Flood Damage Repairs
1953 , Aldeburgh and Orford (Suffolk)
Cat no. 2
Clearing up after East Coast floods.
The film shows the external damage done by the floods of 1953. Mud is piled up against the fronts of houses on the front at Aldeburgh. The film moves on to scenes of flood damage at Orford. (A shot of a signpost is used for identification.) The clearing up process is shown. Men are working by hand, shovelling mud into sacks to create makeshift sea defences. The film shows the progress they have made. Some of the men shown were Mr. Whitwell's employees.
Keywords
Flood; Damage; Repairs
Intertitles
The brooding passion of Aldeburgh's relentless ocean.
Other Places
Seafront at Aldeburgh; Orford. (Orford Ness in background)
Background Information
Civilians were drafted in to help with essential repair work all along the East Anglian coast. These included Cambridge University Students as well as National Servicemen. (See North Sea Surge by Michael Pollard. Published by Terence Dalton Ltd. Lavenham, 1978.)
-
Maker : Mr Whitwell
-
Camera : Mr Whitwell
Manifestations
Flood Damage Repairs
-
- Barcode
- INV358025
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- MP4 H264 digital
- Dimension
- Duration
-
0:03:11
- Modification Date
- 20/11/2015
- Parts
- Reference
- 739941
-
- Barcode
- INV315093
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- MP4 H264 digital
- Dimension
- Duration
-
0:03:11
- Modification Date
- 20/11/2015
- Parts
- Reference
- 739917
-
- Barcode
- INV374986
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- MP4 H264 digital
- Dimension
- Duration
-
0:03:11
- Modification Date
- 20/11/2015
- Parts
- Reference
- 739909
-
- Barcode
- INV341127
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- DV digital
- Dimension
- Duration
-
0:02:02
- Modification Date
- 10/05/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 710928
-
- Activities
- Barcode
- INV454533
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- master digital
- Dimension
- Duration
-
0:02:02
- Modification Date
- 13/04/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 706072
-
- Activities
- Barcode
- INV181214
- Canonical Identifier
- TB 1421
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- BetacamSP tape
- Dimension
- Identifier
- Modification Date
- 30/07/2008
- Parts
- Reference
- 674534
-
- Activities
- Barcode
- INV169802
- Canonical Identifier
- TB 1039
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- BetacamSP tape
- Dimension
- Identifier
- Modification Date
- 23/07/2008
- Parts
- Reference
- 673567
-
- Activities
- Barcode
- INV157083
- Canonical Identifier
- TB 1038
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- BetacamSP tape
- Dimension
- Identifier
- Modification Date
- 23/07/2008
- Parts
- Reference
- 673566
-
- Activities
- Barcode
- INV176645
- Canonical Identifier
- TB 246
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- Umatic tape
- Dimension
- Identifier
- Modification Date
- 22/07/2008
- Parts
- Reference
- 673158
-
- Barcode
- INV197741
- Canonical Identifier
- VP-274
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Duration
-
0:04:00
- Identifier
- Modification Date
- 25/06/2021
- Parts
- Reference
- 562750
-
- Activities
- Barcode
- INV248680
- Canonical Identifier
- A-611
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Details
- Carrier Type
- 16mm film
- Colour Type
- bw
- Has Image
- Y
- Has Sound
- N
- Identifier
- Image Polarity
- negative
- Modification Date
- 25/06/2021
- Parts
- Reference
- 560652
- Sound
- silent
-
Genre: Amateur / Archive Alive
-
Locations: Aldeburgh and Orford (Suffolk) / Suffolk Heritage Coast
-
Description Type: monographic
-
Subject: floods / flood damage
Copyright restrictions apply.
Please see our terms of use. Films on this website are provided for personal viewing. Should you wish to use the films in any other way please contact eafa@uea.ac.uk
terms of useThe data for this page was generated on 05/10/2024 19:49:07+00:00. Click to regenerate this page .