Film News Items: American Floods

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1194

Date Released

21 Apr 1952

Date submitted

17 Apr 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Film Fashion Display
2. 2Underwater ‘Vision
3. 3Film News Items: East to West Police
4. 4Film News Items: Defence Minister in Paris
5. 5Film News Items: Carlsen’s New Ship
6. 6Film News Items: American Floods
7. 7The Comet
8. *Memorial to a Great Engineer

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Section Title

Film News Items

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Film News Items - American Floods. DESCRIPTION: Ranging over a thousand miles the flood waters of the Missouri and Mississippi provide a grim picture of disastrous magnitude. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV floods. Various shots of flooded areas, people sand bagging places. Rescue boats. Various angle shots of rushing waters, wrecked bridges.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Missouri; Mississippi

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

57067

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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