- Title: P-213-37
- Summary: MISSISSIPPI FLOOD DISASTER: MISSISSIPPI FLOOD DISASTER. JANUARY 1927. THIS STORY CAPTURES NATURE ON A RAMPAGE AS A SEA OF DEVASTATION INUNDATES MISSISSIPPI.
- Description:01:51:02 - GREY FRAME 01:51:13 - POV FROM AIRPLANE EXAMINING DAMAGE FROM FLOOD. AERIAL FLOOD HOMES 01:51:21 - FLOODED STREETS. MEN IN BOATS. LINE OF ROWBOATS FILLED WITH PEOPLE. HORSES TIED UP WAIST-DEEP IN WATER. 01:51:31 - FLOODED TOWNS. GREENSVILLE, ST. CHARLES, NORTH LITTLE ROCK. MAIN STREET FLOODED. TEAM OF HORSES HITCHED UP TO POST IN FLOOD, HORSES IN WATER 01:51:59 - MEN PUTTING DOWN SACKS. TRYING TO STOP FLOODING. OLD CARS PASS. CAR DRIVES DOWN FLOODED STREET. 01:52:07 - CAMERA PANS TOWN UNDER WATER. HOUSES COVERED BY WATER. 01:52:16 - MONTAGE OF "RIVER LIKE" TOWNS IN MISSISSIPPI. 01:52:28 - FLOODED SCHOOL. POV FROM BOAT. 01:52:38 - VULTURE SITS ON ELECTRIC POLE. CHICKEN SITS ON ELECTRIC LINE. 01:52:40 - TWO MEN SIT IN BOAT IN FRONT OF STORE. 01:52:47 - SHOT OF HOUSES ALMOST TOTALLY UNDER WATER. 01:52:54 - AERIAL PAN OF DISPLACED PEOPLE. HOMES LOST TO FLOOD. PILES OF HOMELESS PEOPLE. FLOOD VICTIMS 01:53:04 - HOMELESS CHILDREN GETTING ON TRAINS. BEING EVACUATED. PEOPLE ALL OVER TRAINS. 01:53:18 - EX-PRESIDENT, HOOVER, ARRIVES ON SCENE. 01:53:26 - CU RED CROSS FLAG BLOWING IN WIND. 01:53:29 - FLOOD VICTIMS BEING GIVEN SUPPLIES. 01:53:35 - BLACK FAMILY SITTING ON GRASS, EATING. WOMAN HANDS OUT FOOD TO CHILDREN. CU CUTE LITTLE GIRL EATING BREAD. BLACK BABIES EAT. 01:53:46 - CU CUTE LITTLE WHITE BOY EATING BREAD. BABY WITH HUGE PIECE OF BREAD. 01:53:50 - CAMERA PANS DEVASTATED HOMES UNDER WATER. 01:54:03 - AERIAL. FLOOD AS SEEN FROM ABOVE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1927
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: P-213-37