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

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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:
Film clip

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