All Go Margate

  • A still from All Go Margate (1970)
  • A still from All Go Margate (1970)
  • A still from All Go Margate (1970)
  • ID no. 1052
  • Accession no. K 950428
Date 1970
Production Chess Valley Films
Collection Kent Publicity Films
Genre/Type
Theme Seaside
Summary Television personality Michael Aspel introduces this publicity film entitled 'All Go Margate', promoting Margate as a 'favourite family resort'.
Description The opening titles and music set the fast pace of the film, showing glimpses of some of the attractions to follow. Michael Aspel reads out letters from viewers, introducing a variety of entertainments and holiday activities. Beginning on the child-friendly Marine Sands beach, crowded with sunbathers in deckchairs and children playing; activities include trampolining, donkey rides and building sandcastles. Children paddle and play in the sea with rubber rings and lilos and watch a Punch and Judy show. The resort's five beaches are shown: Cliftonville, Westbrook, St Mildred's Bay and West Bay in Westgate-on-Sea. Views of the town's many gardens in bloom. Back at the beach the film promotes Margate's sunny climate by focusing on bikini-clad, sunburnt sunbathers. The town's cabaret scene is highlighted with dancers and entertainers such as Alan Randall (a George Formby impersonator) and Mike & Bernie Winters. Other forms of entertainment include a wrestling match, the town's mini-zoo and safari park, and the Powell-Cotton Museum in Birchington. More family friendly activities follow: watching dolphins performing tricks and a visit to the shell grotto. Sporting activities are highlighted with yachting, swimming, tennis, bowls, golf and waterskiing; Michael Aspel plays crazy golf. Anglers fish from the pier. Nightlife focuses on dancers at a cabaret bar and dancing in the Cavern at the Lido. Shots of people enjoying the rides and amusements at Dreamland amusement park. Daytrips to places nearby such as Canterbury cathedral, Dover castle and Sandwich. There are a brief shots of a model village, a trip on an open-topped bus, a trip on a speedboat and a more leisurely-paced trip around the coast on pleasure boat. Passengers board the 'HoverLloyd' hovercraft for a daytrip to Calais (from Ramsgate). There is a brief shot of the Viking ship, Hugin. Diners enjoy food and wine in a restaurant. The film concludes with a reprise of some of the images shown, and Michael Aspel walking away from the camera with a young woman on each arm.

Keywords Beaches; Boats; Holidays; Leisure Time Activities; Religious Buildings; Seaside Resorts; Tourism
Location
Local
Regional Kent
National
Credits
Commissioning body Margate Corporation Publicity Department
Producer Chess Valley Films. Production Manager: Heather M. Davies
Director Ronald E. Haddock
Camera Ronald E. Haddock
Participants
  • Michael Aspel
Format
Duration 11 mins 30 secs
Viewing copy
locations		 Screen Archive South East, University of Brighton;
Centre for Kentish Studies;
University of Kent Library;
Region on Film DVD (full film)
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