Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Engineers Replace Flood Damage

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1019A
Date Released
16 Dec 1948
Date submitted
13 Dec 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Re’s Erect Bailey Bridge in Flooded Areas. DESCRIPTION: Serious flood damage in the border country, near Berwick. RE’s are called in to replace a bridge which has been washed away, with a Bailey Bridge. SHOTLIST: KS (Library - Aerial shots of flooded countryside. Ditto. Railway lines bent, nearly broken, several brick bridges complete washed away). Railway passenger train passes over temporary bridge. Royal Engineers putting up Bailey Bridge, fixing various sections. LS looking up river a Bailey Bridge partly finished, halfway across river. MS mobile crane and engineers push bridge into position. LS looking up river at bridge completed. Cut-in signpost reading Canty’s Bridge. Into camera, car passes over bridge. Elevated MS of same to finish.
Keywords
Accidents and disasters
Locations
Berwickshire
Footage sources
Universal
Card file number
51191
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Engineers Replace Flood Damage', British Movietone News Issue No. 1019A, 16 Dec 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15479 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)