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  1. Mississippi Floods Surrounding Towns

    Date released
    11 Jan 1932
    Series name
    British Movietone Gazette
    Issue no
    102A
    NoS ID
    000759
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mississippi Floods Surrounding Towns. DESCRIPTION: Ol’ Man River has yearly rampage and hurls his swollen water on wide spread area. SHOTLIST: Aerial shot of floods surrounding...

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  2. River, The (1937 Film)

    Director
    Pare Lorentz
    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A documentary film about the Mississippi flood problem and the attempts made by the Tennessee Valley Authority to meet it. The film also tells the story of the Mississippi River, where it comes from, where...

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  3. Othello (1984 Video)

    Director
    Francis X. Rullan
    Producer
    Francis X. Rullan

    Documentary on John Butler’s ballet. Shows rehearsal footage and includes a discussion by Butler and others about the ballet’s technical and dramatic demands. Butler, who was born in Mississippi, looks...

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  4. Nick Francis attempts world record (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Scotland’s Nick Francis is attempting a record-breaking canoeing trip along the Mississippi River for the US Cancer Society. Leslie Rubin of the organisation describes the hazards they have faced, and the...

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  5. Mississippi Floods Surrounding Towns

    Date released
    14 Jan 1932
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    136A
    NoS ID
    003417
    Story no
    2 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mississippi Floods Surrounding Towns. DESCRIPTION: Ol’ Man River has yearly rampage and hurls his swollen water on wide spread area. SHOTLIST: Aerial shot of floods surrounding...

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  6. Daring Sport On Mississippi

    Date released
    2 Sep 1915
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    464
    NoS ID
    075987
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS: Motor boat tows man and woman on raft, acrobatics on Mississippi.

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  7. Fighting the Flood

    Date released
    9 May 1927
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    819-2
    NoS ID
    131259
    Story no
    4 / 6

    [1ST SUBTITLE]: "The wild waters of the Mississippi still baffle the ingenuity of man and daily render more thousands homeless." Flooded streets, with abandoned motor cars and damaged buildings. [2ND...

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  8. Tornado Kills Thirty

    Date released
    14 Dec 1953
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2378
    NoS ID
    044749
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Large part of Vicksburg, port on Mississippi, is devastated by tornado.

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  9. Romeo and Juliet (1985 Video)

    A videotape of a stage performance of Prokofiev’s ballet, choreographed by John Butler and performed by Ballet Mississippi.

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  10. Cinetops in Brief No 100

    Date released
    4 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathetone Weekly
    Issue no
    518
    NoS ID
    124463
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Mississippi Boat The latest showboat on America’s mighty Mississippi River keeps pace with this age of streamlining. Nearly four hundred feet long, she’s the largest boat ever constructed for excursion...

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