Three Hundred Perish in Cyclone Weekend

Series

Series Name: British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2289

Date Released

5 Feb 1953

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

From air and many stricken points from Yorkshire to Kent Paramount cameramen bring dramatic film report of wide-spread disaster. Story includes survivors from "Princess Victoria" ferry at Donaghadee Harbour. Forty-eight hours later. Calamity reveals its full scale. On aftermath of floods further films show plight of Halland, in addition to many more places in England.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Weather; Accidents and disasters; Newsreels

Footage sources

Gaumont British
Polygoon

Library number

21109

Credits:

Camera: Arthur William Kingston
Camera: Edward Henry Hawkins
Camera: James F. Gemmell
Camera: Len W. Dudley
Camera: Phil John Turner
Camera: Ronald L. Read

Length of story (in feet)

662

Story extras:

Production Documents

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