French Floods AKA Floods In France 1936

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No title - paperwork reads - Floods in France.

Rhone Valley, France.

L/S as the camera pans across the valley to the bridge. Various shots of the swollen river. M/S town of Avignon, various shots as people ride along flooded roads. M/S of flooded street with people climbing up ladders...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12167
Sort Number:
36/003
Time in/Out:
01:12:23:00 / 01:13:07:00
Canister:
36/3
Film ID:
851.11
Issue Date:
09/01/1936

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