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Scenes of devastation from the "Long Island Express" Hurricane of 1938.

Scenes from the New England Hurricane of 1938 (or Great New England Hurricane) (or Long Island Express) (or The Great Hurricane of 1938). Hurricane hitting U.S. Eastern Seaboard on September 21, 1938. The Coast from New Jersey to New England felt its effect. Cars and people drenched with water in streets. Policemen wade through hip deep water. New York is whipped by 70 mile-an-hour winds and the raging sea pouring tons of water far inland. A man retreats from a dock as waves pour water on him. Outcome of hurricane shows broken ships, downed trees, and devastation at the water front in coastal areas including Atlantic City, New London Connecticut, and Long Island. Firemen in New London Connecticut battle fires. Aerial view of destroyed shoreline and beached boats in New London. Broken cars crushed by fallen trees. Crowds gather to look at damage as a lone sentry guards against looting. Boats along the Atlantic Coast are destroyed. A boat is seen on a road in front of Merkel's Delicatessen. View of a train that was derailed by the hurricane on Long Island. Shot of a car that was carried far off a roadway and impaled on an upright beam.

Date: 1938, September 21
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039207
A student deposits fees and students pray inside the chapel at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, Louisiana.

African American student life at the Xavier University of Louisiana (1 Drexel Dr, New Orleans, LA 70125, United States), a Catholic university for African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tuition and fees are nominal: a female black student deposits her fees and gets a receipt. The cashier hands over a receipt to the student. Students climb downstairs at the entrance of the college building. A student goes towards a bicycle. Student rides a bicycle. Black students pray inside a Catholic chapel inside the campus. A statue of the Virgin Mary holding the Infant Jesus is seen. A female student praying with a rosary.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070521
People listen to Jazz during Louisiana Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana.

From a film about the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. A sign reads 'Louisiana Heritage Fair'. People gathered to listen to bands and watch dancers at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest). A band plays music. Dancers in colorful costumes.

Date: 1978
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065937
A huge wheeled amphibian automobile at Golden Meadow in Louisiana

A huge wheeled amphibian automobile 'marsh-buggy' at Golden Meadow in Louisiana. Men seated at the wheels of the huge vehicle. The boat-auto rolls with equal facility on land, water and swamps of Louisiana.

Date: 1937, January 11
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041417
Governor Huey Long in his speech lashes out at his critics in Louisiana.

Governor Huey Long nicknamed 'Kingfish' lashes out at critics in Louisiana. He still reigns strong in Louisiana. From a February 11, 1960 Newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1935, February
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043369
Black students conduct various scientific experiments at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans.

Education for African American college students at Xavier University of Louisiana (1 Drexel Dr, New Orleans, LA 70125, United States), America's only Roman Catholic college for African Americans, in New Orleans, Louisiana. African American students work in a chemistry laboratory. A student pours a chemical into a flask with a chemical apparatus. A student looks at a test tube. The students work in a physics laboratory. A Physics professor assists the students. A student weighs a chemical on a weighing balance. A student uses a microscope. One student fills a pipette with a chemical. Another one uses a modern equipment. A student looks at a slide through the microscope. One student dissects a cat in a biology laboratory.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070514