Floods In Maidenhead (1946)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear.
Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Heavy rain has caused the River Thames to overflow in many places.
A woman wearing rubber leggings lifts her skirt above them as she wades through her flooded garden to collect some eggs from a marooned hen in a hen house. Shot of the hen sitting on an upturned chair in the water; the woman picks it up.
General view of the swollen river with a 'Danger' sign strung across it. Cars and buses driving along a flooded road. C/U of signs reading 'Police Notice - Try Your Brakes After Leaving Water' and 'Police Notice - Road Flooded To A Depth of 12 Inches'. General view of a road that looks like a river. A woman comes out of her house and steps into the road, wading along through the water in her wellies. A woman picks up a milk bottle from her flooded bottom step. A man walks over a makeshift bridge / ramp to get to his terraced house. A horse and cart driving along a road. Brief M/S of sign pointing to Hotel de Paris at Bray 'for comfort, service and atmosphere'.
FILM ID:2359.04
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