Britain's Worst Storm (1927)

Item title reads: " Britain's Worst Storm - For 60 years! Waves burst sea walls and cause much damage and many casualties at Fleetwood, where the storm was at its worst."



Fleetwood, Lancashire



M/S flooded streets in a town with people in a a rowing boat. There are people standing at the edge of the flooded streets. A truck drives slowly through water. Some people, rescued from the flood are helped from the back of the truck. M/S of two boys standing on a plank for a raft with boards for oars. A man has a large bundle on a rowing boat. M/S flooded street as a man punts into shot on a makeshift raft. More shots of makeshift rafts and rowing boats.
FILM ID:704.22

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