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Title

Guerneville Flood, February and March 1940

Creation Date (Original)

February-March 1940

Description

Much of Guerneville was underwater in February and early March 1940. The Russian River crested at 46.9 feet on Feb. 28, 1940. This historic footage captures the extent of the flooding and its aftermath.

Item Format or Genre

["documentary film","home movies"]

Language

["English"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Weather and Natural Disasters"]

Subject (Topical)

["Floods"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Stories -- Voices From Where We Live"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_vid_000346

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Guerneville Flood, February and March 1940

Description

Biographical or Historical Note

Creators of this film are unidentified, but were likely Guerneville residents.

Creation Date (Original)

February-March 1940

Date Published

1940

Language

["English"]

Content Type

["Moving Image"]

Item Type

["Moving Image"]

Item Format or Genre

["documentary film","home movies"]

Total Number of Reels or Tapes

1 film reel

Number of Parts or Pages

1 film reel

Sound

["Silent"]

Color

["Color","Black-and-white"]

Other Physical Details

sound; color

Gauge and Format

["8mm Film"]

Running Speed

29.7 FPS

Timecode Content Begins

0:05

Local History and Culture Theme

["Weather and Natural Disasters"]

Subject (Time Period)

1940

Subject (Topical)

["Floods"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Guerneville"]

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Creator Note

Creators of this film are unidentified, but were likely Guerneville residents; originally on same reel as footage of an early 1940s trip to Yosemite National Park.

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_vid_000346

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Stories -- Voices From Where We Live"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Generation

Copy

Channel Configuration

2 channels

Location of Originals

Sonoma County Archives

Copyright Statement

The Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized work and can claim only physical ownership of the work(s) described in these records. However, these materials are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information

Project Affiliation

2020 Digital Revolution digitization

Fiscal Sponsor

Sonoma County Measure Y funds

Date Digitized

2020

Digitizing Agency

Digital Revolution

Digitization Note

Digitized from 16 mm film by Digital Revolution, 2020

Archival File Data Quality

["HD (2048 x 1536 px)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

Date of acquisition not identified

Filename

cstr_vid_000346.mp4

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