| BUSINESS AS USUAL People carry on through the flood. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5274 |
| Catalog #: | 243567 | |
| Clip Number: | 243567-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1466 | |
| Timecode: | 01:35:10 - 01:36:53 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | BUSINESS AS USUAL Flood sufferers despite rapid rise of the floods cheerfully keep on carrying on. East Molesey, England Boats floating down a flooded street. Man walks his bicycle through the high water to the shops. Men try to brush water from their steps. Women in a boat are haned goods from a shop. Man leaves a liquor store. Men push a car through the water. "Miss May Ruffell wins wager by swimming street at Maidenhead" Woman swimming through the flooded streets. One building has put a sign in the window "The Ark." People walk on narrow raised sidewalks, not much more than a plank. "...as it was in the old days. The Tower moat flooded for the first time since?" LS of moat flooded for first time since 1843. "14 lives lost as Thames burst it's banks in heart of London." Shots of buildings collapsed by the flood. Water is pumped into the street, probably from a flooded building. People stack sandbags. More shots of damage. | |
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