- Title: F-3406
- Summary: WHEN CLARA CALLED: SEPTEMBER 11, 1961. HURRICANE CLARA.
- Description:00:00:14 - HURRICANE WINDS. WAVES CRASHING ON LAND 00:00:20 - WEATHER BUREAU PICTURES TRACKING HURRICANE 00:00:25 - HURRICANE WAVES. DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION. SHORE LINE. HUGE WAVES. 00:01:11 - HURRICANE AFTER-MATH BATHTUB IN YARD. WRECKAGE. BOATS OVER-TURNED. DESTROYED HOMES. FLOODED STREETS. TEXAS COAST. BOATS IN YARDS. 00:01:59 - BACKED-UP TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY. BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. EVACUATING. FLEEING INLAND 00:02:18 - PAN TORNADO DAMAGE. HOUSES TORN TO BITS. WRECKAGE. CARS PASSING OVER-TURNED HOUSES. 00:02:38 - CU RATTLESNAKES. MAN WITH GUN ON SHORE. 00:02:57 - CROWD OF BLACK PEOPLE ON STREET. HEARSE 00:03:20 - REPAIRING TELEPHONE WIRES. RESTORATION. CHERRY-PICKER. 00:03:32 - COAST GUARD TRUCK ON SIDE OF THE ROAD. SALVATION ARMY TRUCK. RED CROSS. CIVIL DEFENSE. 00:03:54 - TRUCK DRIVES THROUGH FLOODED STREET. 00:04:02 - PEOPLE INSPECTING HURRICANE DAMAGE, HOUSE REDUCED TO A PILE OF WOOD. WRECKAGE. 00:04:16 - MEN IN SHIRTSLEEVES IN OFFICE. PEOPLE ON TELEPHONE. EMERGENCY MEETING 00:04:29 - MEN ON LADDERS REPAIRING TELEPHONE UTILITY LINES HOW THE TELEPHONE COMPANY HELPED. 00:04:52 - SOUTHWESTERN BELL COMMUNICATIONS. BANK OF TELEPHONE OPERATORS. 00:05:10 - REPAIR MAN ON TELEPHONE POLE. RUBBLE IN F/G 00:05:26 - INSTALLING UNDERGROUND TELEPHONE CABLES. TRACTOR. REPLACE OPEN LINES 00:05:48 - PAN EXTERIOR MODERN TELEPHONE BUILDING. NO WINDOWS. MORE LIKE BARRACKS. 00:06:06 - MAN WALKS INTO UNATTENDED DIAL OFFICE. MAN WITH TAPE MEASURE. MEASURES OUTSIDE WALL. 00:06:19 - MEN INSPECT COASTAL AERIAL CABLE WITH LITTLE DAMAGE 00:06:30 - EARLY 1960s CAR DRIVES ON FLOODED STREET. 00:06:40 - MAN WITH HEADPHONES UNDER UMBRELLA ON SHORE. REPAIRS CABLES. 00:06:55 - STORM PROOFING, WORKERS ON TELEPHONE POLES. STORM TEAM WORK. PREPARATIONS. 00:07:17 - HOUSTON, TEXAS COMMAND CENTER. TRACKING STORM ON WALL MAP. MEN IN SHIRTSLEEVES. 00:07:38 - MEN WORK IN DARKNESS WITH GAS LAMP. 00:08:03 - SECRETARY DELIVERS PAPERS. INFORMATION. 00:08:12 - STORM TRACKERS PUTTING PINS ON MAP. 00:08:20 - KANSAS, ARKANSAS, MISSOURI, ILLINOIS AND OKLAHOMA TELEPHONE TRUCKS AND REPAIRMEN. HELP FROM OTHER STATES. 00:08:43 - TRUCKS ON FREIGHT TRAINS. HELP FROM OTHER STATES 00:09:27 - CONVOY OF TRUCKS DRIVING IN POURING RAIN. 00:09:53 - TEXAS ASSEMBLY POINTS FOR TRUCKS. ON GRASSY FIELD. 00:10:06 - HUSBANDS KISS WIVES AND CHILDREN, SAY GOODBYE TO FAMILIES. 00:10:17 - REPAIR MEN CLIMBING ONTO TWA PLANE. BOARD TRAIN. BOARDING BUS. 00:10:26 - OPERATORS GET OFF BUS, OPERATORS GET THEIR HEADSETS FROM CUBBY HOLES. RELIEVE OVERWORKED OPERATORS. SWITCHBOARD. BANK OF OPERATORS MANY WOMEN. 00:10:54 - RELIEF OPERATORS BOARD PLANE 00:11:09 - RELIEF OPERATORS ON TRAIN. ANTICS ON TRAIN. BAREFOOT PEEKS OUT OF CABIN 00:11:13 - RELIEF OPERATORS GETTING OFF TRAIN AND GREYHOUND BUS. 00:11:28 - CORPUS CHRISTI. TRUCKS AT NIGHT SHELTER. 00:11:54 - VOLUNTEERS, TELEPHONE OPERATORS AT SWITCHBOARDS 00:12:12 - TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN ON POLE, TREE IN B/G SWAYS WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 00:12:36 - TELEPHONE COMPANY FAMILIES WELL-BUILT TELEPHONE BUILDING. IN KITCHEN. REFUGE. BOY ON BED 00:13:04 - TEXAS CITY BUILDING. TEMPORARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS. 00:13:18 - BOYS PLAYING DOMINOES. 00:13:32 - WIVES COOKING FOR TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE. FAMILIES. 00:14:06 - BOYS PASS TIME BY PLAYING DOMINOES 00:14:11 - MALE SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS. 00:14:20 - MOTHER SPOON FEEDS BABY ON FATHER'S LAP. EMERGENCY SHELTER. MOTHER GIVES BABY A BOTTLE. WOMEN SIT AROUND TABLE 00:14:51 - BANK OF MALE SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS 00:15:25 - FORKLIFT IN WAREHOUSE. SHIPPING OF BOXES. DISTRIBUTING SUPPLIES. PUTTING BOXES ONTO CARGO PLANES. SUPPLY & MANUFACTURING UNIT. ROLLING COILS OF CABLE SPOOL. TRUCKS PULL OUT. WESTERN ELECTRIC. 00:17:27 - EMERGENCY CREWS WORK ON DOWNED TELEPHONE POLES. LINEMAN ON POLE 00:17:59 - MAN INSPECTS TREES ON THE GROUND. 00:18:01 - AERIAL VIEW OF FLOODED COMMUNITIES. 00:18:09 - REPAIRMEN UNROLLING CABLE 00:18:17 - GALVESTON HURRICANE CLARA DAMAGE. 00:18:39 - VICTORIA COUNTY AIRPORT. HURRICANE DAMAGE REPAIRING CABLES. 00:19:00 - RADIO OPERATOR. MOBILE RADIO SETS. 00:19:12 - REPAIRMEN WORKING AT NIGHT UNDER SEARCH LIGHTS 00:19:25 - POV FROM TRUCK WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER GOING. 00:19:30 - REPAIRMAN CLIMBS DOWN POLE, 00:19:35 - MAN IN WADERS WALKS OUT OF HIS HOUSE, DOG WADING IN WATER. . 00:19:45 - TRUCK SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY DOWN ROAD WITH DOWNED POLES ACROSS IT 00:19:54 - REPAIRMEN WITH SUITCASES. MAKE THEIR BEDS, COTS. 00:20:14 - TELEPHONE REPAIRMEN WORK ON FLOODED POLE 00:20:37 - HURRICANE CLARA AFTERMATH, PEOPLE BEGIN THE ARDUOUS TASK OF CLEAN-UP 00:21:02 - FAMILIES WADE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. 00:21:20 - VOLUNTEER TELEPHONE EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE AT NIGHT 00:21:35 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1961
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-3406