Citizens Angry Over Town's Destruction.
Citizens Angry Over Town's Destruction.
Clip: 351820_1_1
Year Shot: 1952
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1572
Original Film: 025-543-02
HD: N/A
Location: Tignes, France
Timecode: 04:44:09 - 04:46:15
Citizens Angry Over Town's Destruction. Death hovers over this tiny lumber village high in the Alps. The government wants to flood the place to make way for a giant power project. But the citizens are angry, and some sixty of them even threaten mass suicide rather than leave. High angle shots of snowy village. Map of the area. French citizens talk at a town meeting sort of thing. Window shutters being closed. Various shots to represent the emptying village - man walks out door with bundle on his back, scenes of empty schoolroom, puppy walks along piece of furniture on a cart.