New Orleans Saved (1927)

Item title reads: “ New Orleans saved. Raging waters of the Mississippi released by dynamiting the levee at Poydras - at cost of flooding 450,000 acres of valuable land.“ New Orleans, United States of America (USA). M/S as a man sets up the ignition device, followed by three long shots of explosions at some distance. The explosions create a quick flare of black shooting up into the sky. C/U of water rushing down banks into streams. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footag