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FLOODED AREA AROUND ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Part 2

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AV Flooded area around St. Louis, Missouri; houses, factories, farms, rural roads and many types of buildings (MV).AV Grant Field, completely submerged; planes partly submerged in water.MS Air Force personnel filling sandbags and loading into trucks.CU Sandbags.MS Truck loaded with sandbags levving the area.MS PAN Airman lined up in the evening eating aandwiches.CU Men taking food from tray and making sandwiches.MS Group of airmen seated and eating.MS Group of airmen filling sandbags.CU Shovel putting sand into bags.MS Boat coming alongside flooded house; people emerge from second floor and climb into boat.MS Person walking across flooded street via raft.MS Men standing on sandbags.CU PAN Railroad station and service station partially submerged in water.QUALITY FAIRCU Truck partially submerged in water.CU Pump pumping water from store.MS Five planes being pushed out of hangar.MS Airmen building dikes with sandbags near flooded river.DA MS AF personnel loading sandbags into truck at night.

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Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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Date
1951-06-22
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3:19