- Collection:
- The 1936 Gainesville Tornado: Disaster and Recovery
- Title:
- Gainesville tornado film, 1936
- Date of Original:
- 1936-04
- Subject:
- Tornadoes--Georgia--Gainesville
Buildings--Natural disaster effects--Georgia--Gainesville
Central business districts--Georgia--Gainesville
Disaster relief--Georgia--Gainesville
Fires--Georgia--Gainesville
Natural disasters--Georgia--Gainesville
Rubble--Georgia--Gainesville
Georgia. National Guard
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
United States. Works Progress Administration
American National Red Cross. Emergency and Community Services
United States--Social conditions--1933-1945
United States--History--1933-1945
Gainesville (Ga.)--History--20th century
Public Square (Gainesville, Ga.)
Cooper Pants Factory (Gainesville, Ga.)
Georgia Power Company. Substation (Gainesville, Ga.)
First United Methodist Church (Gainesville, Ga.)
Hall County Courthouse (Gainesville, Ga.)
New Deal, 1933-1939 - People:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- moving images
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Description:
- The thirty-two-and-a-half minute film, probably shot for insurance purposes, focuses on the devastation of the commercial and governmental center of Gainesville, but also includes footage of damage to nearby residential areas. In particular, it features the damage to the public square, the county courthouse, the Georgia Power Company, the Cooper Pants Factory, and the First Methodist Church. The 1936 Gainesville tornado (part of a massive tornado outbreak across the Deep South that also heavily damaged Tupelo, Mississippi) is generally regarded as the fifth deadliest in U.S. history. Extensive recovery efforts involving many local, regional, state, and national resources eventually rebuilt Gainesville, culminating in the 1938 dedication of the new city hall and county courthouse by President Franklin Roosevelt.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_torn_full-film
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_torn_torna-c
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Hall County Library System (Ga.)
- Rights:
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