Rhine

The heatwave lowered levels in the Rhine River - a major shipping route - limiting the amount cargo ships can transport and raising freighting costs.

“It’s now time to get people back to work and bring production home to California,” Directors Guild of America executive and Entertainment Union Coalition President Rebecca Rhine said in a statement.

“We don’t want to become the car industry in Detroit or aerospace in California,” said Rebecca Rhine, president of the Entertainment Union Coalition and Western executive director of the Directors Guild of America.

Its aim was to establish a bridgehead across the River Rhine for the main Allied advance into Germany and push rapidly towards the Russian forces arriving from the east.

Rebecca Rhine, western executive director of the Directors Guild of America, agreed that raising the limit “may not be the entire solution, but it is a very, very important first step.”