Texas Tornado

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2139

Date Released

1 Jun 1970

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Design Awards
2. 2Model Plane Championships
3. 3Texas Tornado
4. 4Rumanian Floods
5. 5Cambodia Operation
6. 6US Support Demonstration
7. 7Brandt Demonstration
8. 8Aquatic Archery

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Texas Tornado. DESCRIPTION: A terrifying twister almost flattens the Texas Town of Lubbock. Ten thousand made homeless and twenty three die. Movietone surveys the damage. SHOTLIST: Air view area. Travel shot past wrecked houses. Shot through broken windscreen showing ‘stop’ sign. SC zoom back broken windows in building. Travel shot along street - broken telegraph poles. Travel shot demolished buildings. LV ditto. SV ditto. SV wreckage outside shop.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Weather; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America; Lubbock

Footage sources

France

Card file number

96003

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

51

Story extras:

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