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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

2061

Title

SCENES OF GENERAL INTEREST

Producer

Reginald Rigby

Date

c1935-40

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

13 mins 06 secs

Description

Film featuring a variety of subjects and locations. Includes footage of: The HMS Rodney; King George 6th and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) driving past waving crowds; biplanes flying in formation; hunger marchers; ferries at Liverpool, the Ribble in flood; various trains; beacons to commemorate the jubilee of George V and Preston Dock. There is also footage shot in Blackpool, including some shot from a roller coaster.

 

 



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