| MENACE BY FLOODS Floods cause havoc in Wiltshire and Berkshire. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6307 |
| Catalog #: | 253361 | |
| Clip Number: | 253361-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 36/2 | |
| Timecode: | 01:10:50 - 01:12:04 | |
| Location: | Wiltshire and Berkshire, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Berkshire | |
| Description: | Menace by floods. Sinking bridge in Wiltshire. Wiltshire and Berkshire, England Intertitle - 'Danger'. M/S of a man wading through water. M/S as trucks and cars drive through the water at Eton. M/S of people standing on steps in Maidenhead. M/S as a man pulls a cart through the water and a car drives along. People walk across makeshift bridges, boys and girls fish from their gardens. M/S as people are carried along and down from a cart. M/S as a little boy pedals his tricycle determinedly through the water. L/S of a house called 'Lakeside' surrounded by water. M/S of bridge at Wiltshire which has cracked in the middle. Various shots showing how it has cracked and split, it has also been sinking at 1 inch per hour. M/S of men trying to shore it up. | |
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