And Now - Floods!

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1347A

Date Released

31 Mar 1955

Date submitted

28 Mar 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1FA Cup Semi-Finals
2. 2FA Cup Semi-Finals
3. 3And Now - Floods!
4. 4A Personal Helicopter
5. 5Life-Saving Test
6. 6Egypt Hoists Her Flag
7. 7Russian Seeks Asylum
8. 8Operation Teapot
9. 9Franco Receives US Envoy
10. 10Belgian Riots
11. *FA Cup Semi-Finals - Airdrieonnians V Celtic
12. *FA Cup Semi-Finals - Clyde V Aberdeen
13. *France V Wales - Rugger

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Midlands Floods. DESCRIPTION: After recent heavy rains, areas of the Midlands have been flooded, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire in particular. SHOTLIST: A lorry coming towards the camera under a railway bridge. The road under it is 6 deep in flood water. CU swirling water. GV fields under water. CU AA - (Automobile Association) sign - Warning Floods. GV AA motor cycle. Railway lines with the water almost reaching them. More fields. Another shot of the bridge and the street with a dog and some children.

Local distribution only

Not shown in South Wales.

Keywords

Accidents and disasters

Locations

Northampton; Leicestershire

Card file number

63171

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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