A Drop Too Much

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1485
Date Released
18 Nov 1957
Date submitted
14 Nov 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A Drop Too Much
  2. 2Rocket Recovery
  3. 3A Faithful Friend
  4. 4Salvage - The New Way
  5. 5Steeple Fights Helicopter
  6. 6Ten Happy Years
  7. *Scotland V Wales

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Drop Too Much (High Tide in Venice). DESCRIPTION: The city of canals - Venice, is quite used to water. But is has had a drop too much, a Venetian excess, due to an exceptionally high tide. SHOTLIST: Shots of St Mark’s Square in flood water (reflection). Various shots of footbridges put up for people to walk on over water. Scenes of tables and chairs and people sitting on same surrounded by water.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Environment; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Italy
Footage sources
France
Card file number
72138
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
Film clip

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