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1952 - Missouri & Mississippi River Flooding; Naval Submarine Test; Seine River Tidal Bore

Reel Number: 280104-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1952,1950s

Country: France,USA

Location: Council Bluffs,Iowa,Seine River

TC Begins: 07:09:39

TC Ends: 07:11:54

Duration: 00:02:15

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1952 - Missouri & Mississippi River Flooding; Naval Submarine Test; Seine River Tidal Bore Intertitle: World in the Camera. Along the Missouri River...nine Midwest states...battle...flood. 07:09:52 View of President Truman’s personal airplane, interior w/ Truman looking out w/ binoculars; view of large area flooded by Mississippi River w/ buildings underwater and horses in water on dikes. Water thru dike break. Men look at maps; empty houses; helicopter ready fly out victims. 07:10:27 Cranes & earthmoving equipment, trucks. Sandbagging. View of dike protecting factory; Council Bluffs Water Department building sandbagged, men working w/ sandbags. Billboard: Cinch Cake Mix - Add Water Only “Its a Cinch”. 07:10:53 Aerial past rescue helicopter over flooded town / city. 07:10:59 Intertitle: In an amazing test off Hawaii, a U.S. submarine leaps almost entirely out of the water after steep angle ascent (done in Spring, 1950). 07:11:04 SS Pickerel (SS-524) underway on surface dives; out of water & down. 07:11:30 Intertitle: In France, an annual tidal wave sweeps up the River Seine. Pan from across river w/ wave up river past houses; MS water along bottom of retaining wall, people standing on top of dike watching Le Mascaret de la Seine & water spraying up. Spring Flooding; Navy Promotional; Naval Testing; Tidal Bore; Natural Phenomena; NOTE: Le Mascaret nearly eliminated by dredging in 1960s. NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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