Queen Tours Flood Areas (1953)

Purfleet & Tilbury, Essex - Mablethorpe & Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire LV. Houses belonging to the Thames Board Paper Mills. These houses have been flooded and will be inspected by the Queen & SV. showing painted line almost at the top of door, showing flood level. CU. White painted line. SV. Men carrying out furniture from house, to be dried out. SV. Man sorted out belongings in garden of house. SV. Furniture laid out on pavement for drying. SV. Children cheering. SV. Pan, Queen Elizabeth II walking into garden and enters house belonging to Mr. and Mrs. George Prout. Slip pan. SV. Pan Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh walking towards. He climbs up ladder into DUKW at Mablethorpe. LV. The DUKW drives away for tour. Gv. Pan, partly flooded breach at Sutton on Sea. SCU. Duke with officials walking towards. LV. Work in progress. on sea wall. SV. Duke talking to Lorry driver. Mr. Reg Ball of Islington. SCU. Duke talking to officials. BV. Duke watching lorry and bulldozer at work. SV. Duke watching with officials