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Beside the Sea

Series

Series Name
Mining Review 2nd Year

Issue

Issue No.
12
Date Released
Aug 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Holiday Camp
  2. 2Up River
  3. 3Beside the Sea
  4. 4Pitmen’s Derby

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
BFI Summary - Miner and family go to Blackpool.
BFI synopsis: Bill Purdie (from Mossley Common Collier) and family go on holiday to Blackpool for Wakes Week - seen in landau on seafront, at the Tower, the open-air trams, sideshows, the boating lake and the beach.
Researcher Comments
According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 24th to the 29th June 1949.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Mining
Locations
England; Lancashire; Blackpool
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis
Credits:
Production Co.
Documentary Technicians Alliance
Sponsor
National Coal Board
Director
Peter Pickering
Camera
Stanley Head

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