Disaster on a Summer’s Day

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1867A

Date Released

18 Mar 1965

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Disaster on a Summer’s Day. DESCRIPTION: Farmers in Queensland and New South Wales have poured their capital into drilling wells and building dams. The recorded rainfall in New South Wales is the lowest for 94 years. With the drought came the bush fires and worst hit, the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales and the State of Victoria. Many homesteads have been completely destroyed. A sheep station was completely devastated. Stock have been killed trapped by fences as they tried to escape. SHOTLIST: GV dried up river bed. MS a farmer picking up the dry soil. CU ditto. MS pan down dried up river. MS pan farmers dig a well. LS cattle cross a dried up river bed. MS farmer hand feeding cattle. CU cow. MS farmer hand feeding sheep. CU sheep. GV forest fire burning trees. MS ditto. MS house burning. CU ditto. LS burnt out homestead. MS dead sheep. MS pan ditto. MS pan burnt out houses. CU woman crying. CU fire burning trees.

Keywords

Weather; Environment; Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Australia

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

89479

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

135

Story extras:

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