Appalling Flood Disaster (1930)

Item title reads - Appalling flood disaster. Hundreds killed, 10,000 homeless as swollen river Tarn sweeps through, destroying towns and villages of rich wine district of South West France. Montauban. Various shots of the river flowing past houses. M/S of men working on the waterlogged railway track. Various shots of the devastation caused, with trees torn up and houses demolished. M/S of a pile of rubble. Various shots of damaged buildings. M/S as a man picks his way through a pile of rubble on the street. M/S of people sat on the road with their possessions, M/S of a collapsed house in 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-
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