Home Movie: 003317 (silent)
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Description: Black and white document of flooded Ottumwa, Iowa and surrounding
areas, showing flooded streets, damaged buildings, sand bags, and efforts to remove water from the Des Moines and Wapsipinicon Rivers flowing high.
can notes: "1947 Flood at Ottumwa, 6/22/47; Davenport - Clinton Road, June 47"
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1940s,Nature,Water,Natural disasters,Road trips
Tags: rivers; floods; railroad tracks; Des Moines River; downtown; main street; pump truck; cinema marquee; theater marquee; flooded streets; sand bags; Sears Roebuck store; fallen homes; Iowa US-67 sign; filmed through windshield; filmed from moving vehicle; driving POV; driving through water; windshield wipers; Wapsipinicon River; railroads; water being pumped out of buildings; flood-damaged houses; flood damage
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Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0141, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1947-06-22
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Geographical Location: USA; Iowa; Ottumwa, Iowa
Genre/Form: home movie
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Film Format: 8mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: b&w
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Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: triangle circle, triangle
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 113
Complete catalog record
areas, showing flooded streets, damaged buildings, sand bags, and efforts to remove water from the Des Moines and Wapsipinicon Rivers flowing high.
can notes: "1947 Flood at Ottumwa, 6/22/47; Davenport - Clinton Road, June 47"
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1940s,Nature,Water,Natural disasters,Road trips
Tags: rivers; floods; railroad tracks; Des Moines River; downtown; main street; pump truck; cinema marquee; theater marquee; flooded streets; sand bags; Sears Roebuck store; fallen homes; Iowa US-67 sign; filmed through windshield; filmed from moving vehicle; driving POV; driving through water; windshield wipers; Wapsipinicon River; railroads; water being pumped out of buildings; flood-damaged houses; flood damage
Film Sponsor:
Creator:
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0141, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1947-06-22
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; Iowa; Ottumwa, Iowa
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: 8mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: b&w
Color Process:
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: triangle circle, triangle
Frame Rate: 16 fps
Length (feet): 113
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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