| Tornadoes Rip Through Texas | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1710 |
| Catalog #: | 362126 | |
| Clip Number: | 362126-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-036-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:20:02 - 00:20:43 | |
| Location: | Forth Worth, Texas | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Tornado LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Texas | |
| Description: | Tornadoes Rip Through Texas. Five tornadoes twist through North Texas and the damage toll mounts as they dig out. One hit Ft. Worth accompanied by 92-mile-an-hour wind and devastating hail. Damage in Ft. Worth alone is estimated at more than a million dollars. Forth Worth, Texas POV off the expressway looking at the down town area in a driven car. CUS - A large motel sign with some advertisements bent in half. MCUS - Motor court of the motel that sustained a lot of damage. Roof torn off hanging down on the second floor balcony. CUS - The swimming pool, loaded with debris from the motel. POV - Looking at the damage from the balcony, the motel suffered a lot of damage. CUS - A man and his son looking at cars that are completely buried by bricks from a building, the cars are just about flattened. MS - A small crowd of people surveying the buried car by hunks and bricks of a building that landed on top of it. | |
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