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  1. Settlers for Alaska

    Date released
    10 Jun 1935
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    447
    NoS ID
    033908
    Story no
    4 / 7

    Fresh start with state aid. Ruined by prolonged drought US farmers found new colony in far north.

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  2. Drought Menace Grows

    Date released
    22 Jun 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    346
    NoS ID
    033316
    Story no
    5 / 6

    America badly hit. Record dry spell kills cattle and scorches crops ... Five hundred million dollar relief scheme to aid stricken farmers.

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  3. Lord Mayor’s Show Really Ends Drought

    Date released
    14 Nov 1949
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1952
    NoS ID
    042026
    Story no
    1 / 5

    Sir Frederick Rowland becomes new Lord Mayor of London on one of the wettest days in the history of the show.

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  4. Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: America - Floods amid drought

    Date released
    19 Jul 1934
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    267A
    NoS ID
    004945
    Story no
    2 / 11

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: American Floods. SHOTLIST: Shots of cattle foraging amongst the dry ground. Two farmers kick the dusty earth. Shots of the floods. People carried from their homes.

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  5. Manchester Faces Water Famine

    Date released
    6 Nov 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1741
    NoS ID
    040792
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    City noted for heaviest rainfall faces prospect of water famine as a result of prolonged drought.

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  6. Watership

    Date released
    1950
    Series name
    Shell Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    17
    NoS ID
    349590
    Story no
    3 / 4

    Film User synopsis: a new oil tanker beats an 18-months drought in South Africa

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  7. Running Dry

    Date released
    1960
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    45
    NoS ID
    349669
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Prolonged drought means many emergency measures and temporary expedients to ensure that at the turn of a tap, water is still available.

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  8. Severe Forest Fires Ravage Countryside

    Date released
    11 Sep 1933
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    223
    NoS ID
    004369
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Severe Forest Fires Ravage Countryside. DESCRIPTION: Troops act as fire fighters in efforts to quell serious outbreaks caused by heat and drought. SHOTLIST: Aerial of the fire. Aerial...

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  9. Severe Forest Fires Ravage Countryside

    Date released
    11 Sep 1933
    Series name
    British Movietone Gazette
    Issue no
    223
    NoS ID
    001345
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Severe Forest Fires Ravage Countryside. DESCRIPTION: Troops act as fire fighters in efforts to quell serious outbreaks caused by heat and drought. SHOTLIST: Aerial of the fire. Aerial...

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  10. Emergency Services

    Filmed
    Dec 1973
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    458
    NoS ID
    326747
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: London Line shows how the development of emergency services in Africa will not only equip them to deal with earthquake, flood and drought but will supply a continuing service in terms of...

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