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00:00:21 Montage of flood Pennsylvania newspaper headlines.
00:00:54 Title: Sharpsburg, PA. Dump trucks putting debris over riverbanks after flood, steel bridge behind w/ damage; bulldozer pushing debris over edge.
00:01:43 People watch in front of warehouses as car past in mud-filled street; people lined up for supplies. men cleaning up mud w/ shovels & road graders; man w/ cutting torch on damaged bridge. CU mud down drain, men shoveling mud into dump trucks.
00:02:34 Title: McKees Rocks. Men reading WPA sign outside office, others entering. WPA newsletter posted for residents. Men cleaning out flooded stores.
00:03:02 People lined up getting drinking water from tanker truck; Salvation Army giving out hot coffee or soup; Black & White men eating sandwiches, MCU. GOOD.
00:04:11 Title: Leechburg. Steam shovel loading dump trucks from mudslide / landslide on road. Man drilling in rock as bucket moves tree trunk close by.
00:04:36 Title: New Kensington. Family cleanign out furniture from house; removing debries from destroyed houses.
00:05:13 Title: Johnstown, PA. Aerial over town along river w/ destroyed bridge, CU turbulent river water. View from hillside tramway. Downtown w/ trucks being loaded w/ debris, cars passing thru water. Overturned cars. National Guard marching down street. Dump truck emptying into river. Bridge in river. Ironic Billboard: Have Faith in Johnstown - United We Will Work It Out.
00:06:40 People getting clothing outside stores, carrying bundles hom across bridge as men shovel mud.
00:07:00 Title: Harrisburg, PA. Trucks of men thru town; canoe unloaded from truck, carried to river; paddling thru streets to rescue. Factories w/ water around buildings & railroad cars. River flowing thru and around houses.
00:08:29 Title: Flood Waters! Heavy racing water thru town, trees, over obstructions. The End.
WPA workers; Depression; Unemployed; Government Programs; New Deal; Works Progress Administration; 1936; 1930s; Flood Cleanup;
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Titles 00:00:21 Montage of flood Pennsylvania newspaper headlines. 00:00:54 Title: Sharpsburg, PA. Dump trucks putting debris over riverbanks after flood, steel bridge behind w/ damage; bulldozer pushing debris over edge. 00:01:43 People watch in front of warehouses as car past in mud-filled street; people lined up for supplies. men cleaning up mud w/ shovels & road graders; man w/ cutting torch on damaged bridge. CU mud down drain, men shoveling mud into dump trucks. 00:02:34 Title: McKees Rocks. Men reading WPA sign outside office, others entering. WPA newsletter posted for residents. Men cleaning out flooded stores. 00:03:02 People lined up getting drinking water from tanker truck; Salvation Army giving out hot coffee or soup; Black & White men eating sandwiches, MCU. GOOD. 00:04:11 Title: Leechburg. Steam shovel loading dump trucks from mudslide / landslide on road. Man drilling in rock as bucket moves tree trunk close by. 00:04:36 Title: New Kensington. Family cleanign out furniture from house; removing debries from destroyed houses. 00:05:13 Title: Johnstown, PA. Aerial over town along river w/ destroyed bridge, CU turbulent river water. View from hillside tramway. Downtown w/ trucks being loaded w/ debris, cars passing thru water. Overturned cars. National Guard marching down street. Dump truck emptying into river. Bridge in river. Ironic Billboard: Have Faith in Johnstown - United We Will Work It Out. 00:06:40 People getting clothing outside stores, carrying bundles hom across bridge as men shovel mud. 00:07:00 Title: Harrisburg, PA. Trucks of men thru town; canoe unloaded from truck, carried to river; paddling thru streets to rescue. Factories w/ water around buildings & railroad cars. River flowing thru and around houses. 00:08:29 Title: Flood Waters! Heavy racing water thru town, trees, over obstructions. The End. WPA workers; Depression; Unemployed; Government Programs; New Deal; Works Progress Administration; 1936; 1930s; Flood Cleanup;