The Valley of Death

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1793A

Date Released

17 Oct 1963

Date submitted

11 Oct 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Valley of Death
2. 2Cardiff - England’s Good Start
3. 3Motor Show - The Choice is Yours

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Valley of Death. DESCRIPTION: Many people living in farms and villages of the Piave Valley were already asleep when the wall of water swept them into oblivion. For others, the sleep of death must have come with merciful speed. Nearly two thousand of them have been found in the grey mud of the burial ground that once was Longarone. Some two thousand more may still be lying there. The British Government has offered twenty thousand pounds for relief work. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan up flooded valley to mountains. BS rescuers arriving. GV pan across rescuers at work in valley. MCU bulldozer clearing mud. CU shovel of bulldozer. LS smashed dam. GV valley. GV ruined houses. MS rescuers at work in ruined houses. GV pan down ruined house to debris. MS smashed car. MCU two bodies on stretchers. CU pan old woman walking. MCU two others. GV valley.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Foreign aid; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Locations

Italy; Piave Valley, Belluno

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

87375

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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