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16mm - France - La Réunion island - 1950s

saved and scanned by Grandmarquis - please ask for any use no sound - music provided by youtube    • AFRICA   00:02 car "courant d'air" 00:15 sugar cane harvest 00:22 pont suspendu de la rivière de l'est 00:49 préfécture (?) 00:02 Appearing around 1920, the air-conditioned coaches were designed as an ingenious transportation solution on an island with narrow, winding roads, and where the rail network only served the coast. They were assembled locally from an imported truck chassis, to which a rudimentary body was added: a roof for protection from the sun, no side walls, wooden benches, and a wooden floor. Très populaires jusqu’aux années 1970, ces cars ont progressivement été abandonnés pour des raisons de sécurité, de confort et de rapidité, laissant place à des autobus plus modernes 00:15 After departmentalization in 1946, Réunion experienced decisive changes in its sugar industry. Thanks to the equipment plans carried out between 1950 and 1957, sugar production almost tripled — rising from 78,000 to 208,000 tonnes in 1957. 00:22 Designed by engineers Pierre-Joseph Bonnin and Ferdinand Arnodin, the bridge was built between early 1892 and 1894, resting on masonry piers already laid previously. With a length of 152 m, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world when it was inaugurated. It spans the Rivière de l’Est between Sainte-Rose and Saint-Benoît. The suspension bridge remained in use until 1979, when a new reinforced concrete bridge for road traffic was built upstream. It was listed as a historic monument in 2014 and classified in 2018. Deemed dangerous, the bridge was closed to vehicle traffic in 1979, then completely closed to pedestrians in 2016. Modern renovation: Thanks to cross-funding (Heritage Lottery, State, Europe, Réunion Region), it underwent major renovations between 2021 and 2023, and was reopened to pedestrians in December 2023. https://grandmarquis.ch/   / grandmarquis_films   No 11 #reunion #island #france #laréunion