The Great Storm (1927)

Item title reads: “The Great Storm. Torrential rain - almost tropical in its intensity in a few moments turns streets into rivers.“ South London M/S of motor vehicles and a horse and cart approaching, towards camera, through flooded streets with a tram in the background. The water is half way up the wheels of the vehicles, quite deep. There is a shot of an abandoned hand pulled ’Hovis Bread’ cart in rushing floodwater with houses in the background. A man walks along the pavement with floodwater rushing down the road. A car and an open top double decker bus make their way along, through the deep floodwater, turning in front of the camera. Note: July in England - wet weather as ever. 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,