Sheffield - A Stricken City

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1707A
Date Released
22 Feb 1962
Date submitted
20 Feb 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sheffield - a Stricken City. DESCRIPTION: Parts of Sheffield look as if they’d been blitzed. Indeed, the city was blitzed - by one of the most violent storms ever to whip through a town in Britain. Damage to property is very considerable, something like two thirds of the city’s houses have been affected. Re-housing and re-furnishing is the task ahead, and an emergency like this demands Government financial aid. Early estimates of the damage done put the sum at over two million pounds. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan city (2 shots) damaged house. MS pan house. MS damaged house. MS sign. MS ditto. (4 shots) damaged houses. CU sign. (7 shots) damaged houses. GV pan ditto (2 shots) pan damaged houses.
Keywords
Weather; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Sheffield
Card file number
83945
Credits:
Camera
Keith Medley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
129
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sheffield - A Stricken City', British Movietone News Issue No. 1707A, 22 Feb 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24516 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)