| FLOODS IN MAIDENHEAD Good footage of flooded area around the River Thames in Maidenhead. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7877 | |
| Catalog #: | 34775 | |
| Clip Number: | 34775-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1588 D | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:20 - 01:28:37 | |
| Location: | Maidenhead, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/EUROPE: River, Thames LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | FLOODS IN MAIDENHEAD Good footage of flooded area around the River Thames in Maidenhead. A woman wearing rubber pants lifts her skirt above them as she wades through her flooded garden to collect some eggs from a marooned hen in a hen house. Shot of the hen sitting on an upturned chair in the water; the woman picks it up. General view of the swollen river with a 'Danger' sign strung across it. Cars and buses driving along a flooded road. C/U of signs reading 'Police Notice - Try Your Brakes After Leaving Water' and 'Police Notice - Road Flooded To A Depth of 12 Inches'. General view of a road that looks like a river. A woman comes out of her house and steps into the road, wading along through the water in her wellies. A woman picks up a milk bottle from her flooded bottom step. A man walks over a makeshift bridge / ramp to get to his terraced house. A horse and cart driving along a road. Brief M/S of sign pointing to Hotel de Paris at Bray 'for comfort, service and atmosphere'. | |
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