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City in siege

Canada, 1950
film

A record of Winnipeg’s ordeal by flood in the spring of 1950. From the first overflowing drain to the broad sea that the Red River finally became, the f..

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After the Flood

Australia, 1974
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View of Middleharnis

Netherlands, 1954
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The Water must go somewhere

Australia, 1976
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The River

United States, 1938
Similarity: 72%

Waterloo

Australia, 1981
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Some people have to suffer

Canada, 1976
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From the ashes of war

Canada, 1980
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Nobody told me

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Flood

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River Murray

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Waters of time

United Kingdom, 1951
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Water for the city

United States, 1967
Similarity: 70%

Steady

Netherlands, 1953
Similarity: 70%

The Dikes

Canada, 1955
Similarity: 70%

Drylanders

Canada, 1964
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Siege

United States, 1939
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We can't stand still can we?

Canada, 1976
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Western wheat

Canada, 1952
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