RHINE RIVER FLOOD, GERMERSHEIM, GERMANY Part 1

Description

VS, flooded areas of Germersheim; civilians cross temporary walk; vehicles pass through flooded streets; civilians construct walks over flooded areas and place sandbags. Pan, flooded naval station area. CU, sign: Rhine 100m. Travel shot from LSM as it moves along flooded Rhine River which has risen twenty-three feet above normal level covering roads, houses and trees. HS into sandhill where men of 499th Engineer (C) Batalliona dn German civilians fill sandbags and load them on Army trucks. VS, soliders of the 432nd Engineer Batallion and the French Army Pumper Truck Unit aid in pumping out water at Bierbrich. Hoses stretch across bridge. MCU, water as it rushes into stream. VS, French manning pumping trucks.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection