STK-ID 27504

People being evacuated by rowboat, two women being rowed to church. Truck dumping fill, bulldozer building dyke. Several shots of flooded countryside, people on bridge watching river, farm houses in several inches of water. Inundated suburb, boys on bicycles in water up to axles, others in rowboat. LSs, MLSs of people moving effects into moving van as they evacuate their home, of van moving away in several feet of water. Man operating bulldozer, building dyke. AERIAL SHOTs of flooded river, town, foothills, snow on ground. Shots of flooded homes, Army jeep and automobile negotiating deep mud. Shots of man plodding through mud in flood's wake.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Western Canada Floods
Location
Alberta
Year
1948
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Video HI 8
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3