Thames Flood Alert

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2538

Date Released

22 Jan 1978

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Thames Flood Alert
2. 2Telephones for the Deaf
3. 3Model Railway Exhibition
4. 4Painted Trams
5. 5Haya 1 Fashions

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Thames Flood. DESCRIPTION: Gale force winds and high spring tides in the North Sea caused Thameside London to go on a full Flood Alert. SHOTLIST: GV Parliament. Angle Big Ben and statue of Boadicea. GV Westminster Bridge (water at high tide). GV Thames & Waterloo Bridge in background. MS Thames at high level with railings partly covered. MS ditto. MS railings nearly covered. GV Thames Embankment and RAF memorial. MS water lapping steps of memorial. GV Thames - pan to show water nearly level with pavement. LS wall being checked. MCU wall. MCU water seeping through wall. MS water at foot of steps. CU flooded pier landing stage. GV Thames. MS water round wall. GV floods in Twickenham. CU sign ‘Warning - This area is liable to flooding’. CU road sign. GV floods. GV pan floods and houses.

Keywords

Weather

Locations

London

Card file number

78/5

Credits:

Camera

Denis White

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Richard Day

Length of story (in feet)

129

Story extras:

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