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(Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.) This scene was taken from the George Redding Bridge about three days after the storm by Jim Custer, who was deputy county coordinator of civil defense.

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That's the clearance stage of the bridge which shows unusually high water even at that point as the floodwaters drained out. You're now looking at the Seattle City Whale

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Beach area. This film was taken by former lieutenant of state police Paul Sopcich, who was assigned to the territory at that time.

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The weather conditions were murderous. It was the third day of the storm. He shouldn't have even been in the air, but a mutually good friend volunteered to make

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the flight up the coast. The camera was strange to Paul, which is why his zooms are not professional. The first time he ever used a bullet.

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Now we're at Cape May Point, and the film from here on out is a complete coverage of damage three days following the storm beginning at Cape May Point and working up

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the coast to Ocean City. This again is at Cape May Point to give you an idea of the amount of sand carried inboard plus the damage.

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The large building in the background is a conference that was relatively undestroyed or unharmed I should say. You must bear in mind also in looking

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at these that in many instances the roads had not been even plowed or cleared so they were impassable so we weren't able to cover the area completely.

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We're still in Cape May Point, and in addition to the sand there was such obstructions and beams across the road in many places throughout the county.

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That's the continent in the distance. Now we're in Cape May City along the oceanfront. These facilities now have been converted into bed

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and breakfast and so forth. That's the old convention hall that had to be ripped down and replaced by the one currently in use.

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So along the oceanfront in Cape May, the seawall is behind the photographer in this instance. That's the beachside of Cape May and Pittsburgh Avenue.

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That was a large restaurant. And the motel adjoining was severely damaged as well. This is approaching the poverty beach area at

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the end of Cape May City. What appears to be pebbles and stones lying on the ground are exposed clam beds or clams that have been washed in.

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That's a particularly good shot of it. This presented quite a problem in cleanup because after a few hours of sun it became rather obnoxious to the nostrils.

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We're still in Cape May City. This is the entrance to West Wildwood, Gunwood Avenue. Taken from the Wildwood side entering West Wildwood.

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Now we're in West Wildwood and the following sequences to a great extent will give an indication of the damage that occurred within the limits of the municipality.

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You'll note most of the streets here have been cleared and the debris piled to ease removal. In addition to the severe damage readily recognizable,

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many of the empty lots that appear in this particular film once had buildings on them. You'll see in many cases just foundations with steps or stairways of plumbing piping sticking out

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of the ground. What's being hauled away there are pieces of people's homes. Here's an example of a complete wash away.

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There's nothing consistent about the action of this major storm. What accounts to the fact that you just saw the foundation with two homes and yet

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there are homes behind the area and alongside that are still standing. Rebuildings had already commenced on the third day. As Jim said to me after seeing these

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for the first time he said, taking pictures of the damage while it broke your heart it was like with a camera in your hand being like a kid in a candy

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store not knowing which way to shoot first. Considerable commendation should go to the sewing crews who were back on the job restoring power, water, and numerous other things at that point.

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This I believe was Stone Harbor on the oceanfront. Tied with that to give you an idea as to what happened to the beachfront protection

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from the force of the storm and some of the damage along the oceanfront. First shot was taken in Avalon at Townsend's Inlet on the Avalon side.

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This is just one of many houses the area was very difficult to move in. And of course here is an evidence of things that occurred.

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Fires started due to electrical shorts and heater failures and it was impossible for fire equipment to get to these locations because of the depth of the water and the flooding problem.

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At one time from the Garden State Parkway I was told by people who observed it, incoming firemen and others, that they could look out at night towards the beachfront and every

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town had a major fire going in one place or another. That of course was the opinion of strangers in the area who probably had no way

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of identifying the municipality that were in the fire that was taking place. This is on the approach road into, I believe, Stone Harbor in an area known as

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Scotch Bonnet. Had Jim Cook, who filmed me, survived and been alive these days he could have identified where each of these were.

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This could equally as well have been the approach to North Wildwood. They both seem very similar in nature with the type of construction and the type of

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exposure. Now this is inland. These are the sound areas behind the beachfront community that were affected between the beaches in

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the mainland. During the height of the storm the conditions on these roads were such that it was impossible to get help in or get people

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out which resulted in an air evacuation utilizing the helicopters of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard. In some places these roads were washed out

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completely and if it hadn't been for the frequency and the prominence of the public works departments of the county and the municipality I doubt whether these films could have been taken

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when they were but they rushed tons and tons of gravel and sand into the washout gaps so the roads became passable whereby relief and assistance could be sent into the beachfront

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community. It was never built where it is, it was washed there by the tide. In fact at times one building being jammed

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into another in many instances it was the cause of damage to what would have been a hitherto undisturbed structure. This could well be part of Seattle City.

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I'm not too sure on this particular location if it's not Seattle it's the lower end of Ocean City. Subsequent footage will be mainly of Ocean City.

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Along the oceanfront. Here and there is use of road signs or house numbers that uses identification purposes. Some of these properties were actually jacked back

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up into position straightened out and reprinted which ones of course I cannot identify but have been told that that was the case. It's interesting to note that despite the horrendous

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job ahead this storm occurred in March and the resort season in St. MacIntyre begins in the end of May and most of this area was cleaned up and in use for

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that beginning of that season. Problems encountered for instance with sand removal from the sewers. The street sewage system was completely filled with

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sand. All of these jobs were done with a great deal of efficiency with equipment from as far away as Sussex County, New Jersey moved

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up under the existing New Jersey Civil Defense and Diversity Control Plan through coordination with state colleges. At that time it was headed by Mr.

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Thomas Pedran who was state director and Mr. James William Lane High second director with a very capable staff. Anything that came to this post filing section

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you see there is imported ahead. Most of our new sand has been piled up. In some cases the sand is five foot

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deep. In this case especially in the Royal Beach area. You have to see our city and up

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the township. Very anonymous staff near Royal Beach. I don't believe there's a top story to ask the bottom of this case today.

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You'll notice we progressed down the beach coast here. I'll tell you there'll be probably up on the top of the high part of the

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stairway and in the mid-air such as that. The house basically looked like sand right on the dune.

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That much of the sand was carried away. Somebody probably could walk and get you across the road. I don't know the exact type of sand,

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but they walked that stairway up in the air. They got him. He didn't have it.