DESTROYING TO SAVE

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.
1684
Date Released
12 May 1927
Date Other
10 May 1927
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Summary
NoS synopsis: By blowing up the Poydras levee the Mississippi floods are diverted thus saving New Orleans from inundation. Includes animated sequence, men working on riverbank, explosions.
Researcher Comments
On Newsfilm Online this story shares the same item number (2) with ‘The Lost Airmen’ (GR 11289)
Keywords
Weather; Explosions; Accidents and disasters
Written sources
Newsfilm Online
Library number GR
11288
Length of story (in feet)
84
Story extras:
Film clip

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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Notes
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How to cite this record

'DESTROYING TO SAVE', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 1684, 12 May 1927. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/385970 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)