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QUEEN & DUKE TOUR FLOODED AREAS - PART SOUND

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Channel: British Movietone · 2015 · News & Politics

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(19 Feb 1953) 

CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 58575 - Sand bagging operation in flooded area - building up a flood barrier. Earth movers shift earth for flood barrier. Prince Philip seen visiting people affected by flooding. Machine being used to expel flood water from house. Queen Elizabeth is seen visiting houses which have been flooded. Prince Philip visits flood areas - he speaks to local people. Scandinavian airlines plane seen landing at airport. Flood relief supplies being delivered. Lorries are loaded with blankets. Night shot of blankets being unloaded from another aircraft. Interior of aircraft - men moving bundles of blankets. Sound from here - telex machine types report on tide levels - lower than expected. Royal Signals soldier gives telext to colleague. CU of his fingers on keys. Man gives information about tides over telephone. CU of map with flood points marked. Policeman speaks into telephone about tides. Men plan construction of flood blocks. CU of man speaking to camera about emergency supplies of food. Man consults wall chart - plots a graph of high tides. Man runs along muddy road towards car and reports on tide. CU of policeman in driver's seat of car he speaks into a car radio system from King's Ferry Bridge reporting on tide. Man walks along wall made of sandbags covered wtih snow. He speaks into radio set which is strapped to his back. He looks at flood water. Tents covered with snow - headquarters of RAF regiment 33 Wing. Sand bags being loaded onto tank. Tank being driven along flooded street. Various shots of RAF at work with sand bags, having rations, carrying sand bags, walking along ridge, standing in flood water and shovelling sand, making their way through mud, piling up sandbags, working outside the Red Cow pub filling sandbags. Sandbags being unloaded from a boat. 

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