5,000 Square Miles Flooded (1927)

Item title reads: “5,000 square miles flooded. When swollen Mississippi bursts its banks, hundreds were drowned and over 100,000 rendered homeless.“ Kentucky, M/S of town streets with flood water up to the windows and with a high board walk seen just above the water level. People walk along planks to move from building to building. Others row down the street. Men move sandbags at the river bank. M/S river, and a long shot of a flooded industrial area. House can be seen with only it’s roof showing above the raging water. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumo