Film Clips - The 1936 Gainesville Tornado

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Clip of National Guard personnel carrying bodies on stretchers from the Cooper Pants Company debris westward across the railroad tracks on Broad Street, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip surveying the damage on Washington Street between Darnell’s Dress Shop and George P. Estes Company, Gainesville, Georgia 1936 April 6

Clip beginning with a view of damage around the Confederate Monument and along the Washington Street frontage, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of a car marked "A.F.D." on the hood in front of Paul’s Clothing and footage of the Dixie Hunt Hotel on corner of Spring and Main Streets, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of a tornado victim on a stretcher being carried up the steps of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South by several men, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of a tornado victim on a stretcher being wheeled down the rain-soaked sidewalk by several men, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of a victim on a stretcher being removed from the Cooper Pants Factory, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of an advertising sign for Smith Brothers’ lunch counter, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of an elderly woman being helped down the steps of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South by two men as others watch, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of armed Georgia National Guardsmen patrolling West Broad Street following the tornado, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of men erecting scaffolding outside the Georgia Power Company Substation, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of men sorting through the rubble outside the Cooper Pants Factory, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of men throwing pants out of the smoking rubble of the Cooper Pants Factory, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the collapsed area on Bradford Street, former sites of The Hub and Jake Sacks, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage around the Confederate Monument and to Main Street from the Dixie Hunt Hotel to McLellan’s, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage of the Dixie Hunt Hotel and the portion of Main Street including McLellan’s and J.C. Penney, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the buildings along Bradford Street beginning with W.R. Hughes Jewelry and along Spring Street to Pruitt-Barrett Hardware, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the buildings on Bradford Street between J.M. Parks & Sons and Robinson’s, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the buildings on Bradford Street between The Citizens Bank and J.M. Parks & Sons, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the buildings on Bradford Street between the Gainesville National Bank and J.M. Parks & Sons, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the buildings on the Spring Street frontage of the public square beginning with Gallant-Belk Co. and ending at the Dixie Hunt Hotel, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the buildings on the Washington, Main, and Spring Street frontages off the public square, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the façade of the County Courthouse facing Green Street, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the frontage of Millner’s, Rhodes-Wood Furniture, The Book Shop, and Imperial Pharmacy, Gainesville, Georgia 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the Imperial Pharmacy, the Dixie Hunt Hotel, part of Spring Street frontage, and the intersection of Main and Washington Streets taken from atop the Jackson Building, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the Imperial Pharmacy, the Washington Street frontage, the Main Street frontage, and the Spring frontage to the Pruitt-Barrett Hardware taken from atop the Jackson Building, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the on the Green-Street side of the County Courthouse and the resulting fires, Gainesville, Georgia 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the on the Green-Street facing, northwest corner of the County Courthouse, Gainesville, Georgia 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the portion of Main Street between McLellan’s and J.C. Penney, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the portion of Main Street between the First National Bank and the Dixie Hunt Hotel, Gainesville, Georgia 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the portion of Spring Street between Whately’s Pharmacy and Gallant-Belk, Gainesville, Georgia 1936 April 6

Clip of the damage to the Spring Street frontage between Paul’s Clothing and Gallant-Belk, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip of the ruined walls of the Pruitt-Barrett Hardware, Gainesville, Georgia 1936 April 6

Clip panning from Spring Street near Whatley’s Pharmacy to the left, then by the collapsed Pruitt-Barrett Hardware, and finally along Bradford Street’s frontage to Robinson’s, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip showing rooftops of buildings on the Bradford Street frontage of the public square taken from atop the Jackson Building, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip surveying the damage to the area from the Bob Christopher Garage to the edge of the Smith Brothers lunch counter, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip surveying the damage to the block of West Washington Street between South Main and Bradford, Gainesville, Georgia 1936 April 6

Clip surveying the damage to the Bob Christopher Garage and the smoking ruins of Palmour Hardware, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip surveying the damage to the Cooper Pants Factory and panning from the Smith Brothers to the storefronts along South Main Street, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip surveying the damage to the Cooper Pants Factory and panning to the Smith Brothers lunch counter, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip surveying the damage to the Cooper Pants Factory, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip surveying the damage to the Palmour Hardware, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6

Clip taken from Bradford Street section of the public square of the damage to Main and Washington Streets, Gainesville, Georgia, 1936 April 6