| AVALANCHE OF HUGE BOULDERS Avalanche in Switzerland damaged Simplon railway line. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5350 |
| Catalog #: | 243620 | |
| Clip Number: | 243620-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1334 | |
| Timecode: | 01:13:53 - 01:15:37 | |
| Location: | St. Maurice, Switzerland | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Avalanches DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Switzerland | |
| Description: | Avalanche of huge boulders displaces River Thome from its bed, causing immense damage and overwhelming Simplon railway line. St. Maurice, Switzerland Various shots of people looking over sides of bridge. M/S of firemen using rope to pull a tree out of a rapidly flowing river. Various shots of swollen river; mud and debris are pushed along by rapids. L/S of Simplon railway; mud has fallen from steep sidings blocking the way. M/S of hut in middle of tracks (fallen signal box?). Panning M/S of railway carriage half-engulfed by mud flow. | |
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