Pleasure Beach Issue Title Pathe Pictorial Hunts For Thrills (1947)

No titles. Blackpool, Lancashire. Various quick shots of fast and furious rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach - roller coasters, spinning cars and roundabouts. Signs advertising freak shows at the fairground - “See The Giant Rat - Alive“. General shots of people wandering around the funfair. More rides, including the Ferris Wheel, aeroplanes suspended from a roundabout and numerous spinning car-type things that are still seen in fairs today. Good stuff. More shots on the ’switchback’ (roller coaster), including several point of view shots. 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 Paramou