Italian Flood Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2058A
Date Released
14 Nov 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Italian Flood Disaster. DESCRIPTION: A small valley in Northern Italy takes the brunt of the recent floods. A centre of the Textile Industry, twenty thousand are now unemployed while more than a hundred lives have been lost and thousands more made homeless. SHOTLIST: 2 shots flood water. MS pan damaged building. MS interior ditto. GV damage. MS swollen river. MS river, pan up to damaged house. MS overturned car. 2 shots people engaged in salvaging operations. MS flood damage. MS men carrying coffin. MS man with two small boys. CU boy. MS people in punt. 2 shots people being helped from punt. MS flood damage. MS ditto. MS bulldozer clearing rubble. 4 shots people engaged in salvage operations.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Environment; Displaced persons; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Italy
Footage sources
France
Card file number
94128
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Italian Flood Disaster', British Movietone News Issue No. 2058A, 14 Nov 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27630 (Accessed 04 Mar 2025)