| WORST SNOW STORM FOR 50 YEARS! Snow and floods create problems all over the UK. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5483 |
| Catalog #: | 253491 | |
| Clip Number: | 253491-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/18 | |
| Timecode: | 01:39:53 - 01:41:20 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Sunken Remains / Shipwreck WEATHER: Snow | |
| Description: | "Everywhere. Worst Snow Storm For 50 Years! Roads in many places impassable - communications cut - cars abandoned.” Men dig with shovels to clear roads of snow. A bus is stranded in a snow drift behind them. The bus is cleared of snow. Intertitle reads: “... Then the great thaw ... and floods ...” Aerial views over flooded area. Flooded houses and farms. Views of flooded town with water flowing through it. More aerials of floods. Shot in flooded town with man sitting in doorway with fishing rod, angling in flood waters. Men come out of pub in waders (boots) and are served drinks by waitress also in waders. Intertitle reads: “... and more victims on the North East Coast.” Shot of ship beached (shipwrecked, aground) on coast. People walk around inspecting the ship. Closer shot of the ship. | |
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