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Desert Floods

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1973
Date Released
27 Mar 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Giant Rebuild
  2. 2Zoo Babies
  3. 3Road Ahead
  4. 4Count Down
  5. 5Desert Floods

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Desert Floods. DESCRIPTION: Drought in Central Australia - one of the driest regions of the world - dramatically broken by heavy rains. Alice Springs isolated by floods - rail links cut, roads impassable. But the Big Wet is the promise of a bumper year for farmers in the outback. SHOTLIST: Key shot. Aerial shot over flooded area in Central Australia. Aerial shot ditto. Aerial over horseshoe bend. Aerial shot over railway washed out by floods. Aerial ditto. GV Alice Springs. LS supplies unloaded from plane in Alice Springs. MS ditto. MS camels in desert. GV cattle grazing. MS pan girl runs into water. CU another girl in water. MS Victor de Fontenary climbs tree to pick dates. CU Victor de Fontenary picking dates. Aerial shot township in Central Australia.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Weather; Environment; Agriculture; Railways; Accidents and disasters; Animals
Locations
Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
92173
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
141
Story extras:

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