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  1. Pier Blown Up

    Date released
    12 Feb 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/13
    NoS ID
    097735
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    A pier off the East Coast is partially wrecked when a German mine explodes. Two lifeboatmen who were on the pier had just entered the boathouse when the mine exploded, but they were not injured.

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  2. Great Dock Fire

    Date released
    26 Mar 1917
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    627
    NoS ID
    076644
    Story no
    4 / 10

    Burning warehouses on pier, San Francisco. Gutted pier. Damage estimated at £500,000.

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  3. 7th Pier Fire This Year

    Date released
    25 Sep 1933
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    33/77
    NoS ID
    090850
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Famous Royal Victoria Rooms on the old pier at Bridlington are destroyed.

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  4. Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Mine Shatters Seaside Pier

    Date released
    12 Feb 1940
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    558
    NoS ID
    010613
    Story no
    8 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Clacton Pier Wrecked. DESCRIPTION: A Nazi mine shatters the Pier at Clacton. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the wrecked pier which had been struck by a mine.

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  5. Blackpool Pier Fire

    Date released
    23 Jun 1938
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    38/50
    NoS ID
    096127
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Fire destroys Pier Theatre and the owner Mr Lawrence Wright surveys the damages.

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  6. The Attempt to Blow-Up Margate Pier

    Date released
    28 Jan 1979
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2591
    NoS ID
    031246
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Attempt to Blow-Up Margate Pier. DESCRIPTION: Storms along the South-East coast have taken their toll on its Piers. At Herne Bay a large middle section of the Pier has been washed away....

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  7. Great Yarmouth Pier Blaze

    Date released
    8 Aug 1932
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    2231
    NoS ID
    385101
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS synopsis: Fire destroys Floral Hall on Britannia Pier at famous East coast resort.

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  8. [Title missing]

    Date released
    6 Jan 1930
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1674
    NoS ID
    088074
    Story no
    2 / 99
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The end of the music hall’s oldest joke. Wigan Pier (and there really is a pier and it’s fifty year old) demolished.

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  9. Mined Dutch Ship Cuts Pier in Two

    Date released
    1 Feb 1940
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    931
    NoS ID
    037099
    Story no
    2 / 6

    Dutch wreck collides with pier of South Coast holiday resort.

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  10. One-Job Jetty

    Date released
    23 Jan 1958
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    58/7
    NoS ID
    108025
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    A wrecked ship with a precious cargo can’t reach the pier - so the pier is built to reach the ship.

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