The Appalling Floods In France (1930)

Item title reads - The appalling floods in France. Later pictures reveal immensity of the tragedy. Montauban, France. Various shots of the devastation caused by the floods, many buildings have collapsed and men try to clear some of the wreckage. L/S of a street which has been destroyed, wreckage lies all around. M/S of a building which has partially collapsed, the camera pans across to houses still standing and people walking across the street through the water. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957
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