Southend Lights (1950)

Unissued / Unused material. Illuminations at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. LS Southend pier without lights. Various shots the Mayor of Southend, Councillor H W Cox speaking and pressing button to light up the town. LS Southend pier illuminated. MS illuminations. MS festoons of lights swinging in wind. Various shots steamship in lights. MS yacht. CU woman and boy looking up at lights. MS clown in lights. MS elephant in lights. Various shots of the illuminations. 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 t