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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

3525

Title

[BLACKPOOL: FOOTBALL, ILLUMINATIONS & PLEASURE BEACH]

Producer

Mr Arthur Townsend

Date

1949

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

3 mins 53 secs

Description

Scenes from a football match between Blackpool and possibly Bolton in October 1949. Stanley Matthews is attacking on the right wing. Also views of the Blackpool Illuminations and Pleasure Beach and of a group of women paddling in the sea. There is footage of an aeroplane taking holidaymakers on pleasure trips along the coast. Scenes shot at Stamford Park boating lake.

 

 



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