California - Roads into Rivers

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1850A

Date Released

19 Nov 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Go Slow
2. 2RAF Goes over the Top
3. 3Motocross - Muddy Awful
4. 4Focus on Farming
5. 5California - Roads into Rivers

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Roads Into Rivers. DESCRIPTION: Freak rainstorms hit Southern California. Nearly forty families around Los Angeles had to evacuate their homes. One of the houses most severely hit belongs to William Miller, Frank Sinatra’s pianist. His wife was swept away in a river of mud. SHOTLIST: Scenes. Car in flooded road. Several scenes. Chaos - broken furniture strewn around - homes wrecked. One house severely hit belonging to William Miller (Frank Sinatra’s pianist). Shot of upright piano. Mrs Miller was swept away in a river of mud. Shot of her body being brought in on stretcher by fireman.

Keywords

Weather; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America; California

Footage sources

France

Card file number

89054

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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