Blackpool Lights

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2259

Date Released

18 Sep 1972

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blackpool Lights. DESCRIPTION: Female impersonator Danny La Rue opens the Blackpool lights for their 60th anniversary. SHOTLIST: Ground to air Concorde flying over. GV pan up from beach to Blackpool Tower. SV Danny La Rue making speech. At 31’ he pulls lever to switch on lights. Pan up to illuminations of Concorde with Connie written underneath. at 35’ the words Another Double First appear and at 40’ Danny lights up underneath. SCU La Rue waving & cheering. SV crowds cheering. SV towards illuminated train. LV towards tram illuminated in shape of ship. CU pan as it goes past. Name HMS Blackpool on side. SV pan another tram lit up as a ship. LV tram illuminated as a rocket. SV illuminated model windmill. SV animated illumination. SCU puppets moving. SCU other puppets. GV pan Blackpool illuminations.

Keywords

Performing arts

Locations

Blackpool

Card file number

98452

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

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