Australia’s Freak Weather

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1046
Date Released
20 Jun 1949
Date submitted
16 Jun 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Free Election in Trieste
  2. 2Australia’s Freak Weather
  3. 3Defence Minister’s Hong Kong Visit
  4. 4Services Demonstrate Their Prowess at Tournament
  5. 5Ascot - Hunt Cup and Gold Cup

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australia’s Freak Weather. DESCRIPTION: Due to a cyclone off the South coast of Australia the weather has taken many strange forms, snow worse than any in living memory and gales up to 80 mph have swept the coast. SHOTLIST: KS. MS house in blizzard. Cows in snow covered field wrapped in coats. Train passes along snow covered track in & out of camera. Cars pass along snow covered street, car swerves to side. Huge waves breaking on rocky coast. MS submarine aground leaning over side. One of the crew dives in water & swims for shore, reaches there exhausted. SCU submarine aground. Rest of crew taken off in rowboat.
Keywords
Weather
Locations
Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
52118
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
126
Story extras:
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