"The Great Flood of 1936, March 21, Hartford"; amateur film

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Handle
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:105902
Persons
Persons
Donor (dnr): Steele, Edward W.
Title
Title
Title
"The Great Flood of 1936, March 21, Hartford"; amateur film
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created
1936
Parent Item
Parent Item
"The Great Flood of 1936, March 21, Hartford"; amateur film
Resource Type
Resource Type
Moving image
Digital Origin
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Description
Description
Silent black and white movie depicting the flood of 1936 in Hartford and Wethersfield, and the aftermath in the area around the dike near the Colt armory. The movie has intertitle cards that introduce each section. This is the web viewing format. Original medium and format: gelatin silver emulsion on cellulose acetate film, 16mm Running time: 00:14:48 This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-31-17-0401-17.
Genre
Genre
motion pictures (visual works)
Subject
Subject
Floods
flooding
Flood damage
Disasters
Disaster relief
Temporal Subject
Temporal Subject
1930s
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Coltsville (Hartford, Conn.)
Hartford (Conn.)
Wethersfield (Conn.)
Held By
Held By
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Use and Reproduction
Use and Reproduction
Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
1994.123.2

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