News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1677

Date Released

27 Mar 1947

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Floods Now National Disaster
• 2. Piano Prodigy Must Wait One More Year
• 3. Bike Fans Revive Race Through Paris
• 4. Laurel and Hardy Open a Railway
• 5. Trailer: Women’s Land Army

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

Engineers, troops and German prisoners of war use amphibious tanks to close Earith Gap, cause of worst Fen flooding ever known.

Keywords

Vehicles; Weather; Weapons; Accidents and disasters; Military

Locations

England; Cambridgeshire; Bluntisham

Library number

16084

Credits:

Camera

James F. Gemmell

Length of story (in feet)

208

Story extras:

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Dope Sheet
• Shot List

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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