Belize - Hurricane Havoc

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1692

Date Released

6 Nov 1961

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Belize - Hurricane Havoc. DESCRIPTION: Flying over Belize, the capital of British Honduras, it’s heart-rending to see the terrible havoc wrought by hurricane Hattie. Out of a population of about 30,000, it’s estimated that over 15,000 have been made homeless. The death roll is not yet known. Supplies were not long in being flown in by Britain and America. Help of every kind was urgently needed, for all local services were out of action. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS pan Belize. GV pan same. GV Belize. MS pan Belize after hurricane. GV people in street. MS supplies from plane. MS same coming of truck. MCU people (2 shots). MS women and baby (2 shots). GV pan Belize after hurricane.

Keywords

Weather; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Belize; British Honduras

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

83423

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

116

Story extras:

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