Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Flood Havoc in the North

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1002A
Date Released
19 Aug 1948
Date submitted
17 Aug 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Flood Havoc in the North
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Oval Test Shocks
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Olympics - Closing Scenes
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer: Please Teacher
  5. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Old Peoples Outing

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flood Damage - England & Scotland. DESCRIPTION: Flood damage widespread along the Scottish border and the Berwick on Tweed area. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Fast running water. Aerial shots of floods around Berwick-on-Tweed & Cumledge. Aerial shot rails flooded at Grants House Railway Station. Ground shot station master hanging out his clothes to dry. GV railway lines badly bent. Several shots of broken bridges. Pan of countryside. Pans of wrecked houses, buildings etc. Interior of wrecked Cumledge cotton mill machinery. Shots of damaged wheat in fields. GV of same. GV houses, showing water mark about six feet up the wall. Several shots of houses & people salvaging belongings.
Keywords
Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Universal
Card file number
50637
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
110
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