The Crystal Palace Is On Fire.
Part Two
Many thanks to Melvyn Harrison of The Crystal Palace Foundation for permission to use some footage from the The Crystal Palace is on Fire DVD.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Crystal Palace's destruction by fire on the night of 30th November 1936, The Crystal Palace Foundation produced a 55 minute video (now out of print) packed with rare archive film footage telling the story of the world famous Victorian building. This has now been made into a DVD with another of their videos - Crystal Reflections.
Written and presented by film historian John Huntley of the London Film Archive, the fully chaptered DVD spans the full range of entertainment and sport at the "People's Palace", as well as the dramatic night when it burned to the ground in a blaze seen across London and the South-East.
The DVD shows this drama as well as happier times of brass bands, dog shows, cup finals, W.G. Grace, fireworks and much more. Black and White and Colour, 76 minutes (in total).
Both productions are on the same DVD and have been fully authored and chaptered.
To purchase a copy of this collectors item visit The Crystal Palace Foundation.
This is the second in a series of 4 parts.
