News in Brief: It’s Floods Now

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1420A

Date Released

23 Aug 1956

Date submitted

20 Aug 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Court in Scotland
2. 2Cyprus - Outlook Brighter
3. 3News in Brief: India’s Tenth Anniversary
4. 4News in Brief: African Jubilee
5. 5News in Brief: TV Takes Off
6. 6News in Brief: It’s Floods Now
7. 7News in Brief: How to Deal with Them
8. 8News in Brief: Atlantic Raft
9. 9Arab Protest

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 9

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Floods at Moreton, Near Wallasey. DESCRIPTION: Northern England and the sorry situation, after a belt of heavy rain had left its watery aftermath, right across the country. SHOTLIST: Panning shot of the floods at Wallasey. Car through water. Man carries girl and man gives girl a piggy back. Shots of water around bungalow. Women sweeping water out of the door of her house.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Weather; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Wallasey; Moreton

Card file number

67956

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Length of story (in feet)

32

Story extras:

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