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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

206

Title

SILVER JUBILEE OF H.M. THE KING

Producer

Jackson's Amusements Ltd

Date

1935

Gauge

35mm N

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

15 mins 28 secs

Description

Jubilee celebrations in Rochdale - showing the town decorated with flags; huge crowds of spectators (long sequences showing these); processions of soldiers, veterans, nurses, youth groups, bands, police etc.; and the Mayor and Mayoress and civic dignitaries. There is dancing and singing in the Square, illuminations in the town, and a beacon as part of a national chain.
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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