| WINNIPEG WINS FLOOD BATTLE. Floods begin to recede after creating havoc in large areas of Canada. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5681 |
| Catalog #: | 564 | |
| Clip Number: | 564-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 50/44 | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:37 - 01:52:03 | |
| Location: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AERIALS: Misc DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Manitoba, Winnipeg | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 218165 "Manitoba. Winnipeg Wins Flood Battle." Floods begin to recede after creating havoc in large areas of Canada. Winnipeg, Canada. LV Aerial view livestock stranded by floods. MV Aerial two horses stranded. MV Aerial car being hauled out of the river. LV Aerial dykes along river bank pan in to town on riverside. MV Aerial dyke on river bank. MV House jammed against river bridge near Winnipeg. MV cameraman. CU Man pressing plunger to dynamite house. LV House being blown up. MV Flooded cellars being pumped out. CU Water pouring from pump outlet. CU Water splashing onto ground pan up to man opening pumping machines. LV Elevated main street in Winnipeg. MV Sailor and civilian buying newspaper. CU Headlines - 'The Red going down in City'. Unusual beauty contest as girls wearing sacks, carrying shovels, parade on sandbag dam. (2 shots). CU Sash around girl - 'Miss Seepage 1950'. MV 'Miss Seepage' (Barbara Warren) being presented with sandbag as prize. CU 'Miss Seepage'. LV.City Hall. MV Sign - 'We're wearing and wet but we'll win'. MV Viscount Field Marshall Harold Alexander, Governor General of Canada and RAF officers walking down steps of City Hall, wearing hip waders. SV They walk into car. CU They enter car. LV Back shot Viscount Alexander driving away. | |
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