Floods In Paris 1924

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France.

Title: "FLOODS in PARIS - Swollen Seine is rapidly rising to the catastrophe mark (21 ft.) - only fine weather can avert great disaster".

L/S of a suspension bridge over the swollen River Seine, in the foreground men clamber on piles of gravel and coal sticking out of the flood...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24419
Sort Number:
G 1047
Time in/Out:
01:40:36:00 / 01:41:09:00
Canister:
G 1047
Film ID:
326.17
Issue Date:
07/01/1924

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