- Title: F-3408
- Summary: THE ICE KING'S CHALLENGE: ICE STORMS IN THE SOUTHWEST. JANUARY 1949
- Description:00:32:46 - LOW ANGLE WEATHER VANE. WEATHER INSTRUMENTS. 00:32:53 - FREEZING RAIN FALLS IN FIELD. 00:32:56 - BLIZZARD, NORTHERN STATES. MEN FEED ANIMALS HORSES HAY ON TOP OF SNOW. 00:33:03 - RABBITS RUN LEAP THROUGH DEEP SNOW. 00:33:06 - SOUTHWEST, TRUCKS PASS ON FOGGY ROAD MISTY RAINY ROAD. 00:33:11 - ICE STORM AFTERMATH. ICE COVERED TREES AND TELEPHONE WIRES. POWER LINES FALL. ROADS COVERED IN ICE. ABANDONED CAR ON SIDE OF ROAD. TREE BRANCHES COVERED IN ICE TOUCH THE GROUND. CRYSTAL TELEPHONE POLES ON THE GROUND. 00:34:02 - REPAIRMAN ON BROKEN POLE. FIXING LINES 00:34:14 - PAN ICE COVERED TREES. ICE STORM AFTERMATH 00:34:24 - CONVOY OF TRUCK ON ROUTE TO STRICKEN AREA. 00:34:31 - POV DRIVING PAST BROKEN DOWNED TELEPHONE POLES UTILITY LINES. COUNTRY ROAD. FARM LANDS. CU LINES LOADED WITH ICE 00:34:40 - 0 TELEPHONE REPAIR, CRANE LIFTS POLE. DRILLING INTO THE GROUND. REPAIRMEN. RAILROAD CROSSING. 00:35:08 - ICE STORM AFTERMATH DOWNED POLES, ICE COVERED LINES 00:35:25 - MAP OF US SOUTH WEST. ICE STORM DISASTER AREAS HIGHLIGHTED. TEXAS. KANSAS. MISSOURI. OKLAHOMA. ARKANSAS. 00:35:43 - REPAIR CREW AT WORK REPAIRING TELEPHONE POLES, LINES. DIGGING, FIXING WIRES. 00:36:19 - OUT-OF-STATE TRUCKS ARRIVE TO HELP. OHIO, INDIANA FLORIDA, LOUISIANA, ALABAMA LICENSE PLATES. CU SIGN ON TRUCK "TEXAS HERE COMES HELP" 00:36:37 - TRUCKS ON FLATBED TRAIN FREIGHT CARS ARRIVE TO HELP 00:36:44 - EMERGENCY RADIO-TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT HELPS MAINTAIN COMMUNICATIONS 00:36:51 - EMERGENCY COMMAND CENTER, MEN ON TELEPHONES, AT MAP TRACKING INTERRUPTED SERVICE 00:37:00 - DOWNED TELEPHONE POLES, WIRES COVERED IN ICE 00:37:20 - CU BELL SYSTEM SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY LOGO 00:37:24 - TELEPHONE REPAIRMEN AT WORK 00:37:36 - ICE STORM RELATED NEWSPAPER HEADLINES 00:37:50 - HS TRUCKS PULL OUT FACTORY. 00:37:55 - TRUCKS BACK UP TO WAREHOUSE LOADING DOCK COILS OF WIRE ON FORKLIFT. LOADING REPAIR SUPPLIES 00:38:19 - CU MAN ON TELEPHONE WRITING ON NOTE PAD 00:38:28 - HURRICANE OF 1938 & HURRICANE OF 1944 DAMAGE. NEW ENGLAND. TREE LANDS ON WIRES. DESTRUCTION. MEN ROLL LARGE COILS OF WIRE. FORKLIFT MOVES TELEPHONE POLES. TREES ON HOUSES. 00:39:05 - JANUARY, 1949 MAP SHOWING ICE STORM PATH 00:39:17 - MANUFACTURING TELEPHONE POLE. CABLE. CROSS-ARMS. LOADING BOXES. FORK LIFT. WESTERN ELECTRIC. 00:40:28 - TELEPHONE REPAIRMEN REPAIR POLES. RESTORE SERVICE 00:40:45 - MALE TELEPHONE OPERATORS FROM BEHIND. MAN WORKS WITH MASS OF WIRES 00:40:51 - REPAIRMEN POSE IN FRONT OF REPAIR TRUCKS 00:41:02 - MONTAGE TELEPHONE EMPLOYEES IN OFFICES AND IN THE FIELD REPAIRING LINES 00:41:31 - TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN CLIMBS POLE 00:41:42 - MAP SHOWING SOUTHWESTERN STATES DAMAGED BY ICE STORM 00:41:48 - POV IN CAR PASSING REPAIRED TELEPHONE POLES 00:41:59 - MONTAGE PEOPLE TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE, WOMAN TALKS ON 2 PIECE TELEPHONE. MAN ON ROTARY PHONE. GIRL TALKS ON TELEPHONE. 1940s 00:42:04 - ICE STORM 1949 AFTERMATH. ICE COVERED LINES, DAMAGED POLES. 00:42:11 - TELEPHONE REPAIRMEN LINEMEN ON POLE DOING REPAIRS. 00:42:15 - BANK OF SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS. 00:42:24 - EMERGENCY COMMAND CENTER, LOOKING AT MAP OF DAMAGED AREAS, MEN PUT ON HATS & LEAVE 00:42:27 - REPAIR CREW ERECTING TELEPHONE POLE 00:42:32 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1938
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-3408