The Future of the Piers

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2386

Date Released

23 Feb 1975

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Future of the Piers. DESCRIPTION: For many years the English Holiday scene has meant a day out at the seaside, a walk along the "prom" and a saunter to the end of the pier. But time and tide have left the piers with a very shaky financial and structural future. In Brighton it could mean "the end of the Piers". SHOTLIST: GV West Pier, tide coming up on beach. GV West Pier. LV Palace Pier, SV fisherman casting line from Palace Pier. SV ditto this man’s line tangles. SV man trying to untangle line in reel. SV others come round to help. LV the decaying West Pier. SV ditto (decaying woodwork). FV sign ‘This Section Closed to Public’. LV decaying lifebelt. CU decaying seats. SV rusting metalwork. FV pavilion in ill repair. FV derelict amusement arcade on Palace Pier.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Engineering

Locations

Brighton

Card file number

75/48

Credits:

Camera: Denis White
Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

102

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