Floods: a Breathing Space. New Defences Hold So Far
Series
- Series Name
- British Paramount News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- Thousands of workers, including servicemen, attempt to close gaps in sea defences. Comprehensive report covers stricken area from Canvey Island to the Humber. Lord Mayor of London launches National Appeal. Graphic pictures from Holland show how Dutch cope with disaster greater even than our own.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Weather; Accidents and disasters; Engineering; Military
- Footage sources
- Gaumont British
Polygoon
- Library number
- 21113
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- A. R. Edmonds
- Camera
- James F. Gemmell
- Camera
- Len W. Dudley
- Camera
- Ronald L. Read
- Length of story (in feet)
- 401
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Production Documents
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
- 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.
- Series held
- View all series held by Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
How to cite this record
'Floods: a Breathing Space. New Defences Hold So Far', British Paramount News Issue No. 2290, 9 Feb 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/44231 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)