Operation Snowbound

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Operation Snowbound

Title: Operation Snowbound

Record Group Number: RG0542.MI

Collection: United States Army

Contributing Institution: History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/

Creator: U.S. Army Signal Corps

Date: 1949

Description: U.S. Army Signal Corps footage of Army vehicles and personnel helping dig out from the devastating snowstorms of 1948 and 1949, in the O'Neil area of Nebraska. Shows Army "Weasel" vehicles moving snow and delivering hay and goods to stranded families.

Subject (Topics) : Weather

Subject (Topics) : Snow storms

Subject (Topics) : Disasters

Source (Places): O'Neil (Neb.)

Source (Events): Blizzard of '49

Source (Temporal): 1940s

Format-Extent: 00:14:58

Format-Medium: Motion picture film

Format-Medium: Black and white

Format-Medium: Silent

Dimensions: 16mm

Type: Moving Image

Rights: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at the Nebraska State Historical Society. For more information contact: [email protected]

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