Shot by an enthusiastic amateur on 16mm film, this silent newsreel extract provides a valuable glimpse of the rapturous welcome legendary comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy received when they visited Britain in 1932. Though Hardy hailed from the States, Ulverston-born Laurel was a local lad: he went to school in Tynemouth (where this film was made outside the town’s Grand Hotel). With Stan unaware how popular the team had become in Britain, his low-key homecoming - with Ollie tagging along to try some Scottish golf courses - became a full-scale promotional tour, the duo mobbed by hordes of adoring fans wherever they went. (Vic Pratt) You can see the complete film and over 2000 other titles free in BFI Mediatheques - http://bit.ly/A5vL2k

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