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A Hurricane Called Betsy

Item number (ISN):

329273

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1966

Item number (ISN):

329273

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CANADA / PROTECTION CIVILE CANADA

Accession:

2001-0176

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1966

Production company:

Motion Picture Service, U.S.D.A.
Department of Defense

Production credit:

director, Joseph D. Cuchiara; coproducer/editing, Carl Fowler; narrator, Fred Collins; music, Kenyan Hopkins

Description:

In September 1965 the most devastating unpredictable hurricane of the 1960s swept into the Caribbean on a 3,000-mile trip, leaving a trail of destruction through the Bahamas, Miami, the Florida Keys, along the Gulf Coast to New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The film tells the story of the storm and the people who fought it. The film starts on black, with the countdown of a rocket launch being audible. Next is footage of the Gemini 5 rocket in space, which leads to a voice-over describing the weather patterns during the Labor Day weekend of 1965. Stock footage, dramatized sequences, voice-overs, and actual footage of the hurricane are used to tell the story of the effect of the hurricane. <28mn 54s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Description based on screening and a description found taped to can.

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Vault ISN:

364874

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2001-11-0046

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.9%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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