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BUILDINGS WITH MAJOR DAMAGE TO IT. CRUMBLING
BUILDINGS. DOWNTOWN WACO. GUTTED BUILDINGS.
TORNADO AFTERMATH
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PAN WACO, TEXAS CIRCA 1953. SMALL INDUSTRIAL CITY.
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WACO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. LOW ANGLE CONTROL TOWER
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LOCAL METEOROLOGIST TALKS ABOUT MAY 11, 1953
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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POV LOOKING OUTSIDE AT CLOUDS.
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LIGHTNING. LS TORNADO.
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POV DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, WACO PRE-TORNADO
01:22:49 92.2
DOWNTOWN WACO CIRCA 1953 BEFORE AND AFTER TORNADO
DEVASTATION. BUILDINGS TORN APART.
01:23:14 117.2
DR. MOORE, SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS INTERVIEWED ON THE STREET. SOCIOLOGICAL
IMPACT OF DISASTER.
01:24:14 177.2
MAN TALKING FROM INSIDE CAR. EYE WITNESSES
INTERVIEWED. HOUSEWIFE. PEOPLE OF TOWN TELL WHAT
HAPPENED TO THEM PERSONALLY. SHOCK.
01:27:03 346.2
INTERVIEWER TALKING TO TEXAS OIL TYCOON IN WHITE
SUIT ON ROOFTOP. LOOKING OUT OVER TOWN.
01:28:21 424.2
AERIAL OF PARKING LOT.
01:28:31 434.2
MAY 11, 1953 TORNADO AFTERMATH. RESCUE. RESCUERS
SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN THE RUBBLE. TRAPPED.
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POLICEMAN GIVES ACCOUNT NEXT TO POLICE CAR.
SHERIFF.
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FEMALE SURVIVORS INTERVIEWED. RESCUE STORIES. OLD
WOMAN WHO LOST HER ARM WEARING PROSTHETIC
01:30:32 555.2
RESCUE WORKERS SEARCH THROUGH PILES OF RUBBLE FOR
SURVIVORS. PEOPLE IN STRETCHERS. DEBRIS.
DESTRUCTION
01:30:35 558.2
LOCAL DRUGGIST INTERVIEWED. OXYGEN TANK. LITTLE
OLD LADY INTERVIEWED. RESCUE STORIES AND VICTIMS
AFTERWARDS.
01:32:36 679.2
MEN TALK ON ROOFTOP. TALK ABOUT DISASTER COMMITTEE
HEADQUARTERS.
01:33:12 715.2
TEXAS RANGER INTERVIEWED. TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL.
CIVIL DEFENSE EMPLOYEE INTERVIEWED. HOSPITAL
EMPLOYEE. POLICEMAN INTERVIEWED. CITY OFFICIAL
01:35:00 823.2
TAKING CARE OF INJURED. RED CROSS. SALVATION ARMY.
FIREMAN. WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICE GROUPS.
FOOTAGE OF ALL RESCUE EFFORTS.
01:35:51 874.2
NATIONAL GUARD WALKS PAST OVERTURNED CAR
01:35:54 877.2
DR. MOORE INTERVIEWED. EMERGENCY PHASE OF A
DISASTER.
01:37:14 957.2
EYE WITNESS INTERVIEWED. MERCHANTS. BLACK BARBER
LIBRARIAN.
01:39:14 1077.2
MEN TALK IN TOWN, GET IN CAR, START CAR, DRIVE
AROUND THE CITY OF WACO. NEWER RESIDENTIAL AREA.
BEFORE AND AFTER TWISTER.
01:40:12 1135.2
PAN BUSINESS DISTRICT, TWO STORY BUILDINGS NOW
ONE STORY BUILDINGS. CAFE.
01:40:56 1179.2
SIGN IN GRASS "DR. W. G. SORRELLE TEMPORARY OFFICE"
BLACK DOCTOR INTERVIEWED.
01:41:33 1216.2
EXTERIOR TILLMAN HOME. BLACK WOMAN INTERVIEWED BY
CASE WORKER. LOST HER DAUGHTER, RAISING HER 4
GRANDCHILDREN
01:42:07 1250.2
MEN IN CAR TALK, OLD WOMAN RAKES. HAD 42 BONES
BROKEN IN TORNADO. SHE SAYS SHE'S REAL LUCKY AFTER
ALL. TALKS TO CAMERA
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DARK CLOUD GOES OVER CITY.
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CHURCH STEEPLE. TILT DOWN, PEOPLE GOING INTO
CHURCH.
01:44:13 1376.2
DR. MOORE TALKS ABOUT WACO TORNADO AND OTHER
DISASTERS, HOW COMMUNITIES RECOVER FROM DISASTER.
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Year: 1954  Color: Black & White
Genre: NATURAL DISASTERS

Description: TORNADO HITS WACO, TEXAS. MAY 11, 1953. SHOWS HOW A COMMUNITY REBUILDS ITSELF AFTER SUFFERING A MAJOR DISASTER - THE TORNADO OF 1953. ILLUSTRATES FOUR MAJOR PHASES ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE OF WACO: A STATE OF SHOCK, CHARACTERIZED BY DAZED UNCERTAINTY; THE EMERGENCY RELIEF PERIOD; THE REACTION PHASE; AND THE FINAL OR READJUSTMENT PHASE. NATURAL DISASTERS.

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