Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Middle West - US drought gets worse

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

272

Date Released

20 Aug 1934

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: First snapshot is digging at Maiden Castle site, which dates back to 4th Century BC
2. 2Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Salisbury Plain - Tanks on manoeuvres
3. 3Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Crystal Palace - Display of fireworks
4. 4Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Sydney - Sir C Kingsford Smith tries racing plane
5. 5Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Middle West - US drought gets worse
6. 6Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: New York - First aerial mail train
7. 7Fifth and Final Test at the Oval

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Section Title

Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: US Drought Gets Worse. SHOTLIST: Shots of the cattle walking along in dust and the dust being blown into the camera. Shots of starving horses and cows are seen searching for water in dried up river bed. Farmer talks of drought.

Keywords

Weather; Environment; Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Animals

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3088

Length of story (in feet)

44

Story extras:

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