West Country Flooded

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1635A

Date Released

6 Oct 1960

Date submitted

1 Oct 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Labour’s Vital Conference
2. 2West Country Flooded
3. 3Fun on Ice
4. 4Nigerian Independence

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: West Country Flooded. DESCRIPTION: Down in Devon, heavy rains in conjunction with high tides caused a general chaos. The Exe river broke its banks and flooded miles of countryside, and in many towns, streets were turned into rivers, and people had to evacuate their homes. As we flew over Devonshire’s Lake District, reports said the floods were beginning to go down. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Aerial shots flooded land. Aerial shot flooded land AS same. AS railway track running through flooded country. AS Floods. AS flooded railway track. AS same. AS people’s homes flooded. AS floods. AS water covering everything. AS Exe River.

Keywords

Weather; Environment; Railways; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Devon; England

Footage sources

Plymouth Films

Card file number

81162

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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