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FAIRGROUND ATTRACTIONS

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WORK ID: NEFA 20438 (Master Record)

TitleYearDate
FAIRGROUND ATTRACTIONS1974 1974-01-01
Details Original Format: Standard 8
Colour: Colour
Sound: Silent
Duration: 4 mins 53 secs
Genre: Amateur

Subject: ENTERTAINMENT / LEISURE
FAMILY LIFE



Summary
A short amateur film that focuses on the multi-lane cascade slide inside Spanish City at Whitley Bay run by the Knell family. The film features James ‘Jimmy’ Knell assisting at the bottom of the slide. Jennifer Knell collects the fares. The film also features other attractions inside the amusement park including a children’s carousel, orbiter and swing rides.
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A short amateur film that focuses on the multi-lane cascade slide inside Spanish City at Whitley Bay run by the Knell family. The film features James ‘Jimmy’ Knell assisting at the bottom of the slide. Jennifer Knell collects the fares. The film also features other attractions inside the amusement park including a children’s carousel, orbiter and swing rides. The film opens on views of children, some with their parents, coming down a cascade slide. From the top, there's a view of crowds...
A short amateur film that focuses on the multi-lane cascade slide inside Spanish City at Whitley Bay run by the Knell family. The film features James ‘Jimmy’ Knell assisting at the bottom of the slide. Jennifer Knell collects the fares. The film also features other attractions inside the amusement park including a children’s carousel, orbiter and swing rides. The film opens on views of children, some with their parents, coming down a cascade slide. From the top, there's a view of crowds standing behind a barrier watching riders. At the bottom of the slide, James knell, in a blue cravat, helps people up and collects their mats. Jennifer Knell takes the ‘5p’ fares at a kiosk. Two other men now help the passengers off the slide. Children are riding a small carousel. One of the carriages is in the shape of a Dr Who Dalek. Two men are riding an orbiter ride. A woman wearing sun glasses stands beside another kiosk at the children's carousel. She speaks with the man sitting inside the kiosk. General view of people walking past the cascade slide as others slide down it. Another view of the woman in the kiosk beside the slide with the man in the cravat speaking with a second man nearby. At the bottom of the slide two different men help those on the slide and stack the mats. General views of people enjoying a swing ride named ‘The Astronaut’. The film cuts to an image of a clown's face painted along the facade of an attraction. Next to it is the name ‘Knell’. The film changes to shown a sandwich board sign with people walking past. The writing on the board reads ‘The Apollo Glide’. The film ends back on the cascade ride with the mats being collected and the woman in the kiosk smiling.
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