Germany’s Flood Disaster

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1707A

Date Released

22 Feb 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Glenn Goes at Last
2. 2By the Way
3. 3Sheffield - A Stricken City
4. 4Germany’s Flood Disaster

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Germany’s Flood Disaster. DESCRIPTION: With rivers, notably the Elbe and the Weser, breaking their banks, following exceptional tides and hurricane force winds, disaster on a huge scale has hit North Germany, and mile upon mile is flooded. Thousands of homes are isolated. The whole area has become the scene of a vast rescue operation, and helicopters have played an invaluable part in saving life. So have British troops (reported to have saved over two thousand people). There have been many casualties, and a heavy death-roll, the total not yet known. It’s estimated that at least forty thousand are homeless.

Keywords

Foreign aid; Accidents and disasters; Military

Locations

Germany

Card file number

83925

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

167

Story extras:

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