Lynmouth Deluge

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1211A

Date Released

21 Aug 1952

Date submitted

Aug 1952

Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lynmouth Flood Disaster. DESCRIPTION: Tragedy - sudden and appalling - descends upon the little seaside resort of Lynmouth. The havoc caused by the gentle streams, now raging torrents, transformed the village almost beyond recognition. Some eye-witnesses give account of the night of horror. Help came quickly, of course, as soon as the tragedy was known, and the ceaseless efforts of people from the local town of Lynton were supplemented by the Army, the Red Cross and WVS. SHOTLIST: Various shots of raging torrent of water pouring down Lynmouth’s main street. GV rushing water. Shots of wreckage. Huge trees & boulders piled high. Personal impressions of the tragedy given by Mr Rossiter, Molly Bowden & George Hicks. Troops with walkie talkie sets in use. WVS, Red Cross etc. helping with clothes, food. Troops dynamiting the huge boulders - clearing away the debris.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Women; Environment; Communications; Explosions; Social welfare; Accidents and disasters; Military

Card file number

57678

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

317

Story extras:

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