News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Blackpool Pier Fire

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
472A
Date Released
23 Jun 1938
Date submitted
21 Jun 1938
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: His Majesty with the Fleet
  2. 2News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Princesses with Guides at Windsor
  3. 3News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Alexandra Rose Day
  4. 4News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: America Coins Money for China
  5. 5News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Madame Chiang Kai Shek with Chinese Orphans
  6. 6News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Spanish Insurgent Troops Occupy Castellon
  7. 7News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: The King of Sweden’s 80th Birthday
  8. 8News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Wimbledon Opens for Fashion and Sunshine
  9. 9News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: French Steeplechase at Auteuil is Won by "Takvor Pacha"
  10. 10News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: All the Stars at Theatrical Garden Party
  11. 11News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Hollywood Carnival of Glittering Lights
  12. *News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Boxing - Hampston v King
  13. *News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Pit Ponies Take Part in Cardiff Horse Show
  14. *News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Blackpool Pier Fire

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blackpool Pier Fire. SHOTLIST: The tragic ruins of the Pier Pavilion at Blackpool after the fire. The cast of the show "The Show Goes On" and its producer Mr Lawrence Wright, work hard to remake the properties, while posters proclaim that the show will go on in a nearby theatre.
Local distribution only
Liverpool and Manchester only
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Cinema; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
33674
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
30
Story extras:
Film clip

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