Synopsis
aerials of St. Louis; shot from plane on runway and pulling up to the main terminal of airport in St. Louis; inside St. Louis airport in 1950s. people walking along sidewalk in shopping district; St. Louis slums Slow zoom in on girl lying in bed of filthy room, bare bulb hanging down above her, girl with dirty face reaches for glass of water; sick girl in bed coughing, filthy face. Very old woman holding large cane sits at table and pours herself bow of Corn Flakes cereal; old woman eating cereal; old woman gets up from table. St. Louis slums, little girls run up the sidewalk group of boy’s grab bricks lying in street next to curb; five teenage boys carrying bricks walk up sidewalk, the smallest boy smokes a cigarette, two wearing leather jackets; boys throw bricks throw glass window of store then run off. lightening in storm clouds; pan up tornado small 1950s radio next to an ash tray, on audio track radio music is interrupted by a sig. alert “we interrupt this program for a special announcement. Tornado warnings have been issued for the St. Louis area”; cut to tornado St. Louis Globe-Democrat, newspaper headline reads “6 Killed, 100 Hurt by Tornadoes”; damage from tornado; destroyed homes; cars totaled in off side of highway child poor dirty child breathing heavily in bed then coughs. Old woman holding cane, sewing machine in background, eats cereal from bowl Street gang of teenage kids walking up sidewalk carrying bricks. Aerial of St. Louis after big tornado; young men…
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- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives