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Hey John,
Yes, mine looks exactly like yours, except that my brake cable is much tighter.
I found a (temporary?) fix. I released the tension on the brake cable, took the wheel off, and expanded the brake shoes with a flat blade; then I inserted small plastic shims (cut from a disposable food container; about 0.5 mm thick) on both sides of the part that expands the brake shoes when you pull the cable, and then put it all back together. It worked! I'll upload an edited still from your video. The shims are about 10 mm square. All they do is force the brake shoes to expand a little farther than they did before, with the result that they engage the drum again. One of these days I will replace them with steel or brass shims, but the plastic ones seem to be working for now.
Rudi