News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

455

Date Released

21 Feb 1938

Date submitted

18 Feb 1938

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Weather Report: Read by Leslie Mitchell
• 2. Weather Report: Read by Leslie Mitchell
• 3. Weather Report: Read by Leslie Mitchell
• 4. At Home & Abroad: His Majesty at Woolwich Arsenal
• 5. At Home & Abroad: Three Submarines launched at Barrow-in-Furness
• 6. At Home & Abroad: Ex-President Hoover in Belgium
• 7. At Home & Abroad: Roumanian politics take a new turn
• 8. Woman’s Page
• 9. Woman’s Page
• 10. Woman’s Page
• 11. Sports Page: Uni-Cycle Race through London
• 12. Sports Page: Mass Wrestling
• 13. Sports Page: Eclipse Stakes at Bombay
• 14. Answers to Correspondents
• 15. Answers to Correspondents
• 16. Answers to Correspondents

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 16

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Snow on Rainbow Summit. DESCRIPTION: Blizzard in California. SHOTLIST: Rainbow Summit in the Sierras is snowed up, the post is delivered on skis and cars have to be dug out. A snow plough clears the roads and traffic is resumed, but telegraph wires break under the weight of the snow and communication is delayed.

Keywords

Sport; Vehicles; Weather; Communications; Postal services; Winter sports

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

32636

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

30

Story extras:

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