ROADS BLOCKED BY SNOW
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Cars, lorries, trains and villages are stranded in deep snow along the coast in North East Scotland. (clip)
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Title: ROADS BLOCKED BY SNOW
Reference number: N0640
Date: 1978
Production company: Grampian Television
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 12.04 mins
Description:
Report about heavy snow conditions in the North East of Scotland and how these have affected movement and safety of people, often stranded by adverse weather conditions.
Please note the sound on this piece of film is intermittent, wild sound [ie not as transmitted] Interview section sound is better, however.
Credits: reporter Dermot McQuarrie
Shotlist: gvs cars stuck in snow, snow-plough tries to clear road (0.20) -blank- (0.24) Royal Naval Sea King helicopter arrives and men carry blankets into a school?; ms helicopters; medium close shot pilots; ls men put on rucksacks and leave; helicopter landing (2.50) aerials of snow blocked roads (3.00) -blank- (3.13) aerials of snow blocked roads (7.15) ints operations room, with maps etc (7.25) shots of helicopters on ground and aerials of snow scenes (8.13) interview with young couple from Tain about their experience of getting stuck in the snow in Aviemore and being put up with another 50 people by the locals (9.58) shots of helicopter and interview with helicopter pilot regarding conditions (11.21) reporter to camera, summing up (12.04)