Home News: Plague of Flies

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1269

Date Released

28 Sep 1953

Date submitted

25 Sep 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Home News: Film Star Swims Thames
2. 2Home News: Plague of Flies
3. 3Home News: Lynmouth Hit Again
4. 4Wives Rejoin Exiled Sultan
5. 5Indo-China - Operation Picardie
6. 6The German Scene
7. 7The German Scene
8. 8Boxing
9. 9Boxing
10. *Invention
11. *Invention

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 9

Section Title

Home News

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Plague of Flies. DESCRIPTION: The beach at Worthing has been the scene of an absolute plague of flies. A helicopter was used to spray the fore-shore with insecticide. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU beach covered in seaweed. CU magnified of seaweed covered in flies. Boat covered in flies. Helicopter taking off. Flies over beach, very low. Spraying beach with insecticide. More flying back and spraying.

Keywords

Environment; Aviation; Insects

Locations

Worthing; England

Card file number

59802

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Martin Gray

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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