Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Fierce Gales Batter English Coasts

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1022A
Date Released
6 Jan 1949
Date submitted
3 Jan 1949
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gales Batter English Coast. DESCRIPTION: High seas lashing the coast at Seaford, Sussex. Houses damaged at North Lancing, caused by the gale, also greenhouses blown down. Streets in Seaford were flooded and at Shoream a bus lies in the river, having been blown there. SHOTLIST: KS High seas break over seafront. Various angle shots of same, breaking right over roadway. Sea water runs through street. Car driven through water. Cyclist going through water. Rowboat outside house, owner of house baling out water from front of house. LANCING - Several shots of wrecked house, side blown away in gale. Pans of wrecked glass-houses. . SHOREHAM - Bus lying in river, where it had been blown from bridge during gale. Shots of broken bridge, also bus being towed out of water.
Keywords
Vehicles; Weather; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Sussex; Lancing; Seaford
Card file number
51280
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
149
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Fierce Gales Batter English Coasts', British Movietone News Issue No. 1022A, 6 Jan 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15502 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)