| European Floods: 2,000 Perish As Sea Inundates Lowlands | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1581 |
| Catalog #: | 352421 | |
| Clip Number: | 352421-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 026-437-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:16:32 - 00:20:33 | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods DISASTERS: Rescues DISASTERS: Storms DISASTERS: Survivors LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Misc | |
| Description: | Dull in imagery and contrast Hurricane winds lash the north sea into a destroying terror for Holland, England, and Belgium. The worst storm in centuries smashes dikes, floods one-sixth of the Netherlands. Thousands of acres of rich farmland are ruined. Cities are devastated. More than a million are estimated homeless, as six nations rush mercy teams and supplies. MLS - Stormy North Sea MCUS - Throngs shoveling and filling sand bags MCUS - The North Sea overtaking Holland's land MLS - People in a boat rowing through the streets of Holland Aerial Shot - Holland's dykes breaking apart in the sea Aerial Shot - Thousands of acres engulf by salt water sea MLS - People trying to save what live stock they have left Aerial Shot - Two horses surrounded by the encroaching sea CUS - Three men dragging a dead horse from the water and on higher ground dead animals litter the sight MCULS - A house falling into the sea CUS - People getting rescued CUS - People getting evacuated from their homes and towns MCUS - People sorting donated clothing CUS - A large pile of shoes MCUS - Railroad tracks washed out CUS - People trying to save their land from the sea with sand bags CUS - Streets and houses left in shambles after the flood waters subsided MCUS - Just the roof of the house is exposed from the floods CUS - On the East Coast of England an man is wadding in flooded water chest high and you see the top of a roof on a house sticking out from the water CUS - Aftermath of the storm, the shambles from the houses MCUS - Dead live stock laying about on the farm land and in the water Arial Shot - Beached ocean tanker MLS to MCUS - Fishing boats that ended up on dry land all over the place Aerial Shot - Flooded town by water and mud | |
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