News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Blackpool Pier Fire

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
472A
Date Released
23 Jun 1938
Date submitted
21 Jun 1938
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blackpool Pier Fire. SHOTLIST: The tragic ruins of the Pier Pavilion at Blackpool after the fire. The cast of the show "The Show Goes On" and its producer Mr Lawrence Wright, work hard to remake the properties, while posters proclaim that the show will go on in a nearby theatre.
Local distribution only
Liverpool and Manchester only
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Cinema; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
33674
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
30
Story extras:
Film clip

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How to cite this record

'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Blackpool Pier Fire', British Movietone News Issue No. 472A, 23 Jun 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/8940 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)