1906-1940NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL DISASTERS AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS AROUND THE WORLD. MINING DISASTER. TWISTER. FLOODS. EARTHQUAKE, TORNADO. CIVIL DEFENSE WORKERS.
ANACONDA COPPER MINE DISASTER. AFTERMATH OF FLOOD IN JOHNSTOWN
ANACONDA COPPER MINE DISASTER. AFTERMATH OF FLOOD IN JOHNSTOWN
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COAL MINERS, COAL MINING. MINERS LINED UP TO GO INTO MINE, MINERS COMING OFF SHIFT, MINERS COMING ON SHIFT. SHAFT ELEVATOR DESCENDING
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INTERIOR MINE, DYNAMITE PLACED IN MINE FOR BLASTING. COAL CARS
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2 MINERS ABOVE GROUND HOLDING BIRD CAGES. CANARIES USED TO DETECT GASSES OR LACK OF AIR IN THE MINES.
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| 01:24:32 57.13 |
MINERS PLACING DYNAMITE IN MINE, PREPARING TO BLAST.
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| 01:25:00 85.13 |
MINING TRAGEDY. MINERS IN THE 1920s. RESCUE WORKERS RACE WITH STRETCHERS TO MINE ENTRANCE MINE DISASTERS.
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| 01:25:20 105.13 |
MINE DISASTER. BLAST. SIREN ALERTS TOWN OF MINING DISASTER. TOWNSPEOPLE, CURIOUS ONLOOKERS, RESCUE WORKERS LOOK FOR TRAPPED VICTIMS. MOVING PILES OF WOOD.
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| 01:26:26 171.13 |
CU JOHN L. LEWIS PRESIDENT OF MINE WORKERS UNION. 1906.
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| 01:26:33 178.13 |
MINERS COME UP IN ELEVATOR SHAFT. CU MINERS READ STRIKE PAMPHLET TAPED ON GIRDER .
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| 01:26:43 188.13 |
MINE TOWN. POVERTY. TENEMENTS. OVERCROWDED LIVING CONDITIONS. TONS OF CHILDREN ON PORCH
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| 01:26:48 193.13 |
JOHN L. LEWIS & OTHERS EXIT MEETING ON MINING CONDITIONS.
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| 01:27:03 208.13 |
TRAGIC CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS MINING ACCIDENT, 1947 RESCUE WORKERS WEARING OXYGEN TANKS SEARCH FOR TRAPPED MINERS. BODIES OF THE DEAD BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE DURING SNOW STORM. 211 MINERS DIED.
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| 01:27:50 255.13 |
RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. FLOODS. NATURAL DISASTER.
RAGING WATERS, HOUSES UNDER WATER. MEN ROW DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET IN A BOAT. RAGING VIOLENT WALL OF WATER TEARING DOWN EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. MAN RESCUED BY HANGING ONTO ROPE. PULLED TO SAFETY. OUT-OF-CONTROL RIVER. |
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WINTER FLOODS. SPRING THAW, MELTING ICE AND SNOW OVERFLOWS RIVER BED. MEN RESCUE CORPSE, SLUNG ON BACK OF HORSE. PEOPLE ROW IN BOATS DURING FLOOD.
SNOW FALLING. RESCUE WOMEN TRAPPED IN HOUSE USING A ROW BOAT. |
| 01:29:57 382.13 |
HOME OWNERS PACK BOATS, FLEEING FROM RAGING FLOODS.
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| 01:30:08 393.13 |
MS MOTHER HANDS POLICEMAN HER CHILD, RESCUING TRAPPED FLOOD VICTIMS.
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| 01:30:15 400.13 |
URBAN FLOODS, APARTMENT BUILDING UNDER SIEGE FROM RAGING FLOOD WATERS.
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| 01:30:26 411.13 |
VOLUNTEERS PILE SANDBAGS AGAINST FLOOD WATERS.
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| 01:30:40 425.13 |
MAIN STREET, USA UNDER FLOOD WATERS. PEOPLE ROW IN BOATS. ANIMALS TRAPPED IN FLOOD. CAT STUCK IN WINDOW OF HOUSE. DOG TRAPPED BY RAGING FLOOD WATERS. HORSE DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET ITSELF OUT OF FLOODS. DOG RESTS ON TOP OF CAR.
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| 01:31:14 459.13 |
MASS INOCULATIONS CHILDREN RECEIVE BY DOCTOR
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| 01:31:20 465.13 |
STRANDED PEOPLE EATING, SLEEPING IN COTS AT SHELTER. DISASTER RELIEF.
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| 01:31:34 479.13 |
RAGING FLOOD WATERS, MAIN STREET USA. JOHNSTOWN
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| 01:31:54 499.13 |
VOLUNTEERS START CLEANING UP RUBBLE FROM FLOODS.
USING SHOVELS TO CLEAN UP. |
| 01:32:02 507.13 |
POV DRIVING DOWN CITY STREET FLOOD AFTERMATH WORKERS SHOVELING MUD AND DEBRIS FROM THE STREETS.
AND FROM INSIDE BUILDINGS. |
| 01:32:40 545.13 |
CITY BUILDING COLLAPSES IN STREET. BUILDINGS COLLAPSE.
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| 01:32:58 563.13 |
AERIAL OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE, CRACKS IN RANGE FROM EARTHQUAKE 1949 EQUADOR EARTHQUAKE DISASTER.
RESCUE WORKERS BRING OUT THE DEAD ON STRETCHERS. 01 33 19 TOKYO, 1923. STREET SCENES, RICKSHAWS. PEDESTRIANS. |
| 01:33:29 594.13 |
1923 EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH, TOKYO, JAPAN.
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| 01:33:46 611.13 |
FUKUI CITY EARTHQUAKE, JAPAN. 1948 AFTERMATH CONCRETE BRIDGE TORN ASUNDER. HUGE CRACKS RIPPED IN THE GROUND. MOTHER CARRIES HER DEAD CHILD.
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| 01:34:31 656.13 |
WEST COAST, USA. 1933 LONG BEACH EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH
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| 01:34:59 684.13 |
IMPERIAL VALLEY EARTHQUAKE 1940. CAR DRIVES DOWN BENT AND TWISTED ROAD.
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| 01:35:10 695.13 |
1952 EARTHQUAKE. BAKERSFIELD VIRTUALLY DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE.
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| 01:35:21 706.13 |
1906 EARTHQUAKE, CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO, PEOPLE WALK AMONG THE RUINS IN DISBELIEF. AFTERMATH
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| 01:36:01 746.13 |
GAPING CREVICE, USED TO BE AN IDAHO FARM. 300 FOOT CAVERN. NATURAL DISASTERS.
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| 01:36:13 758.13 |
AUGUST, 1959. WESTERN MONTANA NEAR MADISON RIVER.
EARTHQUAKE, FALLING MOUNTAINSIDE. |
| 01:36:32 777.13 |
AERIAL OVER TEXAS CITY, 1947 CHEMICAL EXPLOSION FREIGHTER ON FIRE. TRIGGERED 50 BLASTS. AFTERMATH OIL STORAGE TANKS ON FIRE, BLACK SMOKE
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| 01:38:05 870.13 |
FIREBOATS IN HARBOR HOSING FIRE FROM BOAT
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| 01:38:15 880.13 |
RESCUE CREWS, FIRE TRUCKS, LUMP OF CHARRED REMAINS OF A CORPSE CARRIED ON STRETCHER. CU DEAD LISTED IN CHALK ON CHALKBOARD IN AUDITORIUM USED AS MAKE-SHIFT MORGUE.
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| 01:39:16 941.13 |
BLAST AFTERMATH, RAILROAD TRACKS DESTROYED, BUILDINGS.
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| 01:39:40 965.13 |
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE DEAD
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| 01:39:50 975.13 |
CU CLOCK STOPPED AT TIME OF THE BLAST 9:19
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| 01:39:55 980.13 |
AERIAL OVER TEXAS CITY, 1947 THICK BLACK HEAVY SMOKE
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| 01:40:00 985.13 |
MAN PREPARES FOR VERTICAL DESCENT. PUTS ON PROTECTIVE GEAR, HELMET. MARCEL LOUBENS TO BREAK HIS OWN RECORD. FRENCH PYRENESE. CU CABLE DIAGRAM SHOWS HOW AND WHERE LOUBENS FELL 1100 FEET. RESCUE WORKERS USE ROPES TO CLIMB DOWN TO LOUBENS. TOO LATE TO SAVE HIM, HE DIED.
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| 01:41:11 1056.13 |
1948 CAVE EXPLORERS PASS GRAVE SITE 1100 FEET DOWN WHERE LOUBENS DIED. GRIM REMINDER OF THE DANGERS
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CAVE EXPLORERS INSIDE CAVES. MAN HANGING HUNDREDS OF FEET IN THE AIR, CLIMBING DOWN INTO CAVE.
STALACTITES STALAGMITES CU UNDERGROUND EXPLORERS SLIPPING THROUGH TINY OPENING. |
| 01:42:19 1124.13 |
SCUBA DIVERS PUTS ON WET-SUITS. UNDERGROUND RIVER CAVERN EXPLORATION
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| 01:42:59 1164.13 |
FEBRUARY, 1925 FLOYD COLLINS TRAPPED IN UNDERGROUND CAVE. KENTUCKY. RESCUE WORKERS SEARCH FOR COLLINS.
PAN COLLINS FAMILY STANDING VIGIL. RED CROSS NURSES STAND AND WAIT. |
| 01:43:56 1221.13 |
DIRIGIBLE HINDENBURG IN FLIGHT, MAY 6, 1937.
PEOPLE GATHERED ON THE GROUND WITNESS AIR SHIP DISASTER. HINDENBURG TRAGEDY. |
| 01:45:02 1287.13 |
R-34 DIRIGIBLE, 1919 SAILING OVER NEW YORK MAN PARACHUTES TO THE GROUND. MOTORCYCLE SIDECAR
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| 01:45:38 1323.13 |
US NAVY DIRIGIBLE D-6 IN HANGAR ON FIRE. HEAVY BLACK SMOKE. HYDROGEN BLAST.
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| 01:45:55 1340.13 |
1921, DIRIGIBLE ROMA IN FLIGHT, IN FLAMES NEAR HAMPTON, VIRGINIA. DANGEROUS TRANSPORTATION.
HYDROGEN |
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1924, HELIUM DRIVEN AIRSHIP SHENANDOAH IN FLIGHT AND CRASHED IN FIELD.
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| 01:46:54 1399.13 |
FRENCH DIRIGIBLE 1923 IN FLIGHT AND CRASHED AIRSHIP CRASH
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| 01:47:01 1406.13 |
R-101 1930 DIRIGIBLE CRASH
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| 01:47:11 1416.13 |
GRAF-ZEPPELIN IN FLIGHT, 1929. FIRST US FLIGHT.
PASSENGERS POSE FOR PHOTO-OP. |
| 01:47:23 1428.13 |
CU DR. HUGO ECKENER IN OFFICE
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| 01:47:28 1433.13 |
GRAF-ZEPPELIN IN FLIGHT CIRCA 1929
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| 01:47:38 1443.13 |
MONTAGE US NAVY DIRIGIBLE. AKRON, IN FLIGHT AND CRASHED IN THE SEA. CORPSES CARRIED ON STRETCHERS.
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| 01:48:10 1475.13 |
NAVY AIRSHIP J-3 IN FLIGHT & CRASHED IN THE OCEAN
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| 01:48:21 1486.13 |
MOORED MACON DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIP ON GROUND.
AND IN FLIGHT. RETRIEVING AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT. HOOKED ONTO DIRIGIBLE & STORED INSIDE. 1935 DIRIGIBLE MACON BEGINS TO FALL APART. BITS OF DIRIGIBLE BOBBING ON OCEAN SURFACE. |
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TWISTERS. PEOPLE PREPARE FOR TORNADO. MAN MAKES EMERGENCY CALL. ELMVILLE, TORNADO AFTERMATH.
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| 01:49:59 1584.13 |
MAP OF USA SHOWING VULNERABLE TORNADO AREAS.
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| 01:50:13 1598.13 |
TORNADO FOOTAGE. VORTEX ROTATING WILDLY. AFTERMATH
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| 01:51:18 1663.13 |
METEOROLOGISTS STUDYING WEATHER PATTERNS THUNDERSTORM CONDITIONS S
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| 01:51:41 1686.13 |
STORM SKIES, LIGHTNING STORM. THUNDER AND LIGHTING BOLTS.
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| 01:51:52 1697.13 |
US WEATHER BUREAU, CHECKING WEATHER EQUIPMENT RADAR. METEOROLOGIST ON TELEPHONE ADVISING TOWN OF ELMVILLE OF ONCOMING TORNADO. TELEGRAPH MACHINE
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| 01:52:31 1736.13 |
RADIO NEWS ANNOUNCER INTERRUPTED BY BREAKING NEWS SEVERE WEATHER. PEOPLE LISTENING TO RADIOS. SODA SHOP, SODA JERK MAKES ICE CREAM SODAS. CU OLD WOMAN DRINKING CUP OF TEA OR COFFEE. CU MAN LEAVES COINS, TIP OF TABLE.
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| 01:53:06 1771.13 |
HOUSEWIFE TAKES LAUNDRY DOWN FROM CLOTHES LINE BEFORE STORM HITS. PEOPLE PREPARE FOR TORNADO.
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| 01:53:09 1774.13 |
MAN PREPARES FOR TORNADO, CLOSES AWNING.
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| 01:53:13 1778.13 |
CU BARBER CUTS CUSTOMER'S HAIR. LISTENING TO RADIO
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| 01:53:22 1787.13 |
THUNDER CLOUDS, STORM CLOUDS, HEAVY RAIN FALLING.
HUSBAND AND WIFE WATCH STORM FROM KITCHEN. CU CLOCK 3:26. MAN CALLS EMERGENCY NUMBER TO ALERT ELMVILLE OF TORNADO. |
| 01:53:57 1822.13 |
ELMVILLE WEATHER BUREAU WORKERS PREPARE FOR TORNADO, DRAW TORNADO PATH ON MAP. SEND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION. RADAR STATION TRACKS TORNADO.
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| 01:55:12 1897.13 |
TV SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN
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| 01:55:13 1898.13 |
FAMILY RUNS TO STORM CELLAR. PREPARING FOR TORNADO
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| 01:55:21 1906.13 |
MAN DRIVES CAR UP TO OTHER MEN DIGGING STORM DITCH, MEN JUMP INTO STORM DITCH, RAVINE FOR COVER.
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| 01:55:34 1919.13 |
ECU RADIO ANNOUNCER, MOS
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| 01:55:36 1921.13 |
FAMILY PREPARES FOR TORNADO, OPEN DOORS AND WINDOWS ON THE NORTH & EAST SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO REDUCE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING
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| 01:55:46 1931.13 |
HOUSEWIFE GRABS SMALL PORTABLE RADIO, FAMILY TAKING SHELTER IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BASEMENT BOY HOLDS PET DOG. DOG PLAYFULLY NIBBLES ON BOY'S EAR
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| 01:56:00 1945.13 |
CU WOMAN PICKS UP THE TELEPHONE, FEMALE OFFICE WORKERS, SECRETARIES FILE OUT OF OFFICE TO LOWER FLOOR INSIDE WALLS FOR PROTECTION
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| 01:56:08 1953.13 |
CU MAN PICKS UP TELEPHONE RECEIVER.
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| 01:56:09 1954.13 |
SCHOOL CHILDREN DUCK AND COVER.
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| 01:56:20 1965.13 |
SIGN BLOWS IN WIND "RHODEN DELUXE FOOD"
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| 01:56:24 1969.13 |
TORNADO FOOTAGE. CU STORM CELLAR DOORS. EMPTY OFFICE, CHILDREN COVERING THEIR HEADS. DUCK AND COVER. EMPTY BARBERSHOP. TORNADO ROARS INTO ELMVILLE. AFTERMATH FOOTAGE
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| 01:57:30 2035.13 |
US WEATHER BUREAU, METEOROLOGISTS AT WORK WEATHERMEN TRACKING STORM
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| 01:57:43 2048.13 |
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AT TORNADO SAFETY PROGRAM MEETING
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TAPE ENDS
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