Shock Troops of Disaster: The Story of the New England Hurricane (1938)
1938 · Ephemeral film · 10 min
Synopsis
WPA workers mobilize to help New England recover from the effects of the disastrous 1938 hurricane.
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- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Weather: Hurricanes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · At least the bathhouse was spared! · Spuzz · 2004-09-19
This gripping film, with the most eye catching title anywhere, is about the WPA action when a hurricane whipped into the New England Coast around 1938. This was back when Hurricanes had no names, so it's difficult to look up history about this particular storm. Anyways, AMAZING footage shown of houses, churches, the highway, you name it, being destroyed. Luckily, the WPA came right in and began cleaning up. It's just amazing to actually see how time consuming and labor enducing it is to clean up from a storm such as this. We always hear of 'clean up' procedures. But after the tv cameras go…
★★★ · What A Storm! · JayKay49 · 2013-10-21
Hurricane Sandy was just a porpoise fart compared to this one. As others said, though, what a WPA hype this film was. The scenes are good though.