| 01:35:39 4 |
1955. AFTER HURRICANE DIANE. MONTAGE OF FLOOD
WATERS IN ACTION. WATER IN BIZARRE CONTEXTS. TREES WITH WATER HALF WAY UP. TRAILERS FLOATING IN WATER. VIOLENT TORRENTS OF WATER RIPPING THROUGH. MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER PUSHING, ROARING. |
| 01:36:19 44 |
MASSACHUSETTS. WATER CHEWS AWAY FOUNDATION OF
MANUFACTURING PLANT. PANS DAMAGE. SWOLLEN RIVER |
| 01:36:51 76 |
NEW ENGLAND TOWN HALF-WAY UNDER WATER UPSIDE DOWN
TABLE FLOATS DOWN STREET. WALL OF WATER RAGES THROUGH TOWNS DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH |
| 01:37:09 94 |
CU TWO MEN SWIMMING PAST STORE FRONTS.
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| 01:37:14 99 |
FLOOD WATERS RAGING AND MOVING RAPIDLY. FLOWING
WATER |
| 01:37:25 110 |
VIOLENT BURST OF WATER SPURTS UP.
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| 01:37:28 113 |
EXTREMELY STRONG CURRENTS OF WATER IN PLACES NOT
USUALLY SEEN |
| 01:37:49 134 |
WATER PUSHES UP AGAINST CITY APARTMENT BUILDING
WILD CONTRAST. |
| 01:37:58 143 |
A TOWN UNDER SIEGE. WATERS FLASH BY. PARKING
METERS 3/4'S UNDER WATER. STORE FRONTS WITH WATER HALF WAY UP THEM |
| 01:38:11 156 |
MEN IN BOATS SAVE SURVIVORS TRAPPED. PEOPLE ON
ROOF ARE HELPED TO SAFETY. PEOPLE TO ROW BOAT RESCUE. |
| 01:38:21 166 |
FIREMEN HELP CHILDREN TO SAFETY
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| 01:38:27 172 |
FLASH FLOODS & THE DAMAGE CAUSED
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| 01:38:40 185 |
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Year: 1955
Color: Black & White
Genre: NATURAL DISASTERS
Description: FLASH FLOODS RIP NORTHEAST. THE TERRIFYING TORRENT OF HURRICANE'S FLOOD INUNDATE OUR ENTIRE NORTHEAST AS CAMERAS CAPTURE SOME OF THE MOST DEVASTATING SCENES EVER PHOTOGRAPHED. NATURE'S FURY. FROM MARYLAND TO MASSACHUSETTS. ELECTRIC POLES KNOCKED DOWN, STREETS WASHED OUT, BUILDINGS TUMBLE INTO THE WATER. POURING RAIN. MAIN STREET BECOMES A RIVER.
