Swedish Floods (1938)

Sweden. Various aerial shots of floods in the northern area of Sweden, around the Rivers Ume and Vindel. Several shots of the five million tons of timber that have been caught up in the floods and is pressing against the dams. More aerial shots of the logs being forced down the new channels made by the overflow - they look like millions of matchsticks. Aerial L/S of raging torrents of water coming through a dam. 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