- Title: F-3405
- Summary: WACO-SAN ANGELO DISASTER STUDY: TORNADO HITS WACO, TEXAS. MAY 11, 1953. SHOWS HOW A COMMUNITY REBUILDS ITSELF AFTER SUFFERING A MAJOR DISASTER - THE TORNADO OF 1953. ILLUSTRATES FOUR MAJOR PHASES ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE OF WACO: A STATE OF SHOCK, CHARACTERIZED BY DAZED UNCERTAINTY; THE EMERGENCY RELIEF PERIOD; THE REACTION PHASE; AND THE FINAL OR READJUSTMENT PHASE. NATURAL DISASTERS.
- Description:01:21:16 - BUILDINGS WITH MAJOR DAMAGE TO IT. CRUMBLING BUILDINGS. DOWNTOWN WACO. GUTTED BUILDINGS. TORNADO AFTERMATH 01:21:49 - PAN WACO, TEXAS CIRCA 1953. SMALL INDUSTRIAL CITY. 01:22:05 - WACO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. LOW ANGLE CONTROL TOWER 01:22:10 - LOCAL METEOROLOGIST TALKS ABOUT MAY 11, 1953 WEATHER CONDITIONS. 01:22:32 - POV LOOKING OUTSIDE AT CLOUDS. 01:22:40 - LIGHTNING. LS TORNADO. 01:22:46 - POV DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, WACO PRE-TORNADO 01:22:49 - DOWNTOWN WACO CIRCA 1953 BEFORE AND AFTER TORNADO DEVASTATION. BUILDINGS TORN APART. 01:23:14 - DR. MOORE, SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INTERVIEWED ON THE STREET. SOCIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF DISASTER. 01:24:14 - MAN TALKING FROM INSIDE CAR. EYE WITNESSES INTERVIEWED. HOUSEWIFE. PEOPLE OF TOWN TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM PERSONALLY. SHOCK. 01:27:03 - INTERVIEWER TALKING TO TEXAS OIL TYCOON IN WHITE SUIT ON ROOFTOP. LOOKING OUT OVER TOWN. 01:28:21 - AERIAL OF PARKING LOT. 01:28:31 - MAY 11, 1953 TORNADO AFTERMATH. RESCUE. RESCUERS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN THE RUBBLE. TRAPPED. 01:28:50 - POLICEMAN GIVES ACCOUNT NEXT TO POLICE CAR. SHERIFF. 01:29:36 - FEMALE SURVIVORS INTERVIEWED. RESCUE STORIES. OLD WOMAN WHO LOST HER ARM WEARING PROSTHETIC 01:30:32 - RESCUE WORKERS SEARCH THROUGH PILES OF RUBBLE FOR SURVIVORS. PEOPLE IN STRETCHERS. DEBRIS. DESTRUCTION 01:30:35 - LOCAL DRUGGIST INTERVIEWED. OXYGEN TANK. LITTLE OLD LADY INTERVIEWED. RESCUE STORIES AND VICTIMS AFTERWARDS. 01:32:36 - MEN TALK ON ROOFTOP. TALK ABOUT DISASTER COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS. 01:33:12 - TEXAS RANGER INTERVIEWED. TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL. CIVIL DEFENSE EMPLOYEE INTERVIEWED. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE. POLICEMAN INTERVIEWED. CITY OFFICIAL 01:35:00 - TAKING CARE OF INJURED. RED CROSS. SALVATION ARMY. FIREMAN. WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICE GROUPS. FOOTAGE OF ALL RESCUE EFFORTS. 01:35:51 - NATIONAL GUARD WALKS PAST OVERTURNED CAR 01:35:54 - DR. MOORE INTERVIEWED. EMERGENCY PHASE OF A DISASTER. 01:37:14 - EYE WITNESS INTERVIEWED. MERCHANTS. BLACK BARBER LIBRARIAN. 01:39:14 - MEN TALK IN TOWN, GET IN CAR, START CAR, DRIVE AROUND THE CITY OF WACO. NEWER RESIDENTIAL AREA. BEFORE AND AFTER TWISTER. 01:40:12 - PAN BUSINESS DISTRICT, TWO STORY BUILDINGS NOW ONE STORY BUILDINGS. CAFE. 01:40:56 - SIGN IN GRASS "DR. W. G. SORRELLE TEMPORARY OFFICE" BLACK DOCTOR INTERVIEWED. 01:41:33 - EXTERIOR TILLMAN HOME. BLACK WOMAN INTERVIEWED BY CASE WORKER. LOST HER DAUGHTER, RAISING HER 4 GRANDCHILDREN 01:42:07 - MEN IN CAR TALK, OLD WOMAN RAKES. HAD 42 BONES BROKEN IN TORNADO. SHE SAYS SHE'S REAL LUCKY AFTER ALL. TALKS TO CAMERA 01:43:25 - DARK CLOUD GOES OVER CITY. 01:43:46 - CHURCH STEEPLE. TILT DOWN, PEOPLE GOING INTO CHURCH. 01:44:13 - DR. MOORE TALKS ABOUT WACO TORNADO AND OTHER DISASTERS, HOW COMMUNITIES RECOVER FROM DISASTER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-3405