Norwegian Landslide (1936)

Item title reads - Norwegian landslide. Lakeside villages submerged.
Norway.
L/S's of picturesque fjords and impressive mountains in Norway, M/S of a boat sailing past. M/S of debris scattered around Lerne (?) lake. M/S as the camera pans up the mountainside where a landslide caused a 300 foot high wave which caused death and destruction on its journey. Various shots of the rocks and debris from houses. L/S of survivors gathered together. Various shots of the wood from the houses.
FILM ID:893.02
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[@brianvirgin2995]

I have been there and have inlaws there who would not talk about how terrible it was.

[@tubularfrog]

A very destructive localized tsunami. I suppose in ancient times it would have been thought of as a judgement from Odin.

[@savingangels]

No it's decomposing bodies

[@valter5668]

Bro they didn’t believe in Odin or other Asagudar (forgot in English) in 1936

[@tubularfrog]

@@valter5668 Yes, of course. That's why I said "in ancient times..."

[@valter5668]

@@tubularfrog but this wasn’t in ancient times

[@tubularfrog]

@@valter5668 Yeah, duh. Now GFY, idiot.

[@beansontoast5931]

Oh Odin Thy Odin I live with no fear! but live with a single tear, see me in Valhal! a warriors death is my birth rrrright!

[@kakazouheinou4923]

1936? Or 1963?

[@cubismo85]

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