£40,000 Damage 1921

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Item title reads - £40,000 Damage caused by disastrous fire which destroyed North Pier Pavilion. Blackpool, Lancashire.

L/S of people walking along the prom as the camera pans over the pier. M/S of people looking at it as firemen spray the wreckage. M/S as the camera pans across the burnt...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22497
Sort Number:
G 0808
Time in/Out:
01:55:18:00 / 01:56:21:00
Canister:
G 808
Film ID:
242.40
Issue Date:
21/09/1921

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