River Bursts Its Banks (1930)

Somerset. Full titles read: “RIVER BURSTS ITS BANKS - for the second time in six weeks, causing widespread havoc and endangering villages of Athelney & Stan Moor.“ Various shots of flat capped workmen placing sand bags on the banks of the flooded river. L/S of sand bag rolling down ramp and a worker placing on top of other bags. M/S of a man punting his family in rowing boat on the flooded river. 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 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé we