Blackpool Pier Fire (1938)

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 with hoses. Lawrence Wright, owner of the theatre, surveys the scene of destruction with two other men. L/S of Blackpool Tower. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be view