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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221142-03
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1937
Country: USA
Location: Mississippi River
TC Begins: 04:21:28
TC Ends: 04:31:28
Duration: 00:10:00
The River (1937) R2 of 3 R2 consists mostly of Mississippi River during 1937 flood. Unloading ships, coal, steel mill with steam / smoke. Slag into cars Dumping ladles w/ sparks. Cotton bales unloaded on conveyors from barges by Blacks. Cotton mill. Large freighter. Growing river ports w/ factories and docks. POV on river. 04:24:00 Clouds, hilltops. Burned tree stumps on foggy hillside. Icicles & water drops. Water on mud. Erosion. Rain. Running water. 04:26:47 Flooding streams & rivers. Clouds, lightning, high water markers. Rescue boats - sirens. Levee patrols, sandbags on dikes. Flooded farms & victims. 04:30:15 Tent cities. CU of kids & mother w/ baby. Dog on roof. POV from boat among buildings. Aerials of flooded city. Nature. Geography. Farming; Agriculture. Industry. Poverty. Man-Made Disasters. 1930s. Shipping; Transportation; Ecology; Environment; Natural Resources;