Desert Floods

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1973

Date Released

27 Mar 1967

Stories in this Issue:

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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