Village destroyed as new dam floods reservoir (1952)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Village of Tignes in French Alps is demolished to make room for dam and reservoir Full Description: FRANCE: Savoy Alps: EXT DAM. Tignes in Savoy Alps in France is flooded with water and has to be permanently evacuated to [permit this vast hydroelectric scheme to come about.. shots of mountains. homes demolished and left.. rising waters FRANCE.. Savoy Alps village of Tignes is flooded with water to make the Dam for hydro-electric power come into as families evacuate and homes are demolished.. water rising MOUNTAINS Shots Savoy Alps in Southern France. France; Civil Engineering; Environment ydroelectricity, environmental impact, village destruction, engineering Background: Village of Tignes in French Alps is demolished to make room for dam and reservoir FILM ID: VLVA436HY83AJ25IFMIA88LM67F2B To license this film, vis