| A Torrential Rain Hits Morocco | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1610 |
| Catalog #: | 516635 | |
| Clip Number: | 516635-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 028-724-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:43:30 - 00:44:01 | |
| Location: | Casablanca, Morocco | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods DISASTERS: Landslides LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Morocco WEATHER: Mud | |
| Description: | Audio is low on screener Near Casablanca, Morocco, rampaging flood waters leave a sea of mud in their wake, with twelve dead and many homeless. On the other side of the world not far from Casablanca and Morocco the story is the same. Flood waters on a rampage demolishing homes and leaving in its wake a death total of 12. For the survivors the worst hardship of all is mud. There’s mud everywhere left by the rushing flood waters. The water rose 3-feet in a space of an hour and it receided as quickly as it came. Mud, Mess Misery. Establishing shot - A flooded area of grassland. There’s a barn or home in the background. MCUS - A bus that skidded off the road and landed in mud. Where the right tire is completely buried by mud. MCUS - The other side of the bus, back door is open and some personal belongings packed on top of the bus including a bed. CUS - A house that was destroyed by water. MCUS - The back part of a truck up in a tree, the front end of the truck is on its two front wheels. CUS - A car that was tosses around in the floodwaters. It’s all dented up. MWAS - A towns muddy street that was left behind from the flood waters. MCUS - A barefooted man carefully walking down the center of the road trying not to step on any sharp objects left by the flood waters. MLS - Side street where homes are built and there has to be at least 12 inches of mud left behind from the floodwaters. Closing shot - A group of people shoveling out the mud that oozed into their garage. | |
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