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NEW YORK CITY UNDER A BLIZZARD. FEBRUARY 1920.
PEOPLE WALK ACROSS SNOW COVERED STREET. SNOWSTORM |
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MEN SHOVEL SNOW FROM STREET. OTHERS WALK PAST AT
BRISK PACE. SNOW BLOWS |
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ABOVE-GROUND "EL" TRAIN GOES BY AS SNOW CONTINUES
TO FALL. TREES COVERED IN SNOW |
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NEW YORKERS WALKING IN SNOW. WOMAN GETS "PUSHED"
BY WIND & SNOW HOLDING ONTO HAT. PEOPLE RUNNING, JOGGING TO GET WHERE THEY'RE GOING. HOWLING WIND AUDIBLE. |
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PEOPLE WITH UMBRELLAS WALK THROUGH PARK. PRETTY
UNDER SNOW |
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MEN PULL FALLEN TREE WITH ROPE. UP ON WOODEN SLATS
TO HELP PULL. KNOCKED DOWN. |
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VERY WINDY. PEOPLE BLOWN ACROSS ICY SIDEWALKS.
PEOPLE TRY TO GO ACROSS SMALL BRIDGE. WIND PUSHES THEM BACK BUT THEY MANAGE. PANS TO STREET WHERE BUNDLES LAY UNDER BLANKET OF SNOW. |
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MAN LOSES UMBRELLA TO WIND
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MONTAGE OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING AGAINST THE ELEMENTS.
SLIPPING, SLIDING, HOLDING ONTO HATS. PEOPLE HOLD ONTO TELEPHONE POLE. PEOPLE FALL. |
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WOMAN IS HELPED ACROSS STREET BY POLICEMAN
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MAN HOLDS WOMAN'S HAND AS THEY TURN A CORNER
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CARS GET PUSHED BY THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE WIND.
MEN "SKATE" BY ON STREET. |
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MEN HOLD ONTO POLE
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PEOPLE CROSSING STREET SLIP & FALL
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MEN TRY TO KEEP UP WITH SNOW. SHOVEL SNOW.
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PEOPLE WALK PAST EMPTY TROLLEY CARS RENDERED
USELESS BY STORM |
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HIGH SHOT OF BUSY STREET SCENE. A FEW CARS ARE
ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH SNOW. PEOPLE WALKING EVERYWHERE. |
| 01:46:30 102 |
PEDESTRIANS JUMP THROUGH SNOW TO CROSS STREET
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MAN SKIS DOWN CITY STREET TO WORK
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HORSE WAGON ON SIDEWALK. HORSE PULLING CART IS
HELPED BY MAN. STUCK ON ICE. MAKES IT |
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CARS DRIVE ON SIDEWALK
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NEEDY PEOPLE GET SUPPLIES. TAKE THEM AWAY ON SMALL
WAGONS. SUPPLIES ON SLEDS |
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HORDE OF MEN SHOVEL SNOW ONTO TRUCKS. DIGGING
SNOWED-IN TRUCK. BY MILITARY TROOPS |
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MEN SHOVELING SNOW. MAN IN COOK UNIFORM SHOVELS
SNOW. CHEF DIGS SNOW. |
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SNOW FILLED TRUCKS MOVE OUT
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EARLY SNOWPLOW CLEARS STREET
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TAPE ENDS
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Year: 1920
Color: Black & White
Genre: NATURAL DISASTERS
Description: 1920 BLIZZARD BURIES NEW YORK. REELING UNDER THE BLOWS OF OLD MAN WINTER, REMINISCENT OF THE GREAT STORM OF 1888 THAT LEAVES THE CITY PARALYZED.
