News Flashes - Switzerland Aka Swiss Floods (1953)

Glarus (Glaris), East Switzerland. GV floodwaters in town Glarus (Glaris) in the valley of a river Linth. LV & SV men at work with pressure hose. SV floodwater rushing past two men. LV. mud mount being shattered with explosives. LV floodwaters. SV. mud, etc., pan up to partly submerged farmhouse. SV farmhouse with roof above water, pan to another roof. (Dupe Neg.) (Title scene “A“) 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 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.