Hurricane Katrina Stock Video Catalog Remastered 2025 Master – Tape 02
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we have remastered and uploaded our master time-coded catalogs.
All of the videos have been reviewed and remastered into 1920×1080 HD ProRes 422 format.
This footage is part of our five-part series from the New Orleans, LA metro area that was filmed on August 29, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina Archive Master Tape 2 of 5
Date: 8/29/2005 Early Morning To Sunrise.
Footage was shot in the early morning of 8/29/2005 in Kenner, LA
and New Orleans, LA, as Hurricane Katrina moved inland from the
Gulf of Mexico.
The video shows the worst of the extreme winds and flying debris in
The New Orleans, LA, metro area before the levees failed and flooded most of the city.
00:10 – Scenes from Kenner, LA, as firefighters battle with hurricane-force winds as they try to control a fire that appeared to have started by power lines shorting out. Footage shows Kenner, LA, fire crews trying to contain the fire from spreading in the high winds. Footage of power lines shorting out and scenes of high winds and flying debris.
04:02 – Early morning pre-dawn footage while driving into New Orleans, LA as Hurricane Katrina started to move onto the coast of southern Louisiana. The footage includes pre-dawn dash camera and outside footage from the main camera that shows the flooding starting from the heavy rain. This part also includes the first signs of high wind damage from the tropical storm force and hurricane force winds.
07:40 – Footage in the heart of the city from Canal Street. The video starts off with Storm Chaser Douglas Kiesling trying to set up a camera in the extreme winds and heavy rain. The video continues with scenes from around Canal Street showing the winds and rain in the early morning hours, and the police try to patrol the area.
09:24 – Winds begin to get more violent and throw large debris around the streets of New Orleans.
12:38 – A guy is standing out in the middle of Canal Street during Hurricane Katrina, looking like he’s on something… And then continue to drive around the area looking for more damage.
16:01 – Storm Damage: A tree lies across the roadway as the western eye wall of Hurricane Katrina approaches downtown New Orleans, and debris begins to fall on Canal Street. Scenes of a billboard ripped apart and sheet metal littering the ground.
17:55 – Scenes from around the Super Dome as the street begins to become covered in flood waters. The winds intensify as the storm’s damage becomes increasingly visible on the roads, with the Hurricane Eye Wall moving closer to NOLA.
25:37 – Right before the power goes out to the city. POV dash camera as the power is knocked out in the downtown area, and all the street lights and traffic signals go dark. At this point, the winds intensify drastically as the western part of the Hurricane Eye Wall slams downtown New Orleans just before sunrise. Lots of trees are now blocking multiple roads in downtown NOLA.
34:41 – Extreme winds hit the area, and a Police car is parked with the officers watching the city take a beating from Hurricane Katrina. Footage continues as the sun rises, and the total wind damage can be seen in NOLA.
38:44 – The worst of the western Eye Wall from Katrina slams into the city with Category 4 storm force winds. Footage shot outside in the Cat 4 winds on Canal Street as debris is flying all around the camera. Footage of the Harrah’s New Orleans Casino being hit with debris. Debris flying off of taller buildings and pretty much total chaos on Canal Street.
52:02 – Repositioning to a new location to document as much of the storms fury as the eye wall is over downtown New Orleans. This is where the classic scene of the man hanging on for his life with only a garbage bag to protect him from the storm, as he tries to get over to safety to get out of the storm.
Image Size: FHD 1920×1080 – 29.97FPS
Apple ProRes 422HQ
Total File Runtime: 54:39:19
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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we have remastered and uploaded our master time-coded catalogs.
All of the videos have been reviewed and remastered into 1920×1080 HD ProRes 422 format.
This footage is part of our five-part series from New Orleans, LA metro area that was filmed on August 27, 2005 and August 28, 2005.
Total Catalog Run Time 54:24:05
05:00 – The footage starts out near the New Orleans International Airport as the Contra Flow evacuation begins. The footage includes interviews of residents leaving and the start of the Contra Flow, where the east-bound lanes of Interstate 10 are switched for people to drive west-bound on the east-bound lanes.
07:57 – Shot during the overnight hours and into 8/28/2005. The footage continues to show the last night of Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Category Four Hurricane Katrina was moving closer and closer to shore, with the Big Easy, NOLA, New Orleans, predicted to be ground zero for landfall per https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/KATRINA_graphics.shtml
16:09 – As Hurricane Katrina was upgraded to a Category Five storm, the mood in the city changed drastically, and the Hurricane Contra Flow on Interstate 10 was now packed at the entrance at Veterans Blvd. and Williams Blvd as police and national guard units tried to keep the traffic moving in an orderly pace. Footage of the Contra Flow from above the traffic and from ground level. Scenes of the skyline and the airport with one of the last flights leaving.
41:15 – Footage of the last minute work done to build up a temporary levee around the New Orleans International Airport by the East Jefferson Levee District. Interviews with the Mayor of Kenner, LA, and the Levee District President.
46:02 – Final footage from downtown New Orleans, LA, and the French Quarter as the outer bands of Hurricane Katrina begin to move over the region, and the wind and rain begin to pick up. Footage shows people are still partying on Bourbon Street as the historic storm is about to destroy the region.
51:48 – Final footage from 8/28/2005 showing the area as the tropical winds and heavy rain are hitting the area around Lake Pontchartrain in Kenner, LA at the Pontchartrain Center. The video shows the storm surge starting to push the lake levels upwards at the shoreline and flood a parking lot. Footage shows police actively patrolling the area.
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We have compiled a radar loop with audio of some of the first National Weather Service Flash Flood warnings to help better understand how the storms lingered over the same area.
The Radar loop from KEWX starts at 7:00 AM on July 3rd, 2025 and, continues through July 4th at 7:38 PM when the storm system begins to move out of the area.
The times listed on the upper right portion of the screen are in ZULU time. You will need to subtract Five Hours to get the correct local time for the area. (I.E. 12:03:57 Z = 7:03:57 AM).
The Green boxes that appear on the screen indicate the areas where the National Weather Service has issued Flash Flood Warnings.
Hey everyone, Doug here.
I’m still reviewing the 5 hours of footage from Saturday, but I wanted to share a short highlight time-lapse video of what my 9-year-old daughter, Laura, and I saw of the tornado outbreak near Clear Lake, SD, on June 28, 2025.
This was her first time accompanying me on a storm chase, and it was one of the first real chases I’ve been on this year, as I haven’t been able to chase much due to family obligations. She counted seven (7) different tornadoes touching down before sunset.
It is safe to say the next generation of storm chasers will be amazing.
She even outdid me on the “Fn Wedge” comment from the Quinter Kansas tornado I shot in 2008, with a brand-new tagline that will make all the veteran chasers nod and salute because “Oh Dude, It Destroyed It, It Just Destroyed It!!!!”
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Song: Defector – Isaac Elliott
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