Film Record: Cavalcade of Burnley

Identifier:

• 5293 (Source: North West Film Archive )

Date produced: 1950

Filmmaker(s):

Sam Hanna

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:38:32

Length:

925 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Description:

"A record of local events in Burnley from 1932 through to 1950. Features a 1932 Hospital Carnival, a Burnley v Luton football match from 1935 and the last tram to run in the town on 7th May 1935. Wartime footage includes the activities of the Burnley Home Guard and a 'Wings for Victory' parade along Colne Road in 1943. King George VI visits Burnley on 8th March 1945 before newspaper headlines announce the end of the war and there are shots of street parties, dancing outside the Town Hall, fires being lit, a thanksgiving service at St Peters Church and an outdoor concert and ceremony at Towneley Park. The film ends with footage from the 1950 General Election at which local Labour MP Wilfrid Burke retains his seat." (NWFA Online Archive)

Resources:

NWFA Online Database

Locations:

• Burnley, Lancashire, UK. (Filming)

Subjects:

• Politics
•      War
• Recreation
•      Sports

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Repository:

North West Film Archive

Video Link:

• nwfa.mmu.ac.uk

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