Lake Eyre - The Weather is the Winner

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1773A

Date Released

30 May 1963

Date submitted

22 May 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Lake Eyre - The Weather is the Winner
2. 2Riding the Thermals
3. 3France - Britain’s Two-Wheeled Wonder
4. 4Epsom Downs - Derby Day (In Eastman Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lake Eyre - the Weather Is the Winner. DESCRIPTION: Donald Campbell and his team have had to accept cyclonic rainstorms flooding an area normally dry as a desert. Also this untimely termination to an arduous twelve months of preparation: an enterprise costing around a thousand pounds a day. Lake Eyre hasn’t had so much water in it since 1950. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan - Donald Campbell’s base. MS Bluebird. AS flooded Lake Eyre (3 shots). MLS Bluebird. People into plane (2 shots). CU man kicking ground. CU water coming through ground. GV Campbell’s camp flooded. GV Bluebird’s garage flooded. Car leaving (2 shots). Trucking shot from back of jeep.

Keywords

Vehicles; Weather; Records

Locations

Australia; Lake Eyre

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

86636

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

105

Story extras:

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