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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. 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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  4. 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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  5. Salving a Steamer on the Mississippi

    Date released
    12 Mar 1917
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    623
    NoS ID
    076628
    Story no
    2 / 6

    Sunken steamer in river. Workman on deck, diver in river.

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  6. After the Flood 2 (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Bettina Lerner
    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    The Mississippi is one of the most rigorously controlled and engineered rivers in the world, yet in the summer of 1993 it suffered the worst flooding in its history. Fundamental questions are being asked...

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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. Work On River Mississippi

    Date released
    9 Feb 1931
    Series name
    Gaumont Sound News
    Issue no
    121
    NoS ID
    389175

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  9. 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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  10. 30,000 Flee Floods

    Date released
    25 Jan 1932
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    95
    NoS ID
    031851
    Story no
    2 / 6

    Rain-swollen Tallahatchie River bursts banks. Starvation threatens homeless, as raging waters spread ruins.

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