Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Severn Floods Dislocate Countryside

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
972
Date Released
19 Jan 1948
Date submitted
15 Jan 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flood Scenes. DESCRIPTION: Recent heavy rains have caused the River Severn to flood at Shrewsbury. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV flooded area, with school in background. GV flooded countryside. MS water rushing under Welsh Bridge. GV Welsh Bridge, traffic crossing. Traffic passes through flooded main street, line of traffic out of camera, through flooded street. Cyclist through flooded street. Inhabitants walk along planks at side of flooded street. Man in knee boots carries woman through street, piggy-back. Punt along flooded streets, distributing milk, through windows. Cut-in plumbers signpost pan to flooded street. GV flooded fields. Countryside flooded, college in background. Panning shot of street, shows lamp posts almost covered in water.
Keywords
Accidents and disasters
Locations
Shrewsbury; Shropshire
Card file number
49685
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
105
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Severn Floods Dislocate Countryside', British Movietone News Issue No. 972, 19 Jan 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14886 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)