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Wright Cooper Ltd Staff Outing To Southend

1948 , Southend-on-Sea (Essex)

Cat no. 941

A works day out to the seaside is filmed to provide entertainment for the staff at a later occasion.

The staff get into a coach and, as it leaves, there are views of the factory and nearby streets. Half way to Southend, they stop for beer and a dance while someone plays the accordion. At Southend there are scenes on the pier and fun and games on the Kursaal. The camera films from the electric train as it travels along, as well as from the various rides, including the Cyclone roller coaster. There are high angle views of the rides and the fairground. The coach leaves, and half way home they stop for another 'knees up'. Finally, there are more street scenes near the factory.

Featured Buildings

Kursaal

Keywords

Factory workers; Fairground rides; Fun fair; Leisure; Piers; Seaside; Works outing

Background Information

Wright Cooper Bakers and Confectioners were based in Harrow, London. The film of the works outing for Wright Cooper employees opens with a humorous nod to the conventions of the feature film - featuring two 'stars' and category 'H'.

Manifestations

Wright Cooper Ltd Staff Outing To Southend

  • Barcode
    INV345822
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:08:53
    Modification Date
    16/10/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    732012
  • Barcode
    INV394265
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:08:53
    Modification Date
    16/10/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    732010
  • Barcode
    INV314800
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:08:53
    Modification Date
    16/10/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    732007
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV351483
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:05:41
    Modification Date
    21/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    727216
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV150271
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1471
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    30/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    674553
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV161750
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 89
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    22/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    672898
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV236516
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:05:42
    Has Sound
    N
    Modification Date
    01/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    671460
    Sound
    silent
  • Barcode
    INV274796
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-482
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563489

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