| Scores Die As Twisters Rip Midwest | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1617 |
| Catalog #: | 354013 | |
| Clip Number: | 354013-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-029-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:01:46 - 00:02:41 | |
| Location: | Hudsonville, Michigan | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Survivors DISASTERS: Tornado LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Michigan | |
| Description: | Killer winds strike in the wake of spring's coming. Twisters rip across the Midwest, killing over 43, injuring hundreds, flattening entire towns in a great scar of destruction across fourteen states. The worst tornado damage in 36 years takes a bitter, heavy toll of the nation. Establishing shot - Piles of lumber and twisted metal in a heap that once was someone's home. MCUS - Two cars that the wind picked up and smashed together. MS -A sofa that survived somehow when it was blown out of a house now sits among the torn up lumber. MS - A house that was torn apart is barely standing. MS - Man in his house. Household things are thrown and upset all over the home. MS - A badly damaged jeep and car. MS - People going through their destroyed houses trying to find anything that is useable. CUS - Two men are putting two salvaged mattresses on top of his truck. Camera panning the pile of destroyed wood that once were homes. | |
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