Snowfall

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1497A
Date Released
13 Feb 1958
Date submitted
10 Feb 1958
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scottish Blizzard. DESCRIPTION: London scenes of snow - and then the thaw. In Scotland, snow came down in real earnest. All traffic in the Southern Counties were brought to a standstill after the worst blizzard for ten years. Ten thousand miles of Scottish roads have been snow-bound and many villages cut off. In Poland, the European Toboggan Championships. SHOTLIST: Scenes on main Stirlingshire-Alloa road with cars and buses abandoned and others trying to get through. Shots of a man on skis - Dr Kendall of Stirling who had to abandon his car and was attempting to reach his patient.
Keywords
Sport; Health and medicine; Weather; Environment; Transport; Winter sports; Road transport
Locations
Scotland; England; Poland; Stirlingshire
Card file number
72810
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Charles Elder
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Snowfall', British Movietone News Issue No. 1497A, 13 Feb 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22214 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)