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Chopsticks Competition

Date released

22 Oct 1962

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

408

NoS ID

121288

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Holidaymakers at a Butlin’s Holiday Camp in Clacton compete to eat Chinese food as quickly as possible using chopsticks.

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Come to Britain

Date released

21 May 1931

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

31/41

NoS ID

089128

Story no

8 / 9

Extras

1 film clip

Mr PJ Pybus, MP for Clacton, inaugurates movement to attract continental visitors to our east coast holiday resorts.

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Crazy Gala

Date released

29 Aug 1960

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

296

NoS ID

120939

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Highjinks at an outdoor swimming pool at Butlin’s Holiday Camp in Clacton.

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Bikini Competition

Date released

11 Sep 1961

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

350

NoS ID

121111

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Girls make bikinis from tea towels and model them in a competition at Butlin’s Holiday Camp in Clacton.

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Nazi Plane Crashes in Essex

Date released

6 May 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/37

NoS ID

097930

Story no

7 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

German mine laying plane crashes at Clacton, killing its crew, two civilians, injuring more than a hundred and fifty others and demolishing fifty houses.

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Spaghetti Race

Date released

17 Oct 1960

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

303

NoS ID

120961

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Holidaymakers participate in a macaroni-eating contest at Butlin’s Holiday Camp in Clacton, Essex.

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Trick Shots

Date released

16 Oct 1961

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

355

NoS ID

121125

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Snooker expert John Pullman trains some players and demonstrates trick shots in the snooker hall of a holiday camp in Clacton.

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Crossing the Lie [Sic]

Date released

20 Jun 1932

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

203

NoS ID

138867

Story no

6 / 8

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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Wild West Bar

Date released

17 Feb 1966

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

582

NoS ID

121731

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: The authentic Wild West atmosphere has been re-created at a Clacton holiday camp. No detail has been spared although the double-dealing of card players is strictly for the benefit of our...

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Coco the Clown

Date released

23 Jun 1966

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

600

NoS ID

121769

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Coco the Clown’s been in the laughing game for forty years. Watch him make up his pantomime face, and give the full greasepaint treatment to a very young admirer, before setting out to...

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