16mm Film of the 1936 Flood in Northampton, MA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มี.ค. 2016
- The 1936 Flood in Northampton Massachusetts.
16mm film footage from Forbes Library Special Collections.
Northampton, Massachusetts. March 1936. A severe winter was followed by mild weather and heavy rains in March. By March 12th the Connecticut River reached 12 feet above flood stage, by March 17th a 15 foot high ice dam had formed by Mount Tom Crossing. On March 19th the National Guard was called in as bridges gave way and many communities were cut off.
Over 50,000 people in the region were forced from their homes. When the waters began to subside, residents returned to find houses destroyed, several feet of mud deposited in their homes and streets and sidewalks washed away. The Civilian Conservation Corps hired thousands of unemployed men and women to shovel, sweep, and plow mud from the streets and rebuild houses and roads.
This is the only known film footage of the immediate aftermath of the 1936 flood in Northampton. It was shot by Aubrey Butler of Butler & Ullman Florists, longtime city business owner, civic leader and film hobbyist. The film follows a path through town from the Connecticut River bridges down Bridge Street, past the fairgrounds, down Williams Street, Market Street, Strong Avenue and Old South Street before ending on the shores of the Mill River. The original 16mm reels were graciously donated in 2015 by the family of Aubrey Butler, digitized by Audio-Visual Archives of Florence, edited together by Jason Mazzotta and Dylan Gaffney and set to a soundtrack of period appropriate music. - เพลง
My compliments to whomever put the "moo" sound in at 3:22
This is a fantastic video!! Thanks for putting it all together and posting it where everyone can enjoy!
It always impresses me just how hard it is to tell in the present day, how much the Connecticut River Valley suffered from the wrath of this flood. One of the more interesting landmarks is the old railroad bridge that once carried the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad's Turner's Falls Branch across the river- one of the three spans is a great deal older than the other two. A notable wooden covered bridge was swept down the river by the flood, and took out two of the spans on this bridge, and they only replaced the ones that were struck- it's a very interesting lingering reminder of the flood of '36.
Fabulous! Thanks for providing this piece of history.
Awesome footage and music ! 4:12 beer on tilt
Wow...
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Someone commented about the people on the banks, all dressed up. That's how people did dress to be seen in public! Men wore ties. Women wore dresses. They cared how they looked. We're lost that sensibility.
ok boomer
Silence DoGood you sound old and bitter
Just conformity, penguins n peacocks..lol
I guess the climate was changing back in 1936 as well. Go figure!