Tornado Alley/Flood Waters/Collarbone

1) TORNADO ALLEY
(Film labeled “show at 16 F.P.S.”). B&W silent footage of the April 2, 1957 tornado in Dallas, TX. Shots of tornado moving across land. Several good C/U shots of tornado funnel clouds with debris swirling around. Shot of tornado funnel cloud moving down street destroying telephone poles. Shot from inside car of cars on road with tornado in distance and approaching. More shots of funnel clouds and debris swirling in funnel clouds. END

2) FLOOD WATERS
B&W, sound, Western Electric Recording. The Great Flood of 1951. Shots of clouds, rain falling, rain falling on wheat fields, soil erosion from rain. Shots of flood waters, flood water moving under bridge. Map showing Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri illustrating path of flood. Shots of post flood destruction - fallen telephone poles, buildings under water. Shots of officials surveying damage. Traveling down street submerged in water, only tops of telephone poles are visible. Shot of man in building wading in knee high water across floor. END

3) COLLARBONE
B&W, sound. Based on clothing late 1950s, early 1960s. Demonstration of how to make a sling and immobilize the arm when someone has a collarbone (aka clavicle) injury. Opens with shot of teenage African American boy, teenage girl, police officer, and woman standing at podium for demonstration. C/U shot of teenage boy. Police officer and teenage boy demonstrate with teenage girl how to put on arm sling. Police officer hands teenage boy more cloth and ties it around teenage girl’s arm to immobilize arm. Shot of woman at podium providing closing remarks. END