Sea Invades Norfolk 1938

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Norfolk.

First 32 seconds are soundtrack only; commentator talks of the floods along the east coast of England where the sea has broken over the sea walls.

Several brief shots of badly flooded fields; some are aerial shots. Some men in a small boat paddle their way over the water....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16304
Sort Number:
38/014
Time in/Out:
01:05:27:00 / 01:06:26:00
Canister:
38/14
Film ID:
955.09
Issue Date:
17/02/1938

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0:010:020:030:04

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