Kauno potvynis
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Other title(s): Kaunas Flood
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Year: 1946
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Description: Workers fix the damaged railway bridge. Soldiers-signalmen lay the wires. Porters unload bags and boxes from a railway carriage. The bags are loaded onto a truck and cart. Loaded carts are leaving. Inscription on the railway wagon tells us that the cargo is the Panevezys district support for victims of flooding in Kaunas /very blurry inscription/. Loaded trucks are leaving. Trucks at the beginning of the destroyed bridge. Trucks unloaded. Men are carrying bags, loaves of bread and other things over the bridge to the other side of the bridge. Lighter bales and loaves of bread are carried by women and children. Things lay directly on the ground at the reverse side of the bridge. Loaves of bread are also placed in a pile on the ground. People come and take it. Leaders of the Soviet Lithuania arrive: Antanas Sniečkus, Mecislovas Gedvilas and others. They climb up on the semi-broken bridge and examine flooded Neman River and concentrated floes. The Neman River. People in a row near the cookhouse. A woman carries a basket of hot food. Outdoor kitchen. Meal is poured into the pot. People at outdoor kitchen watch, as the food is placed into bucket and pitcher. A man eats from a bowl. Waitress with a tray on which there are three plates. Food is poured. The waiter brings the dishes to the people. At the table, two women and a child eat from their plates. Girl eats the soup. Porters roll the large parcels out of the railway wagon and load the truck. Truck moves. Clothes are loaded on the other truck. People get clothes. A boy leaves carrying the received clothing. A man holds the received clothing in his hand as well as a boy does.
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Keywords: Ekonomika / Gamta / Politika / Sugriovimai / Economy / Nature / Politics
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Provider: Lietuvos Centrinis Valstybės Archyvas
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Rights: In Copyright / Lietuvos Centrinis Valstybes Archyvas
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Colour: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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