Japanese Floods 1950

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Japan.

Documentation states 1,000s of square miles of Japanese countryside are flooded, drift lumber piled up by the churning torrents groan under bridges. Survivors reclaim their homes and clear the streets. Joining them are US servicemen stationed nearby.

AV. Flooded area. AV. Lumber...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
67627
Sort Number:
UN 2539 A
Time in/Out:
01:40:38:00 / 01:41:29:00
Canister:
UN 2539 A
Film ID:
2494.18
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0:010:020:030:04

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