Snowfall

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1497A

Date Released

13 Feb 1958

Date submitted

10 Feb 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1England V Ireland
2. 2Fuchs at the Pole
3. 3Out with the Outriggers
4. 4The Queen Mother’s Tour
5. 5A Round House
6. 6Farm Robot
7. 7Carnival Time
8. 8Snowfall
9. *Curling

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scottish Blizzard. DESCRIPTION: London scenes of snow - and then the thaw. In Scotland, snow came down in real earnest. All traffic in the Southern Counties were brought to a standstill after the worst blizzard for ten years. Ten thousand miles of Scottish roads have been snow-bound and many villages cut off. In Poland, the European Toboggan Championships. SHOTLIST: Scenes on main Stirlingshire-Alloa road with cars and buses abandoned and others trying to get through. Shots of a man on skis - Dr Kendall of Stirling who had to abandon his car and was attempting to reach his patient.

Keywords

Sport; Health and medicine; Weather; Environment; Transport; Winter sports; Road transport

Locations

Scotland; England; Poland; Stirlingshire

Card file number

72810

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Charles Elder

Length of story (in feet)

95

Story extras:

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