| NEW ORLEANS SAVED Scenes showing the controlled explosions to divert raging Mississippi waters. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5364 |
| Catalog #: | 101106 | |
| Clip Number: | 101106-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1397 | |
| Timecode: | 01:41:39 - 01:42:39 | |
| Location: | New Orleans, Lousiana | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods ENGINEERING: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Louisiana, New Orleans | |
| Description: | New Orleans saved. Raging waters of the Mississippi released by dynamiting the levee at Poydras - at cost of flooding 450,000 acres of valuable land. New Orleans, Lousiana United States of America (USA). M/S as a man sets up the ignition device, followed by three long shots of explosions at some distance. The explosions create a quick flare of black shooting up into the sky. C/U of water rushing down banks into streams. | |
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