Gale Force

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1483A
Date Released
7 Nov 1957
Date submitted
4 Nov 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Her Majesty Open Parliament
  2. 2Gale Force
  3. 3Crash Landing
  4. 4Royal Film Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gale Damage. DESCRIPTION: Road block at Mill Hill, just outside London - a fine old beach tree, tumbled by the fury of a hundred mile an hour wind. It crashed into the grounds of a prep school. Something more serious at Hatfield New Town, Hertfordshire, where houses literally had their roofs blown off. New houses with roofs of aluminium sheeting. SHOTLIST: Shots of large beech tree felled in the gale blocking road. Men saw pieces and branches away. Shots of school boys from Belmont Prep School collecting wood ready for fireworks night bonfire. GV of damaged houses, sheets of aluminium hanging on trees etc., shots of houses minus roofs.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Children; Weather; Environment; Horticulture; Accidents and disasters
Locations
London; Mill Hill; Hertfordshire; Hatfield
Card file number
72052
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
72
Story extras:
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