Fireworks

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
416
Date Released
17 Dec 1962
Date recorded
20 Nov 1962
Length of issue (in feet)
706
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: The scene on November the Sixth, and any other day of the year, where fireworks are manufactured in a string of huts separated for safety by blast screens. We meet the man with a job every schoolboy envies - the firework tester who puts on a whizz-bang show.
Keywords
Industry and manufacture
Locations
England; Hertfordshire; Hemel Hempstead
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Tim Brinton
Length of story (in feet)
266
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
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How to cite this record

'Fireworks', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 416, 17 Dec 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121316 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)