West Country - After the Floods

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1710

Date Released

12 Mar 1962

Date submitted

8 Mar 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Blackpool - Fashion on Top
2. 2Newmarket - Stallions on Show
3. 3Richmond - Rugger into Rag
4. 4Algiers - Explosive City
5. 5West Country - After the Floods
6. 6Austria - Snowfall

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: After the Floods. DESCRIPTION: Gales and high seas added their quota to the many trials of this grim Winter. The West Country suffered the worst of this onslaught, notably Penzance and Newlyn as well as other places in Cornwall and in Devon. The extensive damage done was the result of the combined operation by 80-miles-an-hour squalls and an exceptionally high tide. Fifty families had to leave their homes, and the damage is estimated at tens of thousands of pounds. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV heavy seas (5) GV wreckage on promenade. MS ditto. CU sign Road Closed. MS clearing up debris (4 shots). GV ditto. CU name County Fire Brigade. MS pumping water from house - pan firemen. MS row of houses heavily damaged. GV wrecked hull of boat washed up high and dry. MS ditto. GV wreckage in street.

Keywords

Weather; Accidents and disasters

Locations

England

Footage sources

Plymouth Films

Card file number

84031

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

146

Story extras:

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