High Tide

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2360

Date Released

26 Aug 1974

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Gifts Fair
2. 2High Tide
3. 3Water Pollution
4. 4Harvest Time
5. 5Venus Fly Trap

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High Tide. DESCRIPTION: High tide at Chiswick as the Thames Flood season begins, and a look at the model of the Thames Barrier designed to keep the floods at bay. SHOTLIST: * GV River Thames Chiswick. CU sign ‘Danger River’. SV child looks at river. SV sign * ‘British Hydromechanics Research’. SV men test model of Thames Barrier and the effects of water on it. CU model and instruments. CU man. CU water flowing over model. SV pan along model with flow. SV tin can flows down river on water flow in road. * SV water on road. SV river and overflow in road. SV children play in overflow. LV 2 boys on bikes. SBV black boy rides bike through water and falls off at 104’. SV river with overflow through railings. SV two children walk in water. SV woman waits while car in water drives past. SV car in water drives past pan to river. * * - Colour Neg only in GR Can.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; Science and technology; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Locations

Chiswick

Card file number

74/132

Credits:

Camera

Denis White

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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