Alpine Landslide

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1851A

Date Released

26 Nov 1964

Date submitted

24 Nov 1964

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Alpine Landslide. DESCRIPTION: A whole chunk of the Schoenfeldalpe broke away from the mountain. It thundered down the Thiersee Valley near the Austrian-German border. Six hundred people escaped from their homes thanks to an early alarm. SHOTLIST: A huge chunk of the Schoenfeldalpe had broken away. It thunders down the valley carrying everything in its path. Filling the bed of a river - the valley is threatened by flooding. 600 people escape from their homes, thanks to an early alarm. Scenes. LS pan valley. Piles of wood and debris. Small trees are washed away. MS pan river. MSs men clearing mess away. Mud and silt in road. Man wading through water in street. CU man up to his waist in water. MS man working on the river bank with pick. Tractor dumping dirt and rocks into river. CU bridge blocked with rocks and mud. MS blowing up of bridge. CU rushing water. MS pan hillside with graves. MS pan room filled with mud and rocks. MSs men carrying furniture. Men and women stacking same. Men clearing rocks and rubble.

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Environment

Locations

Thiersee Valley; Austria

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

89080

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

117

Story extras:

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