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"£40,000 Damage caused by disastrous fire which destroyed North Pier Pavilion. Blackpool, Lancashire".

Produced by Pathe News, 1921.
Duration: 45 seconds. 

Scenes include:

• People walking along the prom as the camera pans over the pier.
• People watching as firemen spray the wreckage.
• Camera pans across the burnt supports, and we see bits of the structure in the sea.
• Long shot of people underneath gathering pieces of the wood.