Your Chance to Live: Flood (1973)
1973 · Short film · 12 min
- Documentary
Synopsis
Dramatizes the plight of a young adventure seeker whose canoe is capsized by a wall of water during a flood. Shows community flood preparations, pointing out that a flood's predictability usually allows ample warning time to save lives. Designed to stimulate discussion on civil preparedness for floods
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Studio
- Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Screen Hope Inc
- Released
- 1973-06-01
- Running time
- 12 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Don't be like Larry - don't go looking for trouble · ElrodArcher · 2018-06-23
This outing in the Your Chance to Live series explores flooding disasters. The river is about to flood, and information is presented about how the towns along the river are preparing for the disaster. In order to heighten interest and make this something more than just a dry recitation of flood precautions and effects, the film gives us the story of Larry Fletcher. Larry is searching for a real challenge in his canoe. He's heard the forecasts, he understands the danger represented by rushing flood waters, but he feels that all of that is so far away from the quiet backwaters near his home.…
