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Comedy featuring clips from several films including "The Wizard of Oz" applied to a young Chalmette girl's adventures before and after Hurricane Katrina.
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This is a short video compiled during the 192nd anniversary events commemorating the Battle of New Orleans, taken at the Chalmette Battlefield on January 13, 2007.
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This is a short video of a drive down West Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette, La., on New Year's Day, 2003. The video starts near Old Hickory and ends at Delille Street. This area was particularly hard hit by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. I hope this brings back some pleasant memories for those from 'Da Parish' - James Prine
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This is 8mm film taken during Hurricane Betsy in September of 1965. The area depicted is Chalmette Vista just outside New Orleans; this same area was virtually annihilated during Hurricane Katrina of 2005. Note that the highest water level is indicated clearly on the bricks of the red brick house.
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This is a short drive north on Lloyd's Avenue, starting just off West Judge Perez Drive. At West Propsper St. we turn right (east) and then left (north again) onto Delille Street. This was filmed on New Year's Day 2003. The music is "Mad World"; enjoy the drive!
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A short drive along West Claiborne Square and ending at West Judge Perez. Pretty weather; taken on New Year's Day, 2003. Music is "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" - enjoy!
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This is an interview on Channel 6 following publication of my book "The Real Police: Stories from the Crescent City" in 1996. I had just gotten out of the hospital after suffering an on-duty injury.
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This is 8mm video of fireworks seen in Chalmette Vista, at midnight on New Years' Eve, 2003.
The homes you see here were subjected to a devastating 26-foot tidal surge that inundated the region during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.
Many of these homes are now just memories...or fleeting video images.
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This is Regular 8 footage of family fun at home and at the Chalmette Monument from the 1950's and was salvaged from 3 floods...Betsy (1965), and Katrina and Rita (2005). The Chalmette Monument hasn't changed a lot but we have...
This is old (1960?) Regular 8 film of my Mom, sister, Dad, and dog "Geronimo" having fun in Chalmette. Footage degraded due to flood damage from 3 floods! (Betsy, Katrina, Rita).