News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

387A

Date Released

5 Nov 1936

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Reports: Parliament opened
• 2. Reports: Roosevelt re-elected
• 3. Reports: Ship breaks in two
• 4. Reports: Duce tells Milan
• 5. Reports: King Carol in Prague
• 6. Fashions
• 7. Cycling
• 8. Floods: Description by Eric Dunstan
• 9. Old London: Remarks by Barry Barnes
• 10. Spain

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian Floods. DESCRIPTION: Australia’s Great River inundates vast areas in Victoria. SHOTLIST: Shot of the Murray River in Victoria, Australia. Shot of the floods of the river. Shot of the new reservoir (Hume)? Close and long shots of same. Close shots of the waters surging.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

4863

Credits:

Commentator

Eric Dunstan

Length of story (in feet)

59

Story extras:

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