From a film titled "A better Ohio". Scenes of Great Depression period in the United States: Idle men, closed factories, men searching through trash, sleeping on sidewalk. Scenes of post depression recovery: Smoke from factories, lines of workers, ample food, happy families. Views of Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Ohio: Airstrip construction of runways at Cleveland Airport; construction of Dayton Airport runways and aerial view of the Dayton Airport area; pipe capping and sealing work at abandoned coal mines to prevent pollution of local water supply; remodeled orphanage in Defiance, Ohio, with orphan children playing on the grounds of the Defiance County Children's Home; repaired and updated buildings at the Home for Sailor's and Soldier's Orphans at Xenia, Ohio; newly built dairy farm at the Sailor's and Soldiers Home; Rebuilt wing of the old people's home for care of the elderly in Napoleon, Ohio; view of the newly constructed tuberculosis sanatorium in Toledo, Ohio (the William Roche Tuberculosis Hospital). Scenes of fast moving flood waters during flood of Spring 1936 in Ohio. Flood water rushing past flooded buildings. WPA -constructed dams, levees, and retaining walls are seen during building process. African American and white workers seen digging together with shovels on the project. New trees are planted at the sites.
Cars move on a flooded street in Zanesville, Ohio. Trees, houses, shops and various other buildings submerged in water of the Muskingum River following heavy flooding of Ohio River and other nearby rivers in February 1937. An overturned truck in water. Water flows at a great speed under a bridge.
Opening scenes are in Marietta, Ohio: Houses submerged in water, people along a railroad track. Men carry a boat, people in boats taken to safer place from the flooded city of Marietta, Ohio. People board a railroad train as they flee from the flooded city. Stretchers carrying injured victims are loaded into train. Scene changes to Cincinnati Ohio, with many parts of the city submerged under flood water. Water flows under the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge, also called the Ohio River Bridge (and later the Roebling Suspension Bridge) at very high level. Houses submerged in water. Aerial view of the city with water all around. Men load their belongings onto a truck. People rescued and carried away in boats to safer places. Police help rescue a woman and a baby. 750,000 people rendered homeless. Houses and industrial buildings submerged in water up to roof lines. Men in boats move through city streets. A boat passes by a stop light at same level due to extreme high flood waters. View of the submerged doorway of the Queen City Hospital in Cincinnati. Vehicles are used to pull cars and trucks out of flood waters.
Flood damage in the United States in 1936. The Kennebec River, Maine: men stand on blocks of ice and view a broken bridge due to flooding. Ice jams loosened on the Penobscot River threaten towns near Bangor, Maine. View of giant ice flows and downed utility poles The Housatonic River, Connecticut: Broken electrical towers on the blocks of ice. Men walk on the ice blocks. Men clear the ice from road. Passaic River, New Jersey: the water of the river flows above limits over a bridge. Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania: View of submerged houses from flooding. The destoyed houses due to flood. The people stand on a bridge and heavy flow of water under the bridge. Ohio River: the submerged buildings from flooding are seen. Men on boats in front of the submerged shops. People on bridge run. The damaged cars,trains and trams lie on the streets. The streets filled with water. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
A graph shows an ever increasing speed of aircraft year after year. In 1937 speed was 250 Knots and it rises to 600 Knots in 1948. United States F-84 undergoes some tests in a wind tunnel at Wright air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Main control panel inside the wind tunnel. A man wearing headset works on throttles. An engineer checks the main test panel. Engine fire test conducted as flames start to pour through ports.
Ohio and Scotia rivers with water flooding the streets, railway tracks across Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Cars submerged in water move through the streets. Floods partly submerge houses and buildings. Two boys sail on makeshift raft. Men carry their children as they cross flooded street. Pedestrians walk on elevated planks during the flood. People sail by boats to cross the city. Sign showing the directions to Columbus, Gallipolis, Marietta, and Ravenswood. The worst flood in many years claims five lives and renders many homeless.
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