News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Laing News Review

Issue

Issue No.

4

Date Released

Sep 1954

Length of issue (in feet)

955

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. (Untitled record)
• 2. (Untitled record)
• 3. (Untitled record)
• 4. (Untitled record)
• 5. (Untitled record)
• 6. (Untitled record)
• 7. (Untitled record)
• 8. (Untitled record)
• 9. (Untitled record)
• 10. (Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 10

Summary

BFI synopsis: We catch a glipmse of the site at Bala, where the battle to control the flood waters of the Dee and the Tryweryn has been continued throughout the summer and autumn of 1954 under appalling weather conditions. More than once the waters have reached danger level and, for a time, the structure of the new Dee bridge was under water. In spite of difficulties the flood channels being constructed to end the flood dangers, were beginning to take shape.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Weather; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Locations

Wales; Bala

Written sources

British Film Institute Sources   Laing Notes, p.4 Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Andrew Timothy

Producer

Public Relations Department, John Laing & Co. Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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