00:32:02 4.53 |
MONTAGE OF HURRICANE SEAS AND NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
WARNING OF HURRICANE TRAIL OF THE 1938 HURRICANE FROM FLORIDA TO NEW ENGLAND. TELETYPE WARNINGS |
00:32:40 42.53 |
MONTAGE OF FLOOD HURRICANE. FLOODED TOWNS. LONG
ISLAND BEACHES & DESTROYED BRIDGES. MISC. NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE SHOTS |
00:33:40 102.53 |
BEACHED YACHTS AND DESTROYED LOCOMOTIVE TRAINS
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00:34:00 122.53 |
AERIAL OF STORM HURRICANE OVER LONG ISLAND BEACHES
|
00:34:16 138.53 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF STORM HURRICANE DAMAGE IN NEW
ENGLAND AND LONG ISLAND. HURRICANE DESTRUCTION. DESTROYED HOMES, BUILDINGS. STORM DESTRUCTION. TILTING TELEPHONE POLES. FLOOD WATERS IN TOWNS |
00:35:40 222.53 |
FLOODED CITIES ALONG THE CONNETICUIT RIVER
|
00:36:16 258.53 |
RESCUERS HELP STRANDED PEOPLE. MAN AND DOGS STRANDED
ON ROOF OF BUILDING. FLOODED TOWN PEOPLE RESCUED FROM ROOFS OF HOUSES |
00:36:27 269.53 |
MEN IN MOTORBOAT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED TOWN. BOAT
SAILS DOWN FLOODED MAIN STREET |
00:36:38 280.53 |
RESCUERS BRING SURVIVORS TO SAFETY. WPA WORKERS MAKE
SANDBAG WALLS TO COMBAT HIGH WATERS AT CONNETICUT RIVERS |
00:37:30 332.53 |
DOCUMENTATION OF WPA WORKERS AND HOW THEY ASSISTED IN
THE SALVAGE RESCUE AND REBUILDING OF FLOOD RAVAGED NEW ENGLAND TOWNS. RESCUE SURVIVORS |
00:38:43 405.53 |
WOMEN AND CHILDREN REFUGEES OF THE HURRICANE IN
GOVERNMENT-RUN WPA SHELTERS. MISC FOOTAGE OF INTERIOR OF SHELTERS DURING THE RELIEF EFFORT |
00:38:50 412.53 |
CHILDREN REFUGEES IN SHELTER (COULD PASS FOR 1930s
ORPHANAGE). CHILDREN EAT MEAL IN SHELTER |
00:39:10 432.53 |
FOOD CENTERS. INTERIOR SOUP KITCHEN 1930s. SEWING
ROOMS |
00:39:40 462.53 |
WPA WORKERS HELP REBUILD. WOMAN IN DESTROYED HOUSE
CLEANS FURNITURE |
00:40:26 508.53 |
CU WORKERS LOAD TRUCK WITH BOXES OF EMERGENCY
SUPPLIES |
00:40:41 523.53 |
DEPRESSION ERA SOUP KITCHEN. BREADLINE TYPE SHOTS
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00:41:40 582.53 |
WPA ROAD REBUILDING AFTER 1938 HURRICANE
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Description: THE STORY OF THE 1938 NEW ENGLAND & LONG ISLAND HURRICANE AS PRODUCED BY THE WPA. THE GREAT HURRICANE OF 1938.
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