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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

1184

Title

[THE PRESTON FAMILY IN BLACKPOOL]

Producer

Preston Brothers

Date

*1928-31/33-34

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

11 mins 50 secs

Description

Members of the Preston family on holiday in Blackpool. Includes scenes of the family walking through a park, enjoying the rides at a fairground, and watching the illuminations at night. Also includes footage of some Ribble coaches parked at a bus station. Holidays makers are seen boarding one of the buses before it departs. The film concludes with scenes of Mr Joshua Preston feeding his chickens at Glengarry and a fancy dress parade through the streets of Stockport [?].
[The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]

 

 



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