Variant Title:
Shelving title: Corning Museum of Glass. 60 years: the flood of 1972
Flood of 1972
Notes:
Title from title frame.
Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass ; Priscilla Price, former registrar, The Corning Museum of Glass.
Produced in conjunction with the Museum's 60th anniversary, 2011.
On June 23, 1972, Corning suffered a major natural disaster. Tropical Storm Agnes inflicted three days of incessant rain on western New York and Pennsylvania. Corning's normally peaceful Chemung River became a torrent. The river overflowed its dikes, and downtown Corning was inundated. At the Museum, the glass collection was partly submerged and books were swept from their shelves. Six weeks later, thanks to heroic efforts by staff and volunteers, the Museum reopened.
Available as a streaming video file on CMOG YouTube Channel.
DVD.
Not commercially distributed.
Event Notes:
Produced in conjunction with the Museum's 60th anniversary, 2011.
