News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 2nd Year

Issue

Issue No.

12

Date Released

Aug 1949

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Holiday Camp
• 2. Up River
• 3. Beside the Sea
• 4. Pitmen’s Derby

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

BFI Summary - Miner and family go to Blackpool.
BFI synopsis: Bill Purdie (from Mossley Common Collier) and family go on holiday to Blackpool for Wakes Week - seen in landau on seafront, at the Tower, the open-air trams, sideshows, the boating lake and the beach.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 24th to the 29th June 1949.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Mining

Locations

England; Lancashire; Blackpool

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board

Director

Peter Pickering

Camera

Stanley Head