News in Brief: Floods Ruin Crops

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1423A

Date Released

13 Sep 1956

Date submitted

10 Sep 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Nasser Says No
2. 2News in Brief: British Miners in Russia
3. 3News in Brief: The Snark
4. 4News in Brief: For Crossing Rivers
5. 5News in Brief: Floods Ruin Crops
6. 6News in Brief: The Lights of Blackpool
7. 7Malays Troop the Colour
8. 8Bluebird at Coniston
9. 9Salute to the Few

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 9

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ruined Crops in Lancashire. DESCRIPTION: Pictures from Lancashire tell much the same story throughout the length and breadth of Britain. Crops ruined and rotting, after the battering they’ve received from rainstorms, of our so called Summer. SHOTLIST: Shots of fields of corn, potatoes and cabbage - flooded. Shots of rotting vegetables. Shots of flattened corn.

Keywords

Weather; Agriculture; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Lancashire

Card file number

68175

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Length of story (in feet)

39

Story extras:

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