News From USA - Kentucky Flood Disaster 1957

Star Item

Description

Barbourville, Kentucky, United States of America (USA).

GV. Pan, large street in Kentucky under water. LV. Tracking shot showing flooded residential bungalows. LV. Tracking past to close up of houses almost half submerged in water. LV. One submerged up to the roof. Track along showing complete...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
32557
Sort Number:
57/013
Time in/Out:
01:02:35:00 / 01:03:11:00
Canister:
57/13
Film ID:
633.03
Issue Date:
11/02/1957

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
Selected Originals - News From USA - Washington

Selected Originals - News From USA - Washington

Material related to newsreel story "News from USA - Washington" - 57/13.

Selected Originals - News From USA - New York (Aka New York Plane Crash)

Selected Originals - News From USA - New York (Aka New York Plane Crash)

Material related to newsreel story "News From USA - New York (aka New York Plane Crash)" - 57/13.

Selected Originals - News From U.S.A. - Windsors Arrive

Selected Originals - News From U.S.A. - Windsors Arrive

Material relating to newsreel story "News From U.S.A. - Windsors Arrive" - 54/100.

Selected Originals - News From U.S.A. - Plane Docker

Selected Originals - News From U.S.A. - Plane Docker

Material relating to newsreel story "News From U.S.A. - Plane Docker" - 54/100.

Selected Originals - News From USA - Motor Cycle Hill Climb, Idaho

Selected Originals - News From USA - Motor Cycle Hill Climb, Idaho

Material relating to newsreel story "News from USA - Motor Cycle Hill Climb, Idaho" - 55/37.

Selected Originals - News From USA - 13 Boy Family

Selected Originals - News From USA - 13 Boy Family

Material relating to newsreel story "News from USA - 13 Boy Family" - 55/37.

Selected Originals News From U.S.A. Flashing Home (Aka New Approach Lights)

Selected Originals News From U.S.A. Flashing Home (Aka New Approach Lights)

Material relating to the newsreel story "News from U.S.A. flashing home" 56/6

Selected Originals - News From USA - Tubular Train

Selected Originals - News From USA - Tubular Train

Material related to newsreel story "News From USA - Tubular Train" - 56/51.

 

 

On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 Last_Words
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911