Rain Causes Widespread Floods
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rain Brings Widespread Floods. DESCRIPTION: Due to heavy rains in Somerset, the rivers Parret, Tone and Brue have spread over a vast acreage, further North, in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire, the Severn has been running wild and big areas have been under water. SHOTLIST: KS. Aerial of floods. Various aerial shots of flooded countryside, showing flooded farms etc. Over the Rivers Parret, Tone & Brue, in Somerset, in the Taunton area. Over Tewkesbury & Upton-on-Severn, more floods, in large areas. Aerials of surrounding countryside of Worcester, shows cricket ground like a lake, near the cathedral. Several aerials of flooded countryside.
- Keywords
- Weather; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 53231
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Length of story (in feet)
- 104
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