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Niagara Falls Ice Dam
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1937-03-06Item number (ISN):23243Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATIONAccession:1979-0190Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1937-03-06Production company:Fox Movietone NewsProduction credit:photography, Roy Tash; sound, R.D. HarrisonDescription:Newsreel story about the ice jam clogging up the lower Niagara Gorge, piling ice to a height of more than 60 feet. This is the largest ice jam since 1908. Footage shows: the Horseshoe Falls, taken from above, showing increased volume of water flowing over the brink due to the ice jam on the American side; Niagara Falls on the American side, showing ice jam below; large crevasses are formed in the ice field by the pressure; Maid of the Mist boats in drydock, theatened by the jam; demolished pier and waiting rooms of the Maid of the Mist docks; ice piled at based of American Falls to a height of over 50 feet; the Canadian Niagara Power Plant threatened by the ice; ice piled in the lower gorge; two Canadian Niagara Power Plant employees discussing conditions; and employee being questioned.Language:EnglishOriginal number:30-689Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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