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Hundreds Homeless when Water Floods Thru Broken Levees (1933)

Reel Number: 250039-76

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1933,1930s

Country: USA

Location: Kennett,Missouri

TC Begins: 05:23:36

TC Ends: 05:24:21

Duration: 00:00:45

Hundreds Homeless when Water Floods Thru Broken Levees (1933) 05:23:43 Wide deep gap in earth dike & flood water racing thru; CU water flowing thru. 05:23:52 Farmer & family in wagon behind team of horses thru water leaving farm buildings; cows & horses thru water. Man paddling small boat. 05:23:04 Men putting sand bags into wooden cribbing to block opening. CU water. Filling sandbags, walking on narrow ledge of sandbags throwing into water where its topping bags. Winter Floods; Depression; Natural Disasters; Weather; 1930s; NOTE: Probably St. Francis River, a tributary of the Mississippi. NOTE: If requested will provide unrelated material, 05:23:35 - 05:30:56 (10 cards), at per reel rate.

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