Down Under Weather

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1789
Date Released
16 Sep 1963
Date submitted
4 Sep 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Burn-Up at Silverstone
  2. 2Down Under Weather
  3. 3Burghley - Horse Trials
  4. 4World Champ Goes Slow
  5. 5Mobility at Work
  6. 6Fashions Ahoy!

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Down Under Weather. DESCRIPTION: Sydney, experiences some typical English Summer weather for a change. Sand, blown ashore by a 60 mile-an-hour gale covers the roads. Floods put a stop to every kind of sport. And road transport had to cope with conditions even the Royal Navy might find difficult. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV coast and rough seas. CU rough seas. GV pan sand covering street of coastal town. MCU wrecked houses. CU same. MS pan people searching in debris. GV flooded countryside (2 shots). GV flooded bowling green. CU water rushing down open drain. GV traffic through flooded streets.
Keywords
Accidents and disasters
Locations
Sydney; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
87201
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
69
Story extras:
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