American News Items

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1194A
Date Released
24 Apr 1952
Date submitted
21 Apr 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s Sport Reports: Big Golf Starts
  2. 2Movietone’s Sport Reports: Lindwall in League Cricket
  3. 3Movietone’s Sport Reports: Clayton V Famechon
  4. 4Movietone’s Sport Reports: Rugby League Final
  5. 5American News Items
  6. 6American News Items
  7. 7Sir Stafford Cripps - A Tribute
  8. 8Queen’s Birthday Inspection
  9. *Scottish Cup Final
  10. *Workington’s Wembley Victory

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World Item News - Battle With Flood Waters. DESCRIPTION: BATTLE WITH FLOOD WATERS - Latest pictures of America’s vast floods lay stress on the tremendous battle that’s being fought to hold back the water. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Shot of floods. Various ground shots of damage, shows colossal ruins. Aerial shots of floods. Truman inside plane viewing several shots looking through field glasses.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Environment; Aviation; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Missouri; Mississippi
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
57084
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
62
Story extras:
Film clip

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