The Aftermath Longer Version Of Floods (1920)

Louth, Lincolnshire. Intertitle: “THE AFTERMATH. With the true British pluck - the sorely tried inhabitants are cheerfully getting their own homes together again“. M/S of a street that has been ravished by severe storms. In the foreground a man stands on the back of a horse and cart, he is passed down cases from a first floor window. M/S of two women standing amongst the rubble using buckets of water to wash a piece of furniture. M/S of an upturned piano lying in the street being hosed with water. L/S of people sorting through a large pile of debris. M/S of a man carrying a chair over fallen tree trunks, he places it with more furniture in the street. L/S of two men outside a half collapsed house. Panning shot of a river that has broken its banks, almost reaching the front door of a nearby house. More shots of the man being passed cases from an upstairs window. Note: there is a slightly shorter version of this story, including some shots not used in G 675 in story - FLOODS. Note December 2011