News in Colour: Flood Chaos

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2050A
Date Released
19 Sep 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flood Chaos (Colour). DESCRIPTION: More than a thousand square miles of South and South East England under water in the worst flood disaster in the region since 1953. Chaos in communications - many hundreds homeless - and loss of life, too - raise the question, should we have a Central Agency to take the place of Civil Defence, to coordinate rescue and relief? SHOTLIST: CU sign Danger Road Flooded. 4 shots of general floods (railway station, tracks completely submerged). MS car half submerged. MS boat being rowed and towed. MS crack in road. MS floods. Floods in Lewisham. MS policeman directing traffic while ankle deep in water. MS bus through flooded street. MS man & woman mopping up shop. MS water being pumped away. MS people get into lorry to be evacuated. MS lorry drives off with boy on pedal cycle behind it in three feet of water. MS lorry drives through flooded road towards camera.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Environment; Railways; Transport; Police; Evacuees; Accidents and disasters
Locations
England; Lewisham; United Kingdom
Card file number
93937
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
156
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News in Colour: Flood Chaos', British Movietone News Issue No. 2050A, 19 Sep 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27552 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)