News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2481

Date Released

9 Dec 1954

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Soviet Scientists Winter on Polar Ice Floe
• 2. Paratroops Rehearse Jungle Drop
• 3. Pilgrims to Rome Pray for Pope
• 4. Cyprus Base Replaces Suez
• 5. Old Folks’ Home Evacuated after Sea Flooding
• 6. NATO Opens School for Jet Pilots
• 7. Smithfield Show: Britain’s Best Come to Town

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

Emergency measures to repair seawall push forward against time. One hundred and thirty people are taken from hospital near breeched wall, as precautionary measures.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Weather; Older people; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Fleetwood

Library number

22969

Length of story (in feet)

90

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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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