New York Snow Storm of December 1947, The Great North American Blizzard of 47, F929c

Some rare amateur footage of the Great North American Blizzard of 1947, and how this affected a couple hoping to see the sights of New York. After midnight on the 26th of December that year snow fell silently but relentlessly over New York until as much as 18 inches of snow fell. This rivalled the great blizzard of 1888, and left the city paralysed for hours.
Here we see how New Yorkers of the time dealt with this....they just got on with it themselves. As an aside, the couple that filmed this were not stranded in New York, but managed to catch a train South once these were running again...and they left us this moving footage of how the streets felt in those days after the snows fell. It is estimated that up to 52 people died in New York as a result of this...and more within the wider region.
The film maker was L. Epstein. (died 1953).
This footage has been digitally captured frame by frame using the original 16mm Kodachrome film at a resolution of 2048X1152
I believe the company that processed the film was "Unifilms" a small production company in South Africa during the 1950s.
"At Rest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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[@merccadoosis8847]

Awesome nostalgia video. I well remember a blizzard we had in Brooklyn some time around 1954. Then we had those in 77 & 78. Bad weather but we lived through it.

[@Firestone1]

Safe in NY in those days. Everyone helping out shovelling snow. Not now

[@conorcolon]

I remember that one. I was racing towards St.Monica school in Philadelphia, late as usual, and perplexed, as I encountered so many schoolmates coming towards me. ‘School is closed because of the snow! ‘ I was delighted - a double beneficiary: no longer a late student subject to a penalty, but given a school holiday. I spent the day making angels in the snow and sculpting snowmen.

[@maxmaritime1206]

Thanks very much for this memory...which is remarkable as it stands. I imagine there are not many who could say they actually remember the snow fall of 47...so assuming an age of 10 or no less at the time, that means a current age of no less than 87 today. Please forgive me....but may I ask how old you are today?

[@aequoria2949]

How old are you?

[@taravaotahiti]

This video is amazing. It's a gift to go back in time and see this blizzard. Music is a bit sad.

[@matrox]

Remind me of the blizzard we had in 66' and 77'.

[@shawnmarengo494]

I would have loved sitting in Times Square’s Automat with a cup of hot coffee and a piece of pie, and looking out the window watching it all go by.

[@merccadoosis8847]

A good bowl of chicken noodle soup would warm you up real good. If I can get my hands on a TARDIS that could well be my first stop. Then I'd drop by again that Summer for a couple of trips to Ebbets Field. 😄

[@Lisa-fw9rb]

Fascinating footage, ,,to think that those people had to go on with their daily lives....Music is perfect

[@williamschlenger1518]

I remember it because it buried my tricycle.My dad worked for Bell Telephone and had to go to work.We had coal heat & running low.

[@pcpablo2]

In Syracuse they call this a 'dusting'.

[@merccadoosis8847]

In St Paul we regard all this as normal.

[@AgathaLOutahere]

True. I remember vividly my one year in Syracuse, 30 years ago. 140 inches of snow that winter.

[@justmejenny7986]

Hardly any snow this past winter.

[@zw2237]

Here at Lake Tahoe, this is called a snow flurry. I have shoveled 57" that fell in one day. I have seen 114" in a week!

[@leversforever9748]

Wow Thats crazy.

[@matrox]

02:20 He got love to keep him warm, and she got 22.5" of love.😝

[@catdogbirds7110]

Thank you for this video, especially the train south which was probably an old steam locomotive. I was born then and my mother said they had to dig tunnels to get me home from the hospital.

[@maxustaxus]

You are welcome.

[@wandaritter5704]

My parents arrived the following year

[@williamschlenger1518]

Im not so sure about beating the great blizzard of 1888🤔

[@lynnrinaldo6795]

haha, I wasn't born yet, what a horror!

[@matrox]

Its funeral music because everyone in this video is now dead.😔😮‍💨

[@briankilduff]

it was global warming

[@catdogbirds7110]

LOL