| Italian Floods: Wide Area Devastated | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1708 |
| Catalog #: | 425155 | |
| Clip Number: | 425155-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-018-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:08:21 - 00:09:45 | |
| Location: | Sardinia, Italy | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Floods DISASTERS: Landslides LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Italy WEATHER: Cold | |
| Description: | Europe's worst winter in a century continues to take its toll. On the island of Sardinia, farmers suffer huge livestock and crop losses are swiftly melting snows turn into raging floods. Mud-slides too, are a menace as they creep down on villages. House demolished by mudslide at end. Foggy day with freight train making its way through the snowy landscape. MS - Several people out side shoveling snow. MS - A herd of sheep making their way down a snowy hill. POV - Passenger in a moving car taking pictures of the town. MS - A crane sitting in the mist of flooded water. MS - Two farmers stand on a piece of dry land if a flooded field. MS - A tractor with a plow on it clearing off snow and fallen rock. MS - Village people standing off to the side on different levers on the side of a hill, with their umbrellas open. MS - A building collapsing due to the amount of water and snow it endured. | |
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