News in Brief: The Lights of Blackpool

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1423A

Date Released

13 Sep 1956

Date submitted

4 Sep 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Nasser Says No
2. 2News in Brief: British Miners in Russia
3. 3News in Brief: The Snark
4. 4News in Brief: For Crossing Rivers
5. 5News in Brief: Floods Ruin Crops
6. 6News in Brief: The Lights of Blackpool
7. 7Malays Troop the Colour
8. 8Bluebird at Coniston
9. 9Salute to the Few

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 9

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blackpool Illuminations. DESCRIPTION: Blackpool’s illuminations are a sight to see, they use about 330,000 lamps altogether. Blackpool has been doing this kind of thing since 1912. SHOTLIST: Blackpool tower with lights flashing on and off. Various shots of the illuminations.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Locations

Blackpool

Card file number

68117

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Length of story (in feet)

27

Story extras:

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