America’s Wildest Winter

Issue No.

651-1

Date Released

14 Feb 1924

Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story No. within this Issue: 3 / 3
Summary: [1ST SUBTITLE]: "Blizzards sweep the States and Smother New York." Pan shot of broken ice on a river. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "In balmy California!" Crevasse (frozen waterfall?) with mountains and forests in background. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "On Fifth Avenue NY". Snow clearing vehicle moving down street. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "Some plough!". Gigantic snow plough (?) drawn by large team of horses. View from front of vehicle of horses pulling. [5TH SUBTITLE]: "Houses crushed by shifting snow". Owners inspect damage of wrecked wooden house. [6TH SUBTITLE]: "The Sleigh Mail". Bag of mail thrown from slow-moving train to two men on a sleigh. Sleigh moves off, pulled by dogs. [7TH SUBTITLE]: "Trains-v-Winter". Close shot of railway snow plough clearing blocks of snow and ice from track ('Pennsylvania 497758’ written on side). Snow plough clearing snow at night by flares. Children tobogganing.
Keywords: Vehicles; Weather; Railways; Accidents and disasters; Animals
Length of story (in feet): 152

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