Bibliograph

The Johnstown flood, the Film Preserve & the Maltese Film Works presents ; written by Efrid A. Bingham & Robert Lord ; directed by Irving Cummings

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Label

The Johnstown flood, the Film Preserve & the Maltese Film Works presents ; written by Efrid A. Bingham & Robert Lord ; directed by Irving Cummings

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The Johnstown flood

Oclc number

11404268204

Responsibility statement

the Film Preserve & the Maltese Film Works presents ; written by Efrid A. Bingham & Robert Lord ; directed by Irving Cummings

Runtime

Summary

Anna Burger is a love-struck teenage girl smitten with the dashing, but unavailable Tom O'Day. Tom is an engineer for the Hamilton Lumber Company and engaged to the owner's daughter Gloria, played by Florence Gilbert. He warns the owners of the imminent failure of the dam, only to be ignored, leaving it up to Anna to try to save her community from impending disaster. The Johnstown Flood captures one of the great American tragedies when over 2000 lives were lost in 1889 because of the inaction of a wealthy group ignoring the dangers of the dam they'd failed to maintain. Almost a century old, The Johnstown Flood has been newly restored from unique surviving film elements. It's a thrilling drama and a prime example of the cutting-edge special effects techniques that emerged at the end of the silent era

Technique

live action

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