News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1702

Date Released

23 Jun 1947

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Car Tax Change Welcomed
• 2. Noah’s Ark Flies Ocean
• 3. Output Bonus Promises More Houses
• 4. Canadian Dam Averts Flood
• 5. Clynes Case Stirs Nation’s Conscience

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

Engineers open floodgates of St Maurice River Dam, Quebec, and save hundreds of square miles menaced by sudden melting of winter snows.

Keywords

Weather; Engineering

Locations

Quebec; Canada; St Maurice River

Footage sources

Associated Screen News

Library number

16304

Length of story (in feet)

90

Story extras:

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Dope Sheet
• Shot List

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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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