The Hurricane of '38

The Hurricane of '38 (1993)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1993-11-17
  • Runtime: 0h 54min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Lennon Documentary Group
  • Production Country: United States of America

Summary

In September of 1938, a great storm rose up on the coast of West Africa and began making its way across the Atlantic Ocean. The National Weather Bureau learned about it from merchant ships at sea and predicted it would blow itself out at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as such storms usually did. Within 24 hours, the storm ripped into the New England shore with enough fury to set off seismographs in Sitka, Alaska. Traveling at a shocking 60 miles per hour -- three times faster than most tropical storms -- it was astonishingly swift and powerful, with peak wind gusts up to 186 mph. Over 600 people were killed, most by drowning. Another hundred were never found. Property damage was estimated at $400 million -- over 8,000 homes were destroyed, 6,000 boats wrecked or damaged.

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  • David McCullough

    as Narrator (voice)
Sound Dow McKeever Sound Editor
Writing Thomas Lennon Writer
Production Thomas Lennon Producer
Camera Gregory Andracke Director of Photography
Editing Ken Eluto Editor
Sound Michael Bacon Music
Camera Tom Hurwitz Director of Photography
Writing Michael Epstein Writer
Production Michael Epstein Producer
Camera Jean de Segonzac Director of Photography

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