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North Pier Pavillion Fire, Blackpool.
Sunday June 19th 1938

Produced by Pathe News, 1938.
Duration: 45 seconds.

Scenes include:

•  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.
• Long shot of Blackpool Tower.