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Blackpool Pier Fire 1938
Description
Blackpool, Lancashire.
Aerial shots of a fire on Blackpool's North Pier. Commentator says the fire is thought to have started in the artists' dressing room at the Pavilion Theatre. A crowd of people watch from the sea front. Just the framework of the theatre remains as firemen put out the blaze...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 17241
- Sort Number:
- 38/050
- Time in/Out:
- 01:32:37:00 / 01:33:23:00
- Canister:
- 38/50
- Film ID:
- 969.31
- Issue Date:
- 23/06/1938
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