| PARIS IN PERIL Citizens are evacuated as flood levels reach lamp post height. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5250 |
| Catalog #: | 243549 | |
| Clip Number: | 243549-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1048 | |
| Timecode: | 01:55:18 - 01:57:43 | |
| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris | |
| Description: | "PARIS in PERIL. Vivid pictures of the great floods in French Capital". M/S of people looking over a bridge at the swollen River Seine - the water almost covers the carved figures in the bridge's stone supports. L/S of people on the bridge. L/S of another bridge, people look at something half submerged in the water - large girders or a flat barge, perhaps? "Houses in suburbs had to be hastily evacuated". M/S of a flooded street; people avoid the water by walking along a make shift path made from wooden planks, another man gets into a rowing boat. M/S of two groups of people in rowing boats passing each other in a flooded street, a priest is on board one of the boats. M/S of a horse and cart trotting down a flooded street, they pass a policeman standing in the foreground. The cart carries a family and their belongings to safety. M/S of two more horse and carts loaded with people passing the policeman. "Lamp posts & Kiosks nearly submerged". M/S of a flooded street, the water is very high - only the very tops of street lamps are visible. C/U of a street lamp attached by a bracket to the wall - the flood water swells beneath it. | |
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