Using interviews in the LTV Archives and public domain footage of the storm, this 5 minute piece tells the story of how no one knew the storm was coming until it came ashore at 3 in the afternoon. The waves were up to 50 feet high and the hurricane moved at a ferocious pace cutting all forms of communication. Film footage of the storm and aftermath from a film made by the WPA in 1939 (Public Domain).
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Originally made for video promotion of Henderson's book A Day Like Any Other: The Great Hamptons Hurricane of 1938.
Digitized footage in Library - OLD STORAGE -GCH folder
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