1966 Hurricane Betsy Film

They got the wrong year hurricane Betsy it was actually 1965 not 1966.
 
That is classic, glad you found it. The Camille film is one that I saw as a kid during hurricane awareness week in eastern NC. That is what made me interested in hurricanes. There was something alien about that old-style film with the eerie music, the narration, etc. It seemed more like a bad Hollywood movie than real life but the fact that is was real is what really made me want to learn more about hurricanes.

From then on, I read books, checked out videos from the local library (including some from Richard Horodner and Jim Leonard) and lived for the tropical update on TWC. Until the advent of the Internet, these types of films were the only real accounts of historic hurricanes. The scarcity of these types of videos made hurricanes all the more elusive and mysterious, at least to me. I am glad to see this video is out there.
 
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