Havoc, Death And Desolation AKA Havol, Death… 1925

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Item title reads - Havoc, death and desolation follow bursting of great Dam at Lake Eigiau. 180,000,000 gallons of water swept down mountainside, destroying a church, a bridge and many houses. Dolgarrog.

M/S of people stood up on the river bank behind fences, the camera pans across to the swollen...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19927
Sort Number:
G 1239
Time in/Out:
01:18:46:00 / 01:20:46:00
Canister:
G 1239
Film ID:
430.04
Issue Date:
05/11/1925

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