Clacton Carnival

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

633

Date Released

9 Feb 1967

Date recorded

13 Jan 1967

Length of issue (in feet)

676

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Land of the Fairy Chimneys
2. 2Clacton Carnival
3. 3Mystic Seaport

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Make believe at a Clacton holiday camp is the intricate annual process of decking out fancy and fantastic floats for the parade along the front. Cowboys and Indians, all kinds of bathing suited beauties and even an advance guard of fierce looking Vikings, who, it’s claimed are the real discoveries of America, but they didn’t land in the kind of ships you see at ...

Keywords

Customs and traditions; Fashion and costume

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

228

Story extras:

Film clip

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