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Madagascar Floods 1959
Description
Unissued / unused material.
Floods in Madagascar.
Various shots of flood stricken area of Madagascar, showing wrecked telephone poles, houses, etc. Homeless people wheeling their belongings through water, cars submerged in water.
Date on dope sheet is 04/06/1959.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Amelia
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 80217
- Sort Number:
- UN 3208 E
- Time in/Out:
- 01:41:30:00 / 01:42:52:00
- Canister:
- UN 3208 E
- Film ID:
- 2716.22
- Issue Date:
- 1959
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