Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: NR-119A

Scroll with video playback

00:00:04 0	LOUISIANA FLOOD. MELLVILLE, LOUISIANA. 5/19/27. LOUISIANA SUGAR BOWL INVADED BY FLOOD. DESPITE EFFORTS OF FRANTIC THOUSANDS, WATERS POUR THROUGH LEVEE. FLOOD WATERS COVER HOUSES. FLOODED BY THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. ANIMALS STRANDED ON ROOFTOPS. MISSISSIPPI RIVER? NATURAL DISATER. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 00 04 ELDERLY POLITICIAN-BUSINESS APPROACHES FAMILY CAMPED OUT ON LEVEE. SPEAKS TO GROUP OF BLACK MEN & WOMEN WHOSE POSSESSIONS, INCLUDING PIANO, ARE PILED ON BANK OF RIVER.
00:00:41 36.63	DESPITE DISASTER, BLACK MAN PLAYS PIANO AS OTHERS SING.
00:01:11 66.63	REFUGEE WOMEN STIRRING POTS, COOKING ON POT-BELLY STOVE AT MAKE-SHIFT CAMPS.
00:01:50 105.63	LINE OF CATTLE WALK ALONG RIVERBANK AT BASE OF LEVEE. OTHER FARM ANIMALS, CHICKENS, DOGS, DONKEY WANDER ABOUT
00:02:24 139.63	CAT TRAPPED ON TIN ROOF OF SUBMERGED BUILDING
00:02:39 154.63	POV OF BOAT AS IT PASSES HOMES & BUILDINGS SUBMERGED UP TO ROOF. INCLUDING A BANK.
00:03:26 201.63	PAN OF PEOPLE ON LEVEE AS SEEN FROM RIVER WATERS
00:03:42 217.63	BLACK WORKERS THROW SANDBAGS INTO WATER ALONGSIDE LEVEE.
00:04:32 267.63	WHITE MEN FILLING SANDBAGS
00:05:13 308.63	LONG LINE OF BLACK WORKERS CARRYING SANDBAGS.
00:05:26 321.63	POLITICIANS & DOG ON EDGE OF LEVEE WATCHING TORRENT. GOVERNOR GIFFORD PINCHOT STANDING ON LEVEE WITH ENGINEER.
00:05:50 345.63	POV TRAVELING DOWN MAIN STREET COMPLETELY COVERED IN WATER. PAN DOWN ROW OF STORES SUBMERGED IN WATER UP TO ROOFS.
00:06:41 396.63	WATERLOGGED DOG CRAWLS UP ON ROOFTOP. SHAKES OFF WATER.
00:06:55 410.63	DUCKS & CHICKENS ON SUBMERGED ROOFS
00:07:16 431.63	WHITE POLITICIANS, INCLUDING GOVERNOR PINCHOT, WATCH BLACK WORKERS FILL SANDBAGS.
00:07:48 463.63	FLOCK OF CHICKENS ALONGSIDE LEVEE.
00:07:57 472.63	WHITE POLITICIANS CLIMB INTO FLAT BOAT TO TOUR FLOOD AREA.
00:09:01 536.63	STORY# B8538-8544. MISSISSPI RIVER FLOOD. CLARENDON & DEFALLE BLUFFS, ARKANSAS; POYDRAS, LOUISIANA. 5/29/27. MISSISSIPPI LEVEE IS DYNAMITED TO & FLOOD PERIL. NATURAL DISASTER. PANORAMIC VIEW OF TOWN, FACTORIES, STORES, GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS, ETC THAT ARE COMPLETELY FLOODED. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 09 09 VARIOUS SCENES MEN PADDLING IN BOATS THROUGH FLOODED TOWN STREETS. COCA COLA SIGN
00:09:45 580.63	PAN OF FLOODED BUILDINGS AS SEEN BY CAMERAMAN IN BOAT. BUILDINGS ARE HALF- SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATERS.
00:11:09 664.63	VARIOUS SCENES PEOPLE LOAD BELONGINGS ONTO ARMY TRUCKS. MAN LOADS CHAIRS ONTO TRUCK AS HE PREPARES TO EVACUATE
00:11:16 671.63	LINES OF TRUCK TAKING PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS TO DRYER GROUND
00:11:31 686.63	MAN KNEELS BY DYNAMITE PLUNGER.
00:11:36 691.63	VARIOUS SCENES OF AFTERMATH OF DYNAMITING LEVEE. SMOKE RISES FROM EXPLOSION.
00:11:46 701.63	WATER FLOWS DOWN MUDDY HILL THROUGH LARGE OPENING CAUSED BY EXPLOSION.
00:13:02 777.63	VARIOUS SCENES GOVERNOR O.H. SIMPSON (LOUISIANA) & STAFF ON BOAT TO EXAMINE DAMAGE
00:13:08 783.63	LS COAST GUARD BOAT TRAVELS ON RIVER.
00:13:28 803.63	BLACK FAMILIES DRESSED IN SUNDAY BEST & WITH LUGGAGE, GETTING ON & OFF BUS AT REFUGEE CENTER AFTER BEING EVACUATED. HELPED ALONG BY WHITE POLICEMAN. (SHOTS CAN PASS FOR BLACK MIGRATION TO NORTH AFRICAN-AMERICAN MIGRATION TO NORTH)
00:14:12 847.63	SIMPSON PARTY ON BOAT AGAIN
00:14:18 853.63	VARIOUS SHOTS FROM INSIDE ROWBOAT OF SMALL TOWN COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN WATER FROM FLOOD. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOTEL, CLOCK TOWER, LARGE SCHOOL BUILDING, ETC.
00:15:14 909.63	FAMILY ON TOP OF ROOF WITH BELONGINGS.
00:17:25 1040.63	COCA COLA ADVERTISING MURAL ON WALL
00:19:23 1158.63	WOMAN SITTING IN ROW BOAT SMILING.
00:19:42 1177.63	VIEW OF TENT CITY FROM WATER AS BOAT APPROACHES
00:20:07 1202.63	VARIOUS SCENES TENT CITY: LAUNDRY HANGING ON LINES, HORSE TIED UP TO HITCHING POST, OLD CARS.
00:20:35 1230.63	VARIOUS SCENES OF REFUGEES, FAMILIES STRANDED BY FLOOD.
00:21:32 1287.63	PAN OF HUGE FIRE, BURNING BALES OF CLOTHING, DEBRIS AT NIGHT. (BURNING OF TENT CITY AFTERWARDS?)
00:21:55 1310.63	MORE FLOODED TOWN FOOTAGE
00:22:34 1349.63	IRELAND'S PRESIDENT TOURS AMERICA. NEW YORK CITY. 1/23/28. HEAD OF IRISH FREE STATE, WILLIAM T. COSGRAVE, VISITS NEW YORK & CHICAGO. (USED IN 9/35). HIGHLIGHTS: 00 22 36 AERIAL GREAT PANORAMIC VIEW OF CITY HALL AND SURROUNDING AREAS. CROWDS LINE THE STREETS
00:23:24 1399.63	ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE OF COSGRAVE. SEMI- CIRCLE OF PHOTOGRAPHERS AS LARGE GROUP OF DIGNITARIES COME OUT OF CITY HALL & DOWN STEPS. PHOTO OP
00:25:18 1513.63	MOTORCADE, PARADE, ON 5TH AVENUE? LED BY MARCHING AND & SOLDIERS
00:27:57 1672.63	AERIAL GOOD SHOT OF OPEN LIMO WITH COSGRAVE AND WHALEN.
00:28:34 1709.63	COSGRAVE, POLICE COMMISSIONER GROVER WHALEN, IRISH MINISTER SMIDDY AT PIER, ON BOARD BOAT.
00:29:03 1738.63	VARIOUS SCENES FIREBOATS SALUTING WITH SPRAYS OF WATER IN HONOR OF COSGRAVE.
00:29:46 1781.63	CANNONS FIRE SALUTE TO COSGRAVE.
00:30:00 1795.63	COSGRAVE LEAVES POLICE STATION TO ENTER LIMO. DEPARTING PIER IN AUTOMOBILE
00:31:02 1857.63	COSGRAVE WITH NYC MAYOR JIMMY WALKER ON STEPS OF CITY HALL.
00:31:51 1906.63	IN CHICAGO: PARADE WITH MOUNTED POLICE COMING TOWARD CAMERA FOLLOWED BY MOTORCADE WITH MOTORCYCLE ESCORT. (WITH CHICAGO MAYOR WILLIAM "BIG BILL" THOMPSON?)
00:32:38 1953.63	COSGRAVE & IRISH FELLOWSHIP CLUB MEMBERS? PAN GENTLEMEN IN OVERCOATS AND SILK TOP HATS.
00:33:21 1996.63	CU COSGRAVE TIPS HIS HAT
00:33:48 2023.63	COSGRAVE PLACING FLOWERS AT BASE OF MONUMENT
00:34:09 2044.63	VARIOUS SCENES COSGRAVE SPEAKING AT "IRISH FELLOWSHIP CLUB" BALL. GUESTS STAND & APPLAUD AS COSGRAVE & OTHERS ARRIVE AT HUGE BANQUET HALL.
00:35:10 2105.63	PAN DOZENS OF WAITRESSES SERVE FOOD TO HUNDREDS OF GUESTS AT DINNER TABLES AT BALL DINNER.
00:35:49 2144.63	COSGRAVE SPEAKS OVER MICROPHONE.
00:36:30 2185.63	PIER FIRE. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. 5/3/34. NEW YORK HARBOR PIER FIRE. MASSIVE FIRE & BLACK SMOKE BILLOWS AND FILLS THE SKY AS FIREMEN TRY TO BATTLE INFERNO. JETS OF WATER SPRAYING FIRE. FIRE APPARATUS. FIREFIGHTERS. ONE LIFE LOST. DISASTERS. DESTRUCTION. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 37 25 FIRE BOAT SPRAYS HOSES ON FIRE FROM THE WATER NEXT TO THE DOCK
00:37:52 2267.63	LOTS OF HOSES SNAKE ACROSS THE GROUND AS FIREMEN WALKS PAST CARRYING LADDER.
00:38:30 2305.63	FIRE TRUCKS SPRAY WATER CANNONS ONTO FLAMES ON WATERFRONT
00:38:53 2328.63	FIREMEN IN TOWER ON FIREBOAT SPRAY WATER CANNONS ONTO BURING DOCKS
00:39:35 2370.63	SIMILAR FOOTAGE, AS CUT STORY WITH NARRATION
00:39:51 2386.63	GROUP OF FIREMEN WITH HOSES BATTLING FLAMES.
00:41:04 2459.63	SOPHIE TUCKER SAYS MEN LIKE FAT WOMEN. NEW YORK CITY. 6/21/30. ACTRESS SOPHIE TUCKER SPEAKING ON TRIP TO LONDON & RECOMMENDING A DIET OF STEAKS, PASTRIES, AND CREAM TO GIRLS WHO WISH TO GAIN WEIGHT. SINGS THE PRAISES OF BEING FAT. PLUMP AND PROUD. "KNOW THE POWER OF A RED HOT MAMA". WOMEN'S ISSUES, SOCIAL PERCEPTION. (*USED IN 3/081)
00:42:44 2559.63	AVIATION: SAFETY AIRPLANE FLIGHT TESTS. MITCHEL FIELD, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. 6/19/19. PILOTS TAKING PART IN SAFETY AIRCRAFT GAMES. FLIGHT TEST FOR $100,000 GUGGENHEIM PRIZE FOR SAFE AIRCRAFT. CURTISS "TANGER". CAMERAMAN COMMENTARY CLAIMS THAT COLONEL LINDBERGH REFUSED TO TALK TO NEWSREPORTERS. (USED IN 2/38B) HIGHLIGHTS: 00 42 51 GROUP OF JUDGES INCLUDING CHARLES LINDBERGH STANDING IN FRONT OF AIRPLANE.
00:43:34 2609.63	LINDBERGH IN AIRPLANE COCKPIT
00:44:22 2657.63	HARRY GUGGENHEIM CLIMBING INTO AIRPLANE WITH LINDBERGH
00:45:04 2699.63	AIRPLANE TAXIING, TAKE OFF, IN FLIGHT, LANDING, & TAXIING BACK TOWARDS CAMERA.
00:47:14 2829.63	FROM REAR OF SINGLE ENGINE ARMY BI-PLANE, LINDBERGH & WIFE, ANNE MORROW, IN COCKPITS.
00:48:09 2884.63	AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT.
00:48:36 2911.63	PILOTS CHARLES LINDBERGH & ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH STANDING BESIDE PLANE.
00:48:55 2930.63	COME TAKE A RIDE IN NEW YORK'S NEW SUBWAY. NEW YORK CITY. 11/4/29. WE'LL GO ALONG WITH THE INSPECTORS ON FIRST TRIP THRU 8TH AVENUE TUBE. ALL INTERIOR SCENES. WORKERS WITH T-SHAPED TOOLS THAT THEY TURN TO SCREW IN BOLTS. WORKING BY THE LIGHT OF FLARES THAT GIVE OFF LOTS OF BILLOWY SMOKE. MULTI-CAMERA, CAMERAMEN SEEN IN MANY SHOTS CRANKING CAMERA. HIGHLIGHTS: 00 49 03 POV ABOARD FLAT-BED MAKESHIFT SUBWAY CAR RIDING THRU SUBWAY TUNNELS
00:51:00 3055.63	MEN WORKING IN SUBWAY, WORKING ON THE RAILS
00:52:54 3169.63	WORKERS STEP BACK AS TINY SUBWAY CAR PASSES THROUGH STATION FILLED WITH DIGNITARIES
00:53:27 3202.63	DARK TUNNEL GETS LIT UP AS CAR PASSES THROUGH LIT BY FLAIR. SURREAL. BIZARRE.
00:54:10 3245.63	WORKERS WORKING ON THE SUBWAY RAILS
00:55:07 3302.63	HAND CAR RIDING THROUGH ALMOST COMPLETED SUBWAY STATION.
00:55:32 3327.63	MEN GET OFF SUBWAY CAR CARRYING FLARES THROUGH DARK STATION PLATFORM.
00:56:13 3368.63	PAINTERS PAINTING IN SUBWAY. HAND CAR PASSES THROUGH, MEN STEP BACK.
00:57:20 3435.63	POV ON RIDING THROUGH SUBWAY. SUBWAY TRACKS & TUNNEL
00:59:12 3547.63	NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
00:59:56 3591.63	FLAT SUBWAY CAR APPROACHES CAMERA PASSES THROUGH SUBWAY
01:00:29 3624.63	WORKERS UNDERGROUND WORKING ON THE SUBWAY RAILS. SUPERVISOR IN SUIT LOOKS ON
01:01:09 3664.63	MAKESHIFT SUBWAY CAR PASSES THROUGH SPOOKY DARK SUBWAY STATION
01:02:30 3745.63	CAMERA ON TRACKS, UNDER ELECTRIC HAND CAR
01:03:08 3783.63	VIEW FROM TRACKS OF WORKERS & PAINTERS