Splashing Down the Seine
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Seine. DESCRIPTION: Le Mascaret is high water on the estuary of the Seine. The tidal bore is sweeping along, towards Paris. Every year, at this season, river and tide engage, in swirling combat. In 1843, the daughter of Victor Hugo, the French poet, lost her life with her husband, when their boat was caught. SHOTLIST: MS tidal bore rushing. Different angle same. MS waves breaking into crowd. SCU women in wet clothes.
- Local distribution only
- Not shown in Scotland.
- Keywords
- Environment; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- France; Normandy; River Seine
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 73369
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 71
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How to cite this record
'Splashing Down the Seine', British Movietone News Issue No. 1506, 14 Apr 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22326 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)