Freak Weather in the Near East

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1081
Date Released
20 Feb 1950
Date submitted
14 Feb 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Freak Weather in the Near East. DESCRIPTION: Not for eighty years has Tel Aviv had such a heavy fall of snow as in recent days - they’ve had no snow at all for twenty-five, In Syria, too, there’s been tons of snow - in this case it’s the worst experienced for about thirty years, they say. SHOTLIST: KS. Tel Aviv - street scene, snow falling. Various shots of falling snow. Beirut, Syria, Various street scenes, snow falling thickly. Shots of palm trees & falling snow. Snow falling - GV minarets. Men sweeping streets of snow. Traffic crawling along street owing to snow.
Keywords
Weather
Locations
Syria; Tel Aviv
Footage sources
France
Card file number
53242
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
75
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Freak Weather in the Near East', British Movietone News Issue No. 1081, 20 Feb 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16216 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)