Thames Flood Alert

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2538
Date Released
22 Jan 1978
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Thames Flood. DESCRIPTION: Gale force winds and high spring tides in the North Sea caused Thameside London to go on a full Flood Alert. SHOTLIST: GV Parliament. Angle Big Ben and statue of Boadicea. GV Westminster Bridge (water at high tide). GV Thames & Waterloo Bridge in background. MS Thames at high level with railings partly covered. MS ditto. MS railings nearly covered. GV Thames Embankment and RAF memorial. MS water lapping steps of memorial. GV Thames - pan to show water nearly level with pavement. LS wall being checked. MCU wall. MCU water seeping through wall. MS water at foot of steps. CU flooded pier landing stage. GV Thames. MS water round wall. GV floods in Twickenham. CU sign ‘Warning - This area is liable to flooding’. CU road sign. GV floods. GV pan floods and houses.
Keywords
Weather
Locations
London
Card file number
78/5
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Richard Day
Length of story (in feet)
129
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Thames Flood Alert', British Movietone News Issue No. 2538, 22 Jan 1978. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31090 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)