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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

7629

Title

NO FIXED ABODE CAMPAIGN - BLACKPOOL DEMONSTRATION

Producer

WFA

Date

1985

Gauge

U-matic LB

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

22 mins 15 secs

Description

A large demonstration in Blackpool to coincide with the Conservative Party Conference, 7-11 October. Many police. Many banners are seen including - Merseyside Dock Workers; Brent Communist Party; NWTUC (NW Trade Union Council); EEPTU (Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union); Miners' groups; pensioners; the Scott Lithgow Group; and the No Fixed Abode campaigners from Manchester. General shots of Blackpool - The Tower, people walking along promenade, pigeons, people in wheelchairs, bustling sea-front and trams.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]

 

 



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