Flooding in and around Cairo, IL in 1937
Title card: "Flood crest sweeps down Mississippi" / title card: "Paramount News presents latest scenes of devastation as nation's worst flood continues relentless advance" / two aerial shots of flooding in Cairo / two shots of men working on nearby levee / men standing and looking at levee as steamship passes by on other side of levee / men walk through water to get on flatbed car of train / train pulling away / shot from flatbed of moving train of men ahead of train standing in water cleaning off tracks / men pouring cups of coffee and handing out food to men in line / closer view of man pouring coffee for men in line / deserted street / closed store / words on window of store that say "We Never Close" / CU words on sign in front of store that say "closed until river subsides" / two shots of man standing in front of boat in front of house wearing life jacket and putting life jacket on woman standing next to him / man tying boat to tree while woman sits on porch of house next to boat / two shots from moving boat of furniture on levee surrounded by water / shot from moving boat of submerged house / shot from moving boat of submerged house and chickens standing on part of house / man suspended from telephone line working on line in front of wrecked house / men seen through door of house shoveling mud out of house / flood debris lying along side of street in Parkersburg, WV / two boys standing in front of porch of house while man hoses off porch / group of people standing around on wet road / shot of part of road leading to bridge washed away / two close shots of part of road washed away / Note: exact month/day not known
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Editorial #:
1007238884
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1937
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:02:12:00
Location:
Cairo, Illinois, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003094_01_01.mov
- 1930-1939,
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