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[Flood Scenes]

1953 , Thames Estuary (Other)

Cat no. 166

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The East coast floods of 1953.

An aerial survey of the effects of the 1953 floods on the Thames Estuary. The first shot shows a ship lying on its side in dry dock. A flooded causeway is filmed followed by flooded farmland and stranded cows. General views of the submerged landscape follow and the film ends with shots of a flooded caravan site.

Keywords

Floods

Background Information

It was pictures like this that revealed to ground based officials just how extensive and calamitous the floods had been. (M. Pollard, `North Sea Surge'. Published by Terence Dalton.)

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[Flood Scenes]

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