1927 Flood from KnowLA-Know Louisiana on Vimeo.
More archival footage, photos, eye-witness accounts, etc. can be found at
PBS American Experience-Fatal Flood http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flood/index.html.
(Edited To Add: As John Minnerath commented below, the Signal Corps film compilation is indeed grainy & jumpy- apparently the original footage was damaged during the video transfer/editing process. From http://www.archive.org: "The material comes from a 3/4" U-matic video viewing copy made available at the National Archives facility in College Park, MD. The condition of the source material is relatively good for its age. Unfortunately, the transfer to video was badly done with lots of flicker and crooked perspective. Additionally, there are many video artifacts as a result of the age and wear of the video tape. High quality preservation 35mm film exists.")
-Maureen Lang
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