Sand V. Houses (1948)

Talacre, Dee Estuary, North Wales. Various shots of sand banks and dunes. L/S of house half buried by sand. Various shots of people digging sand away from house. C/U of man digging sand. More shots people digging sand. C/U of dog watching. The sand is loaded onto a lorry. The house belongs to the Terry family. Other houses nearby have been totally engulfed by creeping sand dunes. Note: see paperwork for newspaper and magazine articles about stories in NP 189. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 19