Floods At Cowbit (1947)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. Floods at Cowbit. Lincolnshire. L/S of plane flying over flooded areas, taking pictures. General views of floods, the breech, the tanks that were washed away. L/S and M/S line of men laying wire mats on mud. L/S and M/S water swirling through the breech. L/S tree trunks being placed in the breech to stem flood waters. 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 website.