- Title: F-1811
- Summary: RED CROSS REPORT 1956:
- Description:00:59:33 - RED CROSS FLAG FLYING 00:59:37 - CU STORM FLAGS ON SHIP. AUGUST 18,1955. EAST COAST. ANGRY OCEAN WATERS, HURRICANE DIANE. 00:59:48 - DONORS GIVE BLOOD. 1956 01:00:02 - HURRICANE DIANE INDUCED OCEAN BASHING AGAINST DOCK 01:00:09 - RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS TRAINING AS NURSES AIDS. SPOON FEEDING BED RIDDEN WOMAN. PICKING UP STERILE GAUZE, BANDAGE 01:00:24 - FULL SCALE HURRICANE DIANE WATERS, TREES 01:00:32 - CHILDREN SWIMMING IN LAKE. RED CROSS WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTION. INSTRUCTORS THROW LIFE PRESERVERS INTO WATER. ADULTS GET INTO CANOES. CARRY PADDLES 01:00:42 - RED CROSS INSTRUCTORS TEACH FIRST AID TECHNIQUES. 01:00:48 - MAN USING ELECTRIC SAW TO CUT UP TREE THAT FELL ACROSS HIS STREET. HURRICANE DIANE. OCEAN WATERS FLOODING LAND, SEASIDE PARK BENCH UNDER WATER. 01:00:58 - MONTAGE RED CROSS WORKERS. HAM RADIO OPERATOR. CB. TYPIST TYPING. 01:01:07 - HURRICANE DIANE, 1955. EAST COAST. RAGING FLOOD WATERS FLOODING TOWNS, HOUSES, STREETS BECOME RIVERS OF DESTRUCTION. 01:01:28 - RESCUE WORKERS HELP WOMAN OUT OF BOAT. PEOPLE HANGING OUT OF THEIR HOME WINDOWS AS RESCUE WORKERS IN BOAT COME TO SAVE THEM. RESCUE WORKER TENDERLY TAKES A BABY FROM FLOODED HOME. 01:01:58 - HURRICANE VICTIMS AT RED CROSS SHELTER BEING FED, 01:02:20 - CU MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, NEEDLES. NURSE GIVING PATIENT SHOT AGAINST TYPHOID. INOCULATION 01:02:29 - CU 1955 CONNECTICUT TRAILER LICENSE PLATE 01:02:31 - TAP WATER BROUGHT IN FROM UNAFFECTED AREAS 01:02:44 - HURRICANE FLOOD WATERS REACHING HOUSE WINDOWS. 01:02:52 - TYPIST FEEDING WESTERN UNION LETTERHEAD INTO TYPEWRITER. 01:02:55 - RED CROSS WORKERS ON TELEPHONE, CB, HAM RADIO, NURSE FEEDS BABY BOTTLE. BOTTLE FEEDING 01:03:10 - HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. GOVERNORS OF HURRICANE STRICKEN STATES, NORTH EAST COAST MEET WITH IKE. 01:03:21 - MONTAGE HURRICANE DIANE AFTERMATH. CRUSHED CARS. TILTING HOUSES TORN FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS. AERIAL OVER DEVASTATED NEW ENGLAND TOWN, LEFT IN RUINS FROM HURRICANE. NATURAL DISASTERS. 01:04:11 - PRETEEN FINDS HIS SCOOTER IN BACK YARD 01:04:20 - ARDUOUS HURRICANE CLEAN-UP. WOMAN WASHES POTS & PANS IN BUCKET. DIGGING OUT. CRANE LIFTS DEBRIS 01:05:01 - RED CROSS CANTEEN. WORKERS HAND OUT FOOD & DRINKS. 01:05:11 - CU TWIN PROPELLERS. INTERIOR COCKPIT. DISASTER WORKERS ON BOARD PLANE. 01:05:22 - EMERGENCY FOOD, MEDICAL SUPPLIES UNLOADED 01:05:29 - RED CROSS WORKERS INTERVIEW HURRICANE VICTIMS FILL OUT APPLICATIONS. 01:06:02 - FAMILY STARES AT THEIR HURRICANE WRECKED HOUSE 01:06:09 - RED CROSS WORKER FILLS WOMAN'S CUP 01:06:26 - MONTAGE RED CROSS WORKERS ASSISTING HURRICANE VICTIMS. 01:06:38 - RED CROSS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF TOWNSPEOPLE 01:06:59 - COUPLE WATCH AS BUILDERS MIX CEMENT RE-BUILDING THEIR HOUSE 01:07:02 - WORKERS UNLOADING BED FRAMES FROM TRUCK. BRINGING IN DONATED FURNITURE TO HOME. 01:07:08 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS, ARMED FORCES CIRCA 1956 01:07:15 - RED CROSS WORKER VISITS MOTHER & HER CHILDREN 01:07:20 - MONTAGE VETERANS HOSPITAL. CU HANDS PLAYING PIANO. NURSE DRAWS COVERS OVER PATIENT. NURSE HOLDS GLASS WITH STRAW IN IT FOR VETERAN, RED CROSS WORKER TYPING. DR. IN BLOOD DONOR CLINIC. PEOPLE GIVING BLOOD. 01:07:40 - NURSE IN OPERATING ROOM OPENS NEW JAR OF BLOOD, ATTACHES TO IV. 01:07:45 - JR. RED CROSS MEETING. 1956. 01:07:56 - RED CROSS NURSE TAKES ELDERLY WOMAN'S PULSE IN HOSPITAL 01:08:03 - RED CROSS WORKER SHOWING EXPECTANT FATHER HOW TO CARE FOR NEWBORN BABY. USING BABY DOLL, SHOWS HIM HOW TO DIAPER A BABY. 01:08:08 - MAN WALKS DOWN SIDEWALK IN URBAN NEW ENGLAND TOWN. WALKS INTO APARTMENT BUILDING MORE LIKE A HUGE THREE STORY NEW ENGLAND HOME 01:08:37 - MS ONE STORY SUBURBAN HOME 01:08:41 - ELDERLY RETIRED COUPLE AT HOME. READING MAGAZINES. WIFE FILLS TEA KETTLE WITH WATER. HUSBAND OPENS REFRIGERATOR, PICKS AT FOOD INSIDE. 01:09:04 - ELDERLY RETIRED COUPLE PLAYS CARDS 01:09:18 - MS SUBURBAN OR COUNTRY ONE STORY HOME 01:09:22 - RED CROSS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 01:09:29 - EASTERN WELDING COMPANY. WELDER. 01:09:34 - SMALL TOWN HARDWARE STORE. SING WITH ARROWS WITH CONNECTICUT TOWNS ON IT. DANBURY. WATERTOWN DERBY. SEYMOUR 01:09:37 - CU WATERVILLE SHOW REPAIR. 15 MIN. SERVICE 01:09:38 - ELDERLY WATCH REPAIRMAN. WATCH MAKER 01:09:41 - CU NEON SIGN "NICK'S PIZZERIA" 01:09:42 - PIZZA BAKER THROWS PIZZA PIE INTO OVEN 01:09:52 - RED CROSS WORKER IN FRONT OF MAP. USING POINTER ON MAP. 01:10:04 - RED CROSS WORKER WALKS UP FRONT STEPS, KNOCKS ON FRONT DOOR WITH GLOVED FIST. 01:10:11 - CU SIGN ABOVE DOOR "DIRECTOR VOLUNTEERS". INSIDE, RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS HAVE MEETING. STANDING IN NURSE'S UNIFORMS 01:10:23 - 1950s FAMILY HAS CHRISTMAS DINNER. DECORATED CHRISTMAS TREE. 6 SMALL CHILDREN. LARGE FAMILY 01:10:55 - MS EXTERIOR MODEST ONE STORY HOME 01:10:56 - MONTAGE HEADLINES CALIFORNIA FLOODS. CU DAILY MIRROR NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "14 DIE, THOUSANDS FLEEING FLOODS ON COAST". CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA..." 01:11:07 - RED CROSS WORKERS & VOLUNTEERS HELP IN CALIFORNIA FLOODS. 01:11:18 - AERIAL OVER FLOODED LAND. CALIFORNIA HOUSES SUBMERGED IN WATER. HOUSE ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS RED CROSS WORKERS FEED & COMFORT FLOOD REFUGEES
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-1811