Time of Disaster

Pallet 43 - 20438 - Produced by National Productions for the Federal Civil Defense Admin.^^Shots include: PArt 5^^C/U school clock on the wall ticking.^^Small town after disaster strikes, buildings damaged, awnings ripped. ext. shot of Briggs-Kinney Funeral service.^^Night shot of building on fire. ^^Flooded river collapses bridge.^^Palm trees being severly blown, white caps on ocean from hurricane force winds. Store front windows blown out by wind.^^Ariel shots of snow covered ground all the way up to the roof line. Cattle in yard brace themselves against bitter cold weather.^^Forest fire burning out of control, building completely engulfed in flames, only frame left.^^Semi L/S tornado coming.^^Waterfront city engulfed in flames, boats on water fighting fire. Many different shots from different angels of buildings in different stages of destruction from fire. Shots of aftermath, people very upset.^^Many different newspaper headlines announcing different natural disasters from around the country.^^People filling sand bags, kids and grownups alike. Building sandbag dyke under a bridge.^^Shots of city flooded, people in rowboats to get around town, some standing on top of cars.^^Shot of small town main street: Elite Cafe, J.C. Penny and an old brick courthouse building.^^Man sitting at desk looking through index cards. C/U U.S. map on the wall. ^^Shot of tornado again, lone tree in foreground of shot.^^People running out of stores to shelters, sign pointing the way. People into shelter, kids getting under desks at school, women grab kids out of playpens on lawns.^^Rescue workers immediately begin removing rubble and rescuing injured. Fire and rescue trucks down street, car completely covered with bricks.^^Civil defense center, workers scrambling around, fire and rescue directed to sites.^^Many shots of workers rescuing injured.^^Ariel shots of firemen, trucks and hoses battling huge fire.^^Welders cutting away debris, train bringing in heavy equipment for rescue and clean up operations.^^Utility workers on pole restoring service.^^Communications center, volunteers fielding calls.^^Ice cream truck being used as ambulance to transport injured. Nurse checking I.V.^^Red Cross tent, food tables set up, kids eating at picnic table.^^Night shot of emergency vehiles still going.^^Slo motion shot of Atomic explosion, mushroom cloud growing larger.^^Forest fire burning.^^Flooding river, bridge floating away.^^Huge crane shovels snow.^^Tornado damaged car, front end loader moving rubble, people sifting through rubble looking for anything that is salvageable.