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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

3121

Title

[BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS AND ST JOHNS AMBULANCE BRIGADE]

Producer

Walter Roylance Riding

Date

*1965

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

27 mins 30 secs

Description

Film featuring footage of Blackpool Illuminations - including trams, adverts, the South Pier and Pleasure Beach. Continues with scenes from a wedding - people, including the bride and groom, posing for photographs in the snow. Also features footage of a St John's Ambulance Brigade personnel in Horwich and panoramic views of Bolton (?). There is also footage of the South Coast - an air-sea rescue is seen, as is a zoo and the village of Cockington in Devon. There is footage of Plymouth (?) town centre, including a visit by African dignitaries, navy warships, a model village and a harbour.

 

 



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