Home Movies: Pittsburgh Flood (1937)
1937 · Ephemeral film · 10 min
Synopsis
Looks like an assembly reel of Pittsburgh and railroad history, perhaps a kinescope. Railroad / flood / Allegheny River sign and river / Allegheny County / town in flood, 1937 / people in canoes on flooded street / cars on street / POVs of driving on road / Verona Bridge / railroad shots / long sequence showing railroad trains and rails / eastern industrial landscape / railroad points around Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Details
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- home movies
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Why is the world in love again? · Spuzz · 2020-07-29
FIlm in rather poor condition, but of course, that's what adds to this film, filled with, yes, floods, trains, scenery, and lots and lots of title cards. Some not making any sense. There's a double exposure thrown in there for good measure as well. Oh, and quite possibly a TMBG reference during the Flood sequence.