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  1. Kursaal Rides

    Date released
    24 Sep 1951
    Series name
    New Pictorial
    Issue no
    367
    NoS ID
    119201
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

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  2. THE WALL OF DEATH

    Date released
    1 Jul 1929
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1907
    NoS ID
    384102
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Thrilling exhibition of daring motor cycle riding on perpendicular track at the Kursaal, Southend.

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  3. News in Colour: Kursaal Demolition

    Date released
    15 Apr 1974
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2341
    NoS ID
    030303
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kursaal Demolition Colour. DESCRIPTION: Things aint what they used to be on Southend Pier and the Kursaal Amusement Park, now under the axe and the wind of change. SHOTLIST: LV Southend...

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  4. Kursaal Flyer

    Date released
    3 Sep 1962
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    401
    NoS ID
    121267
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: We found a train that travels by road. No one minds because it’s really a three-ton truck. And that’s all we’re telling you.

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  5. Kurshaal Preparations

    Date released
    14 May 1956
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    072
    NoS ID
    120204
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS Summary - Pre-season checking and cleaning take place at the Kursaal amusement park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex; the roller-coaster is among the rides examined.

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  6. Wall of Death Girl

    Date released
    18 Aug 1963
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    451
    NoS ID
    121421
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Cindy Willis is 17 and still driving around Southend with L plates on her scooter. Not unusual you may think, until we watch her hurtling round the Wall of Death at the famous Kursaal.

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  7. Taxi Drivers Outing for Children

    Date released
    24 Aug 1970
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2151
    NoS ID
    028453
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Taxi Drivers Outing for Children. DESCRIPTION: London taxi drivers keep their meters switched off as they take a group of under-privileged children to the seaside. SHOTLIST: GV...

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  8. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Coast Resorts Prepare

    Date released
    15 Apr 1946
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    880
    NoS ID
    013816
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holiday Preparations at Seaside Resorts. DESCRIPTION: The anti-invasion defences are being removed around Britain, as at Southend, ready to return to their pre-war gaiety. SHOTLIST: KS...

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  9. Taxi Drivers’ Outing

    Date released
    31 Jul 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2252
    NoS ID
    029493
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Taxi Drivers’ Outing. DESCRIPTION: Every year some of London’s taxi drivers take children for a day at the seaside. There to greet them was Jimmy Saville. SHOTLIST: SV taxi loaded...

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  10. All Colour Reel: Taxi Drivers Outing

    Date released
    12 Aug 1974
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2358
    NoS ID
    030437
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Taxi Drivers Outing Colour. DESCRIPTION: London to Southend is the route for the Taxi Drivers’ annual outing for under-privileged and physically handicapped children. Also on the trip...

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