Draining Flooded Holland

Series

Series Name

War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

221

Date Released

30 Jul 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Special. Potsdam Conference
2. 2Draining Flooded Holland
3. 3The War against Japan
4. 4Berlin

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

The clearing of flooded areas by the British Army. Shots of farms flooded and destroyed. The process of pumping water away into the canals. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 13 min, sd, B&W, 35mm Reel 1 Part 1 Flood waters left by the retreating Nazis are pumped from streets and fields in Holland into canals. Record Group 208 Accession 3276

Keywords

War damage

Credits:

Commentator

John Redway

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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