United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.824071936-04The 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.enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Tornadoes--Georgia--GainesvilleBuildings--Natural disaster effects--Georgia--GainesvilleCentral business districts--Georgia--GainesvilleDisaster relief--Georgia--GainesvilleFires--Georgia--GainesvilleNatural disasters--Georgia--GainesvilleRubble--Georgia--GainesvilleGeorgia. National GuardCivilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)United States. Federal Emergency Relief AdministrationUnited States. Works Progress AdministrationAmerican National Red Cross. Emergency and Community ServicesUnited States--Social conditions--1933-1945United States--History--1933-1945Gainesville (Ga.)--History--20th centuryPublic 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, 1933-1939Gainesville tornado film, 1936MovingImage