the boat. MSWA - Buildings disintegrating, walls falling apart. MCUS - A collapsed house. Streets up heaved leaving big sink holes. MLS - Downtown Connecticut building looks like their built in a lake. | |
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