An amateur film that records the various views of the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne around the time of their FA Cup win against Blackpool in 1951. The film includes commercial newsreel footage of the match as well as a mother and child playing together outside their home on an unknown terraced street. The final part of the film includes footage around Lindisfarne. The film opens on various buildings on Newcastle University campus including the Students Union building, The Arches, and the...

An amateur film that records the various views of the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne around the time of their FA Cup win against Blackpool in 1951. The film includes commercial newsreel footage of the match as well as a mother and child playing together outside their home on an unknown terraced street. The final part of the film includes footage around Lindisfarne. The film opens on various buildings on Newcastle University campus including the Students Union building, The Arches, and the Bedson Building. Title: Pathescope presents Title: The Cup Final Commercial newsreel footage believed to be from the 1951 FA Cup final between Newcastle United and Blackpool at Wembley Stadium. Title: The end The Newcastle skyline follows showing Newcastle Keep and the tower of The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas in the middle distance. From an elevated position looking down the Swing Bridge on the River Tyne begins to open followed by a ship passing under the Tyne bridge making its way upstream. An information sign for ‘The Keep’ is followed by views of said building as well as The Black Gate from a number of positions. A small child runs along a terraced street and is picked up by her mother who stands in front of the open doorway. The woman and child play together in the deserted street. A dog appears and the child and woman pet it in the doorway. The film changes to briefly show a man prepare to make a golf swing followed by the child seen previously sitting on a bench. A view of a fourteen arch viaduct across a river or waterway changes to a man sitting on the sand beside a dune. A bus crosses the partially flooded causeway between Holy Island and the mainland. The film ends with various landscape views of the island as well as the village.