01:21:16 0 |
BUILDINGS WITH MAJOR DAMAGE TO IT. CRUMBLING
BUILDINGS. DOWNTOWN WACO. GUTTED BUILDINGS. TORNADO AFTERMATH |
01:21:49 32.2 |
PAN WACO, TEXAS CIRCA 1953. SMALL INDUSTRIAL CITY.
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01:22:05 48.2 |
WACO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. LOW ANGLE CONTROL TOWER
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01:22:10 53.2 |
LOCAL METEOROLOGIST TALKS ABOUT MAY 11, 1953
WEATHER CONDITIONS. |
01:22:32 75.2 |
POV LOOKING OUTSIDE AT CLOUDS.
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01:22:40 83.2 |
LIGHTNING. LS TORNADO.
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01:22:46 89.2 |
POV DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, WACO PRE-TORNADO
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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.
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01:28:31 434.2 |
MAY 11, 1953 TORNADO AFTERMATH. RESCUE. RESCUERS
SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN THE RUBBLE. TRAPPED. |
01:28:50 453.2 |
POLICEMAN GIVES ACCOUNT NEXT TO POLICE CAR.
SHERIFF. |
01:29:36 499.2 |
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
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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 |
01:43:25 1328.2 |
DARK CLOUD GOES OVER CITY.
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01:43:46 1349.2 |
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. |
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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