Selected Originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story "Waterfall For One Day" - 52/69.
Mute version of Newsreel Story - first shot not superimposed.
Le Marmore Waterfall, Italy.
The famous falls have been diverted to create hydroelectric power, one day a year the water flows back over the falls.
GV waterfalls. GV. Pan up, power station, SV. Water by dam. SV. Water running through sluices, pan down to foaming water. SV. People waiting for waterfalls to start. LV. Water start to cascade over first drop. SV. Water cascading over falls, pan down water. MS. People watching, pan to falls. SV. Water rushing over falls - people in foreground. SV. Water rushing over falls. GV. Falls.
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