News Briefs: US Tornado

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1280
Date Released
14 Dec 1953
Date submitted
10 Dec 1953
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Beach Fashions for Australian Sunshine
  2. 2News Briefs: Poultry on Show
  3. 3News Briefs: New Highway
  4. 4News Briefs: US Tornado
  5. 5Fighting Jungle Bandits
  6. 6President’s Atomic Speech
  7. 7Sub - Premier Home

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Section Title
News Briefs
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Briefs - US Tornado. DESCRIPTION: The tornado that recently hit the Mississippi town of Vicksburg, struck three times - with tragic results. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Whirling spout. VGV spout filling screen. Wipe. Aerial of town after tornado has abated. CUs wreckage. Salvage work going on. LS ruins.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Weather; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Mississippi; Vicksburg
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
60195
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
56
Story extras:
Film clip

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