Home Movie: 005554 (silent)

Description: Content advisory: Shows a catastrophe occuring in real time that resulted in loss of life.

Documentation of the Baldwin Hills Flood of 1963, with original photography of response crews, response efforts, and aftermath as well as sequences filmed off television that had been created by professional news crews. The flood was caused by a structural failure at the Baldwin Hills Reservoir, and resulting in the devastation of the surrounding neighborhood.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Hills_Dam_disaster (accessed October 26, 2024).

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"Baldwin Hills Flood / 1963"

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Subjects: 1960s, Natural disasters, Infrastructure, Cities

Tags: motorcycle police; emergencies; response personnel; incident command structure; police officers using radios; dam failure; flooding; flood waters; water pouring down hillside; homes hit by flood waters; NBC News broadcast of flood filmed off television; filmed off TV; dam failures; mudslides; catastrophes; helicopters; disaster recovery; high angle views of flood damage; destroyed homes; rubble; damaged cars; destruction; debris; Baldwin Hills Reservoir; Baldwin Hills Dam; crushed cars; mud floes; aftermaths;

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0653, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1963

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Geographical Location: USA; California; Los Angeles, California

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome II

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 168