1936 Flood - 75-th Anniversary

Today marks the 75-th Anniversary of the 1936 St. Patricks Day Flood. This is a film clip from a Newsreel that covered the event. The photog George Gore who was from Johnstown - happened to be in town at the time visiting his sister. He'd brought with him only one reel of fresh 35 mm film stock. Talk about a story falling in your lap. Most film clips of the damage that are now shown - is from the stuff he shot. He was lucky enough to be able to grab more 35 mm stock from the old Camera store in town (whose names escapes me at the moment) so he could continue filming.