Thousands Die And Millions Homeless (1924)

Tientsin, China. Title: “THOUSANDS DIE & MILLIONS HOMELESS in torrential floods that destroyed 2000 villages and inundated 10,00 square miles“. L/S of a half-collapsed arched bridge over a rapid running river that has burst its banks, lots of people cross the bridge, carrying and dragging bundles. Various shots of the river - the water has raised to such an extent to almost touches the top of the bridge arches. M/S of bare chested Chinese men stacking up straw bales and sand bags to prevent river water creeping any further. M/S of a rickshaws being pulled through a flooded street, the men pulling the rickshaw are up to their knees in water, another man gives a woman a piggy back. Panning shot of a landscape devastated by the floods - houses are reduced to heaps of rubble and heaps of wooden beams. M/S of children and an old woman walking through the debris and rubble. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARI