ARMY FLOOD RELIEF OPERATIONS IN WORCESTER, NOVEMBER 2000 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ARMY FLOOD RELIEF OPERATIONS IN WORCESTER, NOVEMBER 2000 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BFA 1480
  • Other titles: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2000 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Members of the Army (including Territorials) help to ferry stranded civilians across a flooded bridge in Worcester, using RB-44 trucks. Shots of flooded streets. Corporal Richard Webb describes the situation and the large numbers of people moved (around a thousand). Drive-through of flooded road on the back of an Army Bedford flatbed truck past flooded premises (including Worcester Rowing Club and BBC Hereford and Worcester studio). Shots from ground of the truck driving through water. Interview with Lance Bombardier Mark Anthony Cox (TA). Shots of the flooded Upton-upon-Severn Road. Brigade Commander talks to soldiers about the situation.
  • Description: ARMY MOBILE NEWS TEAM SHOTLIST (The following data has been copied, without amendment, from Army Mobile News Team computer files.) 01--0-0--0- tone & bars 01--0-0--0- BD 44 Ferrys people thro' floods 01--0-2--2- cutaway. running water & rubbish bin 01--0-3--3- BD 44 pulls away thro' water 01--0-5--5- civi's get out of back of truck 01--0-6--6- people boarding BD 44 (worcester) 01--0-7--7- BD 44 pulls away 01--0-7--7- IV Cpl Richard Webb (R/L) 01--1-0--0- cutaway. bridge & flowing water 01--1-1--1- moored boats, roadsigns. Pan to bridge 01--1-2--2- mirror shot . driving thro' water 01--1-2--2- front wheel going thro' water 01--1-4--4- soldier looking off back of truck at high water 01--1-4--4- flood damage to road 01--1-4--4- low shot following traffic lights 01--1-5--5- flooded garage forecourt 01--1-6--6- sandbagged front doors 01--1-6--6- boat moored outside house 01--1-7--7- flatbed moving away thro' floods 01--1-8--8- flatbed approaching thro' floods 01--1-9--9- GV's of riverside & town 01--2-0--0- IV LBdr Mark Antoncox 01--2-2--2- rear view approaching Upton 01--2-6--6- Old man & roadsigns 01--2-6--6- Old people walk past flooded road 01--2-7--7- GV's Cutaways: roadsigns & flooding 01--3-0--0- GV Firestation 01--3-1--1- Bde Comd. talks to troops at Upton-upon-Severn
  • Alternative Title: HEADQUARTERS LAND COMMAND ARMY 2000 COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: BFA 1480
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (BFA 1480)
  • Featured Period: 1990-2000
  • Production Date: 2000-11-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: United Kingdom Land Forces Mobile News Team (Production company) Moreno, Gabriel (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: DVCPRO Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Tape length: 33; Running time: 33 mins
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