Zuyder Zee floods; in the Netherlands. (Dutch inlet from North Sea; later dammed and made into lake; the IJsellmeer.) Quality not great; but still interesting looking footage; bright & high-contrast tracking shot across the water; going past broken up stone dyke with 5 men standing on end; then open area of water with large rocks sticking up in distance; more segments of the dyke standing. 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.
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