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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

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