Home After Dyke Burst 1960

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Item title reads - Home after dyke burst.

Near Amsterdam, Holland.

Various shots of people walking along street on the way back to their homes, they are pushing carts, prams and carrying suitcases. Library footage shows man in boat during floods, camera pans to flooded streets. M/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
52354
Sort Number:
60/012
Time in/Out:
01:44:10:00 / 01:45:04:00
Canister:
60/12
Film ID:
1664.26
Issue Date:
08/02/1960

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