Film Number

1038

Title

[PRESTON NEWSREEL COMPILATION]

Producer

Unknown

Date

c1902

Gauge

35mm N

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

10 mins 14 secs

Description

Newsreel compilation featuring several different items. A group of civic dignitaries proclaims the start of the 1902 Preston Guild, and there is footage from the Trade and Civic processions. Two hot-air balloons are seen in Moor Park with one ascending (flown by Percival Spencer), and the film ends with the Countess of Derby at the opening of the Preston Infirmary.