| FLOODS IN PARIS A look at the devastation caused by flooding in the French capital. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5250 |
| Catalog #: | 243548 | |
| Clip Number: | 243548-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1047 | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:15 - 01:49:53 | |
| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris | |
| Description: | "FLOODS in PARIS - Swollen Seine is rapidly rising to the catastrophe mark (21 ft.) - only fine weather can avert great disaster". L/S of a suspension bridge over the swollen River Seine, in the foreground men clamber on piles of gravel and coal sticking out of the flood to get on a barge, a horse and cart stand nearby. M/S of a stone bridge with figures carved in the support pillars, the river rushes underneath, the water is higher than usual. Panning across a flooded avenue - trees stick out of the water, a man walks along planks balanced on tables outside a cafe, another man wades through the water. High angled shot of railway tracks, they appear to be covered in snow. | |
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