Men fill sandbags to shore up the levee at Quincy, IL, in the face of flooding
WS line of men extends into distance; men in front fill sandbags / VS men shovel sand into bags, tie bags shut / CU shoveling sand into bag held open by hands / MS line of men waits / VS men in line pass sandbags down the line / LS men with sandbags at riverbank / Note: film has nitrate deterioration; exact day not known





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Editorial #:
1010659986
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
March 26, 1948
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:00:59:15
Location:
Quincy, 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:
sr003105_04_02.mov
- Illinois,
- Quincy - Illinois,
- 1940-1949,
- Accidents and Disasters,
- Accuracy,
- Adult,
- Archival,
- Arms Raised,
- Bag,
- Black And White,
- Closed,
- Day,
- Deterioration,
- Digging,
- Environment,
- Extreme Weather,
- Filling,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Flood,
- HD Format,
- Hand,
- Men,
- Newsreel,
- Outdoors,
- Passing - Giving,
- Position,
- Preparation,
- Raw Footage,
- Real Time Video,
- Riverbank,
- Sand,
- Sandbag,
- Shovel,
- USA,
- Waiting,
- Waiting In Line,
- Weather,