| STORM VICTIMS ASK FOR HELP People in flooded Basildon clear out the debris of their homes. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 34553 | |
| Clip Number: | 34553-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 58/77 | |
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| Location: | Basildon, Essex | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Floods | |
| Description: | STORM VICTIMS ASK FOR HELP - FLOOD VICTIMS People in flooded Basildon clear out the debris of their homes. Basildon, Essex. GV Mr and Mrs Evans cleaning up ruined furniture in the garden. CU Mrs Evans cleaning chair. LV Ruined furniture in garden belonging to Mr and Mrs Osborne. CU Pan ruined armchair and settee. CU Chair with no seat. CU Mr Osborne picks up radio set as water pours out from it. SV Pan down wardrobe to Mrs Osborne showing veneer pealing off it. SV Interior Mr Osborne cleaning up bedspring, he shows the level of the flood in the bedroom. CU Showing level of flood water waist high. SV Exterior with the Chairman of Basildon Urban Council Mr H E Tanswell, handing out collecting boxes to voluntary collectors. C. Poster on table 'Basildon flood fund, give generously now, great losses suffered by large number of residents'. SV Two women at doorway putting into collection box. LV Mrs Harris with some of her eighteen children sorting out pile of soaked clothes. CU Some of the children sorting soaked clothes. CU One of the girls holding up ruined clothing. CU Mrs Harris. LV Exterior, old-aged pensioners Mr and Mrs White sorting out papers and records amidst ruined furniture in garden. CU Pan down ruined dressing table. LV Interior showing Mr White lying on bed made up from table, pan to Mrs White sitting in the only serviceable chair left. | |
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