French Snow Storm

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2171A

Date Released

14 Jan 1971

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Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Snow Storm. DESCRIPTION: The worst blizzard in the Rhone Valley for 25 years brings traffic to a standstill. Villages and farms are cut off and thousands of holiday motorists stranded. SHOTLIST: GV car abandoned in petrol garage. SV petrol pumps. SV cars half covered in snow. SV 2 shots man digging cars out. LV lorry carrying bulldozer moving slowly. Drivers eye view as wiper clears snow from windscreen. GV pan 2 shots cars and lorries stuck in snow. Drivers eye view of windscreen wipers. GV cars stuck in snow. SV ditto (1 car). SV pan man covers head & face with kerchief as he walks. LV bulldozer clearing snow. CU snow being cleared. SV bulldozer clearing. SV pan soldiers operating bulldozer. LV pan bulldozer clearing. SV soldiers sliding car back onto road. SV pan lorry along highway that has been cleared.

Keywords

Vehicles; Weather; Road transport; Accidents and disasters; Military

Locations

France; Rhone Valley

Card file number

96702

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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