Weather Tries to Drown US!

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2483

Date Released

16 Dec 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Wonder Wolves Humble Honved
2. 2Cutty Sark Makes Last Port
3. 3News in Flashes
4. 4News in Flashes
5. 5News in Flashes
6. 6Weather Tries to Drown US!
7. 7Six Admirals Row Earl Mountbatten in Malta Farewell
8. *Keenan Beats O’Neil, Stays Bantam Champ

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

Lancashire seaside town wins fight against season’s highest tide. Maidenhead Thames-side town becomes a Venice as river floods streets.

Keywords

Weather; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Fleetwood

Library number

23013

Length of story (in feet)

183

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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