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Kansas Floods - Big Strange Creek at Tonganoxie & Delaware River at Valley Falls Kansas City, Kan. 8-1-58 Sil. Neg

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Film Identifier: F.2012-03-1046
Run Time
0h 4m 33s
Format
16mm
Color
B&W
Sound
Silent
Date Produced
1958
Abstract
Silent newsreel outtakes capturing a flooded area near Kansas City, Kansas in August 1958. Footage includes shots of an overflowing Stranger Creek, flooded corn fields, water rushing under an elevated highway, a flooded street blocking traffic in a rural area, and locals surveying the scene with binoculars.

This was the third flood in the area in less than three weeks, causing significant damage.
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Related Place
Kansas City (represents)