Too Much Rain. Welsh Hill Moves

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1596

Date Released

4 Jan 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1India’s Giant Project
2. 2Australian Contest
3. 3A Plane of the Future
4. 4Too Much Rain. Welsh Hill Moves
5. 5Too Much Rain. Floods in Ireland
6. 61960 Arrives

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Too Much Rain - Mountain Moves. DESCRIPTION: It’s a hill-side on the move in Monmouthshire. Following the heavy rains, a landslide is creeping down like a glacier of mud, and threatening a score of houses in the mining village of Blaina. More heavy rain may mean the total evacuation of Parson’s Row. Some forty families are concerned. SHOTLIST: Pan hillside. CU water pouring down hill. CU same (2). LS street. CU house. LS back garden. LS man in alley. LS woman and child in street. LS rubble. GV crowds. CU man. CU woman. CU little boy. CU miner. CU man. TS wrecked house. TS valley.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Weather; Environment; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Wales

Card file number

78982

Credits:

Camera

David W. Samuelson

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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