| FREJUS AFTERMATH Malpassat Dam in France collapses causing massive flooding and many deaths. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 34533 | |
| Clip Number: | 34533-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 59/99 | |
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| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods | |
| Description: | MISSING 2/9/2012 FREJUS AFTERMATH Malpassat Dam in France collapses causing massive flooding and many deaths. Natural disasters: the collapse of Malpasset Dam causing massive flooding. Frejus, France. M/S of soldiers clearing up wreckage. M/S of bulldozer pushing wreckage away, pan to house with gaping hole in one wall. L/S of flooded area. Panning shot of wrecked lorries and cars amongst wreckage. Elevated shot of large crowds in the Frejus main square for mass burial. C/U of relatives of one of the victims crying. Panning shot two coffins on the ground. C/U relatives crying. C/U coffin lids with names chalked on them (one belongs to a 14 month baby, the other to a 6 year old kid). Relatives of the deceased crying. Panning shot of coffins being carried to mass grave. C/U of mourners embracing. M/S of coffin with wreath on laying in mass grave. Elevated shots of the Malpasset Dam, reduced to mass of rubble. Elevated pan following a helicopter flying across the dam. L/S of town. Rescue workers are seen shovelling mud and slime out of doorway of house. C/U of slimy mud dropping into a ditch. Rescue workers carrying stretcher with a victim lying on it. M/S of a soldier pushing a pram with an old lady's belongings on it. | |
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