| Worst Drought In Half-Century Parches Japan | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1649 |
| Catalog #: | 355661 | |
| Clip Number: | 355661-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-052-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:20:26 - 00:21:10 | |
| Location: | Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Drought LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan | |
| Description: | Japan's worst drought in 52 years menaces the nation's rice crop, as farmers have barely enough water in the paddies to plant new shoots. Water in Tokyo reservoirs is a 3% of capacity. A house boat sitting on top of dry land that once was covered by water. MS - A fire truck pumping water from an almost dry reservoirs into the rice paddies. CUS - Dried, parched and cracked land. MCUS - Water spilling out of a fire hose into the rice daddies. MS - Men planting rice shoots in the paddies. MS - A little boy turning on the water tap to get a glass of water but there's no water to be had. MS - The mother takes a bottle of juice from the refrigerator and pours some juice into her little boy's glass. CUS - Little boy drinking the glass of juice. MS - A truck pulling a small tanker of water, people start to go toward's the truck with buckets and jugs. MCUS - Two women carrying a 5-gallon bucket of water. | |
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