FRENCH DAM BREAKS 1959

[sunstarfire]

Dislike for being a prick and yelling at people. Also flagged as spam.

[simonspics1]

Oh my!

[smimot]

Cascading tons of water? The pieces of concrete alone weigh hundreds of tons each. Try millions of tons of water.

[Jimbobthebarbarian]

Leave it to the French to male a crappy dam

[1Jiller]

My grandparents now live here. I laughed when he said Freyus instead of frejus

[nathanfishing3000]

YES MY DREAM A DAM BREAKS but not the death thats sooooooooooooooooo sad :'('''''''''

[directorman999]

why is the music so cheerful....

[Kauwhaka]

@directorman999 Because this happened in France.

[lcabosa]

in those days been in telivision was like going to the moon, see astronauts and their gleeming eyes in today missions, a new an exciting thing to do, just human to human. glad to help.

[gksypher]

What gets me with these old news reels is the commentators always sound so delighted about bad news , why is this ? .

[JetMechMA]

@gksypher Not "delighted'...but "Plucky". In other words....it's the old world war mentality...we can survive anything and bounce right back.

[GoVNO1998]

@gksypher "don't worry,be happy"

[jadawin10]

le barrage de Malpasset...30.000 morts...

[docsharp00]

lol, 423 morts et disparus.

et c'est bien le barage de Malpasset sur le Reyran

[jadawin10]

Mea culpa.

J'étais persuadé depuis très longtemps de ce chiffre. Une courte recherche sur le Web confirme qu'il y aurait eu entre 400 et 500 morts. Un site indique même "1000 moutons et 80 000 hectolitres de vin perdus"

[docsharp00]

pas de soucis :)

[1guitarfreak4]

@jadawin10 i know rite

[drsteverey]

@jadawin10

Grow up, 421 deaths, check it out.

[jadawin10]

@drsteverey

Learn french and read my second post....

[KC8YOQ]

What a great old vid! Thanks for posting!

[Bunceyboy1]

this vid blows!

[atenco01]

G...Damn the dam broke....