Flood in Australia

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1394A

Date Released

23 Feb 1956

Date submitted

20 Feb 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1FA Cup 5th Round - Newcastle V Stoke
2. 2Investiture
3. 3The Duke Starts Cross Country
4. 4Mardi Gras
5. 5The Shah in India
6. 6Russian Congress
7. 7Lord Trenchard Laid to Rest
8. 8Flood in Australia
9. *Dock Strike Over
10. *Scottish Dairy Show
11. *FA Cup 5th Round - Arsenal V Charlton

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian Floods. DESCRIPTION: Flying round a radius of about fifty miles of Sydney, a cameraman made a survey of Australia’s latest floods. Disaster was on a wide scale. In the space of twenty four hours, over twelve inches of rain was recorded. SHOTLIST: Aerial shot of floods in Australia. Over 12 inches of rain was recorded, within 24 hours. Power station roof. Cars under water. Houses under water. Rescue boats. Women, babies etc. out of houses. Land Rover. Man pushing bike. Land scenes. Police directing traffic. Boy and girl on trolley.

Keywords

Weather; Environment; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Sydney; Australia

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

66058

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

96

Story extras:

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