Seaside Holidays and the Illuminations

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2573
Date Released
24 Sep 1978
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Story No. within this Issue
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Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blackpool Seaside Resort. DESCRIPTION: Since the late 19th Century, Blackpool has been a major holiday centre on the England’s North-West coast. In good weather or bad there are many amusements to keep the visitors occupied, including those of the famous Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Each September people flock to the town to see the ‘Illuminations’ which are strung along the ‘Golden Mile’. The special feature of this year’s Lights are the television ‘Muppets’. SHOTLIST: GV sea breaking on shore. MS 2 women sitting in deck-chairs. LS beach and Blackpool Tower. LS aerial view of beach. Ditto. GV people on beach. MS people putting up deck-chairs on beach. MS 2 children paddling in sea. MS naked child walking along beach. LS aerial of beach. Aerial of Blackpool town. LS ditto. GV houses. MS hotels (Sunset Strip). GV rows of hotels. MS hotel window with signs. MS hotel window with ‘No Vacancies’ sign. MS ditto. LS aerial beach and town. LS Blackpool Tower. MS children playing on beach. CS child digging in sand. MS woman putting up a deck-chair. MS child put up onto a donkey. MS child riding pony. MS woman taking child for paddle. LS Blackpool Tower. GV tram moving along road. LS ditto. GV cars down street. GV crowds walking along. GV cars along street. CU sign ‘The Good Old Days’. GV crowds along street. GV ditto. MS sign ‘Winter Gardens’. MS signs ‘Tom O’Connor’ and ‘Tony Selby’. MS sign ‘Tommy Steele Stage Spectacular’. MS crowds along street. MS ditto. CU candy floss being made. MS candy floss bought and handed to child. BCU child eating candy floss. MS 6 people eating candy floss. BCU ice cream machine and cornet. CU machine turned off. MCU girl’s face as she eats ice cream. MCU ditto (another girl). GV street. CU sign ‘Bingo’. Various of Bingo session. Various of people with other amusements, including table games, one-armed bandits, fruit machines. Elevated view fairground. MS people boarding fairground scenic railway. GV train moving . LS small boats in water. Various shots people in boats and also from boats. CU view from scenic railway. Train hits water splash. Various ditto. GV elevated mini go-karts. GV elevated view of cottage. GV view from train. MS boy on mechanical horse. MS ditto. MS people on merry-go-round. MS ditto. MS chair lift. LS elevated view from chair lift. LS elevated view of fairground. MS girl on trampoline. MS ditto. MS rockets merry-go-round. MS people in rockets. MS scenic railway. MS ditto. Various ditto. CU people on a ‘witch’s hat’. MS ditto. GV fairground amusement. CU girl with arm round statue. GV Blackpool beach at dusk. GV Tower at dusk. GV street scene at night. Many various shots of illuminations and street scenes with Muppets as this year’s theme. NB aerial shots are really elevated shots from Blackpool Tower.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Locations
Blackpool
Card file number
78/151
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
641
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