Blackpool Pier Fire 1938

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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...

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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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