London Floods
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London Floods. DESCRIPTION: After a three hour deluge, parts of South London were flooded to a depth of four feet. SHOTLIST: SV mass of cars down street in water. SV large lorry in flooded area, man hanging out of door pan to two people pushing car through water. SV ditto. SV two lorries driving through flooded road. SV pan car driving through water. CU car front zoom out to SV of two cars woman hanging out of car. SV pan car driving through water. SV pan up street flooded. SV pan ditto zoom in at ‘67 to shop entrance. SV flooded shop entrance. SV car in flooded street zoom out to another car driving through another street. SV pedestrian crossing control. SV man walking along flooded street. SV traffic down flooded street. CU name plate Gentleman. SV flooded toilet. SV small girl walking along flooded street. CU nameplate Ladies. SV flooded toilet. SV pan up bus driving through flooded street. SV three boys cycling through flooded street. SV man pushing car. SV boy walking with push bike. SV people walking down flooded pathway.
- Keywords
- Weather; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- London
- Card file number
- 99273
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 143
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How to cite this record
'London Floods', British Movietone News Issue No. 2305, 6 Aug 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29997 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)