California - Roads into Rivers
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Roads Into Rivers. DESCRIPTION: Freak rainstorms hit Southern California. Nearly forty families around Los Angeles had to evacuate their homes. One of the houses most severely hit belongs to William Miller, Frank Sinatra’s pianist. His wife was swept away in a river of mud. SHOTLIST: Scenes. Car in flooded road. Several scenes. Chaos - broken furniture strewn around - homes wrecked. One house severely hit belonging to William Miller (Frank Sinatra’s pianist). Shot of upright piano. Mrs Miller was swept away in a river of mud. Shot of her body being brought in on stretcher by fireman.
- Keywords
- Weather; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- United States of America; California
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 89054
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 80
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How to cite this record
'California - Roads into Rivers', British Movietone News Issue No. 1850A, 19 Nov 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25759 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)