The Johnstown flood, Guggenheim Productions in association with Metaform Incorporated ; a film by Charles Guggenheim
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The Johnstown flood, Guggenheim Productions in association with Metaform Incorporated ; a film by Charles Guggenheim
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Johnstown flood
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
62170005
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Originally broadcast on the PBS television series The American experience with David McCullough in 1991
Responsibility statement
Guggenheim Productions in association with Metaform Incorporated ; a film by Charles Guggenheim
Runtime
26
Summary
Using archival film and photographs and new cinematography, this film recreates the history of the Johnstown flood which killed 2,200 people in 1889. From the development of the South Fork Hunting & Fishing Club on Lake Conemaugh to the assessment of the dam by members of the club and a concerned citizen of Johnstown to the disaster itself, this expanded version of the film includes the only extant photographs of life at the South Fork Hunting & Fishing Club on Lake Conemaugh during this time
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor9
- Genre4
- Subject6
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