| VILLAGE WORKING LIFE Men work to repair village of Moers in France, flooded by Germans as defence. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7858 |
| Catalog #: | 105146 | |
| Clip Number: | 105146-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1518 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:55:25 - 01:56:51 | |
| Location: | Moers, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Restoration & Repair LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Afterword (Epilogue) WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: War Damage | |
| Description: | VILLAGE WORKING LIFE Men work to repair village of Moers in France, flooded by Germans as defense. Moers, France. Several shots of town of Moers, flooded by Germans as a defense, recaptured by the French together with surrounding countryside. GV Men digging a drainage ditch. GV town of Moers. MS as two small boys point out water marks on wall of brick building. MS as man tosses salvaged bricks to his workmate on the scaffold secured on damaged building. MS man catching bricks being tossed. MS man shoveling cement into load carrier. MS same man lifting carrier onto his shoulders and walking away. GV of war damaged church, it is missing the entire front wall. GV pan of church's damaged roof and steeple. GV Crucifix in the cemetery. MSs graves in the cemetery. Nice GV of windmill against a foreground of wheat blowing in the breeze. MS pan up windmill structure. MSs of horse drawn wheat reaping machine at work in the fields. | |
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