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Topical Budget 819-2: Fighting the Flood (1927)
 

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"The wild waters of the Mississippi still baffle the ingenuity of man and daily render more thousands homeless". Flooded streets, with abandoned motor cars and damaged buildings. "The Arkansas River joins the Mississippi in its wild rampage". Further shots of the floods and half-submerged buildings.