The Great Drought (1947)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear or unknown. Location of events unknown. Shots of a dried up river bed showing boulders on the bottom exposed. General view of the low river by the wharf. M/S of ships left high and dry on the river bed. Shots of a fire sweeping across a heath. C/U of a hand lifting a potato plant from the crumbly soil, showing the withered potatoes. C/U of a withered beet. In a field a horse-drawn harrow sends up clouds of dust. Forest fires. Men turn over dusty soil in a wooded area - effort to stop forest fires? 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 Bulleti