https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f95906a7-2fd0-42b2-a85e-4b032d8e0a0f This black & white educational film is about the Army Corps of Engineers and National Guard assisting with flood aftermath. The organization that predated the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) is shown -- the Federal Civil Defense Administration. This is circa 1956 but shows news events of 1955, when there was extensive flooding caused by Hurricanes Connie and Diane. In little over a week, the two hurricanes passed by Southern New England producing major flooding over much of the region. In the wake of Diane, President Dwight Eisenhower declared eight states as disaster areas, making them eligible for federal aid. Opening: A soldier on patrol. A Bailey bridge is being built by members of the National Guard. A truck goes over a bridge. It is a Bailey Bridge. A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940-1941 by the British for military use during the Second World War and saw extensive use by British, Canadian and US military engineering units. Damaged street. President Eisenhower surveys the area from an airplane -- probably Columbine II, a Lockheed VC-121A-LO Constellation also known as the first Air Force One. He walks along the streets. Administrator Val Peterson of the Federal Civil Defense Administration. Val Peterson signs paperwork (:06-2:15). Map of the United States. Districts are split on the map into divisions. Map shows where the affected flood area was and from where help was sent (2:16-4:08). General Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr. boards a plane. Sturgis was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expert on flood control. The General tours the flood damaged area. Work is done on the damaged area using bulldozers and trucks (4:09-5:38). Easton, Pennsylvania sign. Bridges are destroyed. Connecticut is damaged by flood waters as well. Buildings and cars are wrecked. Dirt and power lines. Railroad rails are bent and twisted. Boxcars lifted and smashed against buildings (5:39-7:18). Civil Defense workers on the scene. A store is destroyed by eight feet of rock and rubble. Men use machinery to fix the area and clean the streets. Houses wrecked, streets ripped apart. Flood and devastation (7:19-8:38). Flood wall. Knightville Dam was built on Westfield River in Connecticut. Mansfield Hollow Dam, above Wilimantic, Connecticut. Dam wall (8:39-9:42). Destroyed homes. Water from a dam moves rapidly (9:43-10:46). End credits (10:47-10:48). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgRi1DJsJsc Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:17:47 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f95906a7-2fd0-42b2-a85e-4b032d8e0a0f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.