Camera Takes Easter Holiday AKA Blackpool… 1949

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Blackpool, Lancashire.

M.S. Crowd (Travelling shot.) L.S. Scenic Railway (Travelling shot) M.S. Elevated - The Big Wheel L.S. View from the Big Wheel. L.S. "Mountain Slide" Pan. S.C.U. Three people inside one of the cars on the mountain slide. (Taken by camera inside the car.) M.S. Man hangs...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
67397
Sort Number:
UN 2108 A
Time in/Out:
01:24:03:00 / 01:27:36:00
Canister:
UN 2108 A
Film ID:
2477.14
Issue Date:
1949

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