The Army Takes Over Flood Towns (1947)

Full title reads: Coalmen, Butchers, Drivers. .. Now The Army Takes Over Flood Towns. Maidenhead, Berkshire. MS CU Various shots of army amphibious vehicles (DUKWs) driving along flooded roads with rescued people. CU a policeman giving directions into a microphone. CU an army signal corps man speaking into the microphone. MS Civilians piling onto an army lorry. CU a man in bathing trunks jacket and trilby hat carries belongings through the floods MS a woman in wellington walks through flood waters. MS soldiers lifting an old woman into a rowing boat. CU elderly lady in boat. LS a dog, marooned on a piece of wood. CU the dog being picked up by a girl in a boat. MS of a tank in the water. MS A rowing boat full of bread being hauled by one of the soldiers and pushed by another. CU shopping is delivered by attaching it to a long pole poking from window which is then dragged inside. MS Sacks of coal being loaded onto a jeep. MS a DUKW called Borden Flyer, delivers the milk. CU