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Footage of the Esk Valley in flood. Residents clean up their homes.
0 ft. Pan of the Esk Valley in flood.
13 ft. The Waitangi Bridge, “smashed by the force of raging waters”.
29 ft. The end of the bridge, the other half of which has been swept away.
41 ft. A small boat being used as a ferry.
47 ft. A farmer walking over the debris in his paddock.
52 ft. Another farmer picking up pumpkins. “It's an ill flood that brings nobody any good”.
57 ft. Boy scouts digging out the War Memorial.
62 ft. Men digging drains and shovelling mud - pan to derelict house and “Eskdale” railway station.
82 ft. A man removing bedding out through a window; another scoops mud from inside and throws it out the window.
97 ft. A woman clears mud from an armchair and moves some debris.
114 ft. Finish.