Learning on ScreenWorld Wide Film News
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 8
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World-Wide Film News - Sierra Blizzard. DESCRIPTION: Snowbound in the Donner Pass in the High Sierra, California, the crack Southern Pacific train, City of San Francisco, was cut off for three days. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Sub title. Aerial of the snow covered mountains & countryside with the passenger train City of San Francisco just showing here & there in the snow. Ground shots of the circular snow plough at work, camera turning just behind same. Rescuers arrive on foot, several shots of the train almost completely covered in snow drifts.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Weather; Environment; Transport; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- California; Donner Pass; Sierra
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 56656
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 50
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