Lake Tanganyika in Turmoil

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1777

Date Released

24 Jun 1963

Date submitted

9 Jun 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Pope Paul Elected
2. 2Beat the Bandits
3. 3Wrestling - Olympic Preview
4. 4New at the Zoo
5. 5Lake Tanganyika in Turmoil

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lake Tanganyika in Turmoil. DESCRIPTION: Lake Tanganyika, which is more than half as big as Wales, is more like an inland sea. It recently burst across the lakeside town of Albertville in the Congo, causing serious flooding and putting the port completely out of action. Many people died, and many more are homeless. SHOTLIST: Key scene. AS pan - floods (3 shots). Harbour flooded (2 shots). GV pan - flooding. Floods washing up round houses (5 shots). MS lorry in floods, furniture (2 shots). Homeless people (2 shots). MS the village priest. MS guard outside door. AS pan - floods (2 shots).

Keywords

Environment; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Congo; Albertville

Footage sources

France

Card file number

86775

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

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