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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