| Australian Floods | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1758 |
| Catalog #: | 425759 | |
| Clip Number: | 425759-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-024-02 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Queensland, Australia | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AERIALS: Suburban DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: Queensland WEATHER: Rain | |
| Description: | Queensland, in northern Australia, experiences widespread damaging floods after three days of torrential rains. More than four thousand people are evacuated. Farms are ruined, many head of cattle are drowned. Up to fifty inches of rain pelted the area. Aerial shot - A flooded town in Australia, the water looks at least to be 3-feet deep. The voice over reports that torrential rains fell more than 50-inches, drowning cattle, ruining farms and destroying property. 4,000 thousand people were evacuated by boats and helicopters. This clip consist of an aerial shot of the over all vewing of the flooded area. | |
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