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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

921

Title

[CUP FINAL. BOLTON v BLACKPOOL]

Producer

Unknown

Date

1953

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

8 mins 06 secs

Description

The camera visits Blackpool and Bolton before the big match - Blackpool seafront; the empty football stadium; a coach full of Bolton supporters sets off. In London - a look at some of the sights, Big Ben, Downing Street and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. After the match the winning team, Blackpool, travels along the high street on an open bus; a cinema advertisement announces Pathe news coverage of the match.
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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