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London Floods

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2305
Date Released
6 Aug 1973
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1London Floods
  2. 2Queen Leaves for Canada
  3. 3Film Studios Re-Open
  4. 4Ex-Snooker Champion in Action
  5. 5High Speed Train

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London Floods. DESCRIPTION: After a three hour deluge, parts of South London were flooded to a depth of four feet. SHOTLIST: SV mass of cars down street in water. SV large lorry in flooded area, man hanging out of door pan to two people pushing car through water. SV ditto. SV two lorries driving through flooded road. SV pan car driving through water. CU car front zoom out to SV of two cars woman hanging out of car. SV pan car driving through water. SV pan up street flooded. SV pan ditto zoom in at ‘67 to shop entrance. SV flooded shop entrance. SV car in flooded street zoom out to another car driving through another street. SV pedestrian crossing control. SV man walking along flooded street. SV traffic down flooded street. CU name plate Gentleman. SV flooded toilet. SV small girl walking along flooded street. CU nameplate Ladies. SV flooded toilet. SV pan up bus driving through flooded street. SV three boys cycling through flooded street. SV man pushing car. SV boy walking with push bike. SV people walking down flooded pathway.
Keywords
Weather; Accidents and disasters
Locations
London
Card file number
99273
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
143
Story extras:

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