Fairground

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
403
Date Released
17 Sep 1962
Date recorded
23 Aug 1962
Length of issue (in feet)
755
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
NoS Summary - Scenes from an amusement park, showing attractions in both in slow-motion and twice normal speed.
Researcher Comments
Commentary: Life practically stands still at the fairground when our slow-motion cameras show how people enjoy the torment of switchbacks, water-chutes, helter-skelters. All the fun of the fair - first at a quarter its real speed and then twice as dizzily fast as it ever happens in life.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Locations
England
Written sources
British Pathe online database
Pathe Pictorial Issue Sheets   Used for commentary
Credits:
Commentator
Wilfrid Thomas
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Fairground', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 403, 17 Sep 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121272 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)