Appalling Landslide Disaster (1930)

Full title reads: “France. Appalling landslide disaster, hundreds killed and many more injured in great catastrophe at Lyons.“ Lyons, France. Tilt down from tower of Church to show rubble where buildings have crumbled in a landslide. Various shots of damaged buildings. Men are working amidst the rubble. Closer shots of people helping including a nun and Edouard Herriot (Future French Premier and also Mayor of Lyons). Police, firemen and soldiers are there helping. A injured woman is lifted from the rubble and carried away on a stretcher. N.B. Lyons also suffered a landslide in 1932. 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), Emp
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