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Film no: 1 MACCLESFIELD WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILING CEREMONY 1921
Producer: Halam Kinematograph Company
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 13's
A procession of civic dignitaries, soldiers, veterans, civilians, bands etc. passes through the town. The memorial is unveiled by Alderman JCT Frost.
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Film no: 2 MACCLESFIELD HAILS BRITAIN"S SILK QUEEN *1933
Producer: British Movietone News, Majestic Cinema Macclesfield
b/w - sound - 35mm - 4m 5s
The Silk Queen is crowned by her predecessor then makes a speech. The Mayor speaks, then a procession, including the Silk Queen on a horse-drawn float, moves down the street. There is a pageant of music, dancing, fancy dress, a stilt-walker, etc.
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Film no: 3 A VISIT TO HER OLD SCHOOL (BUXTON CARNIVAL QUEEN) *1934
Producer: Majestic Cinema, Macclesfield
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 45s
The Carnival Queen visits St.George"s school. Amid crowds of children, dancers and acrobats perform on a dais; the queen is presented with a bouquet.
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Film no: 9 STALYBRIDGE WAKES 1927 1927
Producer: New Prince"s Cinema , Stalybridge
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 30s
The camera pans slowly across a crowded station platform showing families gathered to wait for the train to Blackpool. The train pulls in then leaves with them on board and waving. The railway staff pose for the camera. The New Prince"s Cinema is shown with children queuing outside and the film finishes with a shot of the cinema staff.
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Film no: 10 [PROCESSION OF CHILDREN] c1920
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 19s
Boys in uniform followed by adults pass the camera. A procession of girls. Shots of police directing another procession of girls. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 11 AN APPEAL! (THE BOLTON INFIRMARY) *1929
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 56s
The interior and exterior of the Infirmary are shown and an appeal is made for donations to help provide more of the types of equipment featured, and more nurses.
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Film no: 12 THE RADCLIFFE WHIT FRIDAY PROCESSIONS *1929
Producer: Coliseum Cinema, Radcliffe
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 25s
This is a procession consisting mostly of children, and including brass bands and a queen with attendants.
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Film no: 14 GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS No. 458 & 459 1938
Producer: Gaumont British News
b/w - sound - 35mm - 17m 26s
Reel 1: Air raid drill at Nottingham. Collision on London Underground. Royal tour of Lancashire; the King and Queen visit Nelson, Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn, Preston, Blackpool and Manchester. Reel 2: Royal tour of Lancashire; Warrington, Widnes, Liverpool, Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham.
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Film no: 17 [STOCKPORT MARKET] c1910
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 29s
Everyday scenes in Stockport market, showing the busy stalls and thoroughfare. Ends with a brief speeded up and reversed sequence. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 18 HAZEL GROVE CENTENARY 1936
Producer: Gaumont British News
b/w - silent - 35mm - 4m 17s
A procession down the street of adults, children, floats, horse-drawn vehicles. Shot of a fairground. Shots of the Mayor and Councillors, and the oldest resident. Shots of children, then the Mayor, on the swings.
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Film no: 19 A CITY SPEAKS 1946
Producer: Films of Fact Ltd/Paul Rotha for Manchester City Council.
b/w - sound - 16mm - 64m 16s
A promotional film made for Manchester Corporation about local government and plans for the redevelopment of Manchester in the post-war era. An introductory sequence shows the commerce and industry of the city and is followed by an historical account of its development from Roman times through the Industrial Revolution, social reform and public services. The electoral system is explained; the workings of various departments, eg libraries, housing etc, and utilities; the provision of health care; the relationship between health and housing, and the extensive plans for the development of Hulme along the lines of Wythenshawe which is shown as ideal. The leisure activities of the city are illustrated before a concluding sequence contrasting past and present.
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Film no: 21 UNITED SUNDAY SCHOOL PROCESSION AND LOCAL EVENTS 1938
Producer: Pavilion Cinema, Earlstown(?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 6m 2s
Procession of children and adults, some carrying Sunday School banners, in St Helens. Shots of a horse-drawn cart full of children; a tennis match and a bowling match; a crowd outside a cinema.
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Film no: 22 CARNIVAL AND SPORTS DAY *1934/5
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 32s
Shot of a procession with a Carnival Queen. Shots of a sports day featuring a race and a tug-of-war. Another shot of the procession in the town. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 23 NEWTON-IN-MAKERFIELD 13TH ANNUAL UNITED SUNDAY SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATION 1932
Producer: Pavilion Cinema, Earlstown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 17s
Shots outside the Pavilion Cinema, Earlstown. A procession of women and children in white dresses, led by mounted police and a band. (Additional scenes of cricket from another film).
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Film no: 25 [BURY WHIT WALK] c1920
Producer: Weisker Brothers Ltd.
b/w - silent - 35mm - 4m 36s
Procession of children and adults; some carry church banners. Procession of Catholic schools; some choir boys and children in uniforms and confirmation clothes. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 30 THE LOCAL CORONATION FILM REVIEW (ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE) 1937
Producer: Union Cinemas
b/w - sound & silent - 35mm - 12m 56s
A film presented to the town by Union Cinemas to commemorate the town"s coronation celebrations - there is a military procession and salute, and a speech by the Mayor in front of the Town Hall; Wych Street is featured as the best decorated street; children assemble and sing in the Market Square; a tree-planting ceremony involving the Mayoress; Stamford Park, its boating lake, and local beauty queens; local shops and services are shown at length; a busy garage; and finally the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter being printed. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 31 PROTESTANT PROCESSION MANCHESTER 1912
Producer: Coliseum Cinema, Ardwick
b/w - silent - 35mm - 15m 50s
Reel 1: Procession of adults and children, down Deansgate (?) Reel 2: Procession continues, features soldiers, bagpipers, brass bands. It is a Catholic procession at one point, as crucifixes and the figure of Mary are featured. Reel 3: Several bands are featured.
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Film no: 33 ROYAL VISIT TO BOLTON 1913
Producer: Electric Cinema, Bolton
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 42s
Outside the Electric Theatre Deansgate, and on its balconies, crowds gather to await the King and Queen. The decorated streets are also crowded with people, and groups of boys, girls and nurses gather for a procession. The King and Queen arrive by car and mount a dais. There is a short ceremony and they leave, again by car. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 35 THE LIVERPOOL INVALID CHILDREN"S ASSOCIATION CHILD WELFARE CENTRE *1916
Producer: Weisker Bros. Liverpool
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 20s
Women with children seen approaching the Central Office; interior shot of the office where a child is being weighed. Various scenes at Leasowe Hospital: a babies ward, patients before and after treatment, children in bed, and men working in the garden. Closing shot of the staff.
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Film no: 38 [GAUMONT GRAPHIC NORTH WEST NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS] *1929
Producer: Gaumont Graphic
b/w - silent - 35mm - 9m 56s
Oldham"s May Queen crowned. Holcombe Hunt point-to-point meeting. Motor bike race on Barrow beach. Wigan Carnival. Opening of Wythenshawe Aerodrome. Stockport Carnival. Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury. Commemoration of Bleriot, including footage from 1909 Channel crossing. Submarines for Chile launched at Barrow-in-Furness. Enthronement of Lord Bishop at Manchester Cathedral. Football match - Blackburn v Bolton. A meet of the Cheshire Hunt on Nantwich Square. Sailors visit Manchester.
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Film no: 42 [FOOTBALL AT HYDE AND DENTON] 1925
Producer: Grenville Stansfield
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 55s
The final of the Stansfield Cup; Godley Hill v Ashton Bros. Shots of the teams, and of the match being played. Hyde United v Denton Brotherhood playing at National Park, Denton. Shots of the teams, the match and the spectators.
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Film no: 43 [FIRST BIG OUTING FOR LOCAL CHILDREN, ALTRINCHAM TO MOBBERLEY] 1909
Producer: Central Hall, Altrincham
b/w - silent - 35mm - 6m 26s
A procession of children is shown; they are then seen boarding a train at Altrincham station and alighting at Mobberley. A field is the site for a picnic, races, donkey-rides, a punch and judy show, a clown and acrobats.
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Film no: 47 [FIRST WORLD WAR NEWSREEL COMPILATION] c1916
Producer: Gaumont Graphic / War Office Topical Budget
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 0s
A Royal visit to Blackburn - the King reviews the Brigade of Guards in Hyde Park - a field gun competition - South African Labour Battalion in France - Air trainees take a balloon ride - the wreckage of a German bomber - troops try on gas masks - children playing in St. James" Park.
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Film no: 49 EMPIRE DAY CELEBRATIONS AT WHALLEY 1913
Producer: Feature Films, Blackburn
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 38s
Morris dancers, a stilt-walker and a brass band feature in a procession of people of all ages.
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Film no: 51 AT WESTHOUGHTON - JOINT FRIENDLY SOCIETIES GALA AND CROWNING OF ROSE QUEEN 1929/30
Producer: Gaumont Graphic
b/w - silent - 35mm - 9m 39s
The Westhoughton Rose Queens of 1929 and 1930 are crowned in two separate sequences which also show the processions and ceremonies involved, including the laying of wreaths at a war memorial. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 54 PRESTON GUILD MERCHANT 1952 1952
Producer: British Movietone News
b/w - sound - 35mm - 2m 48s
The opening scenes are of a sports event, followed by shots of the streets decorated for the procession. The Guild Freemen are called to Preston Parish Church, then there is a procession of the 20,000 members of the Church of England. The Roman Catholic procession is the following day.
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Film no: 55 TRAVEL CUNARD LINE - CANADIAN ROUTE 1923
Producer: Cunard?
b/w - silent - 35mm - 17m 7s
Reel 1: Passengers are shown at Liverpool going through various stages of embarkation, and leaving Waterloo station to join the ship at Southampton. A variety of scenes on board liners show the facilities and entertainment offered. Reel 2: Facilities specifically for children are illustrated followed by further scenes of the entertainments available. The liner docks at Quebec and passengers disembark.
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Film no: 57 [GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA FILMS - THE WAR YEARS] *1942/45
Producer: Ministry of Food
b/w - sound - 35mm - 2m 13s
Six short items to promote the war effort - 1. The battle for fuel 2. National Savings Help Reconstruction 3. Food flash - warning not to throw food away 4. Food flash - describes how to keep food fresh 5. Food flash - cod liver oil and orange juice for children 6. Food flash - powdered milk is a good standby
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Film no: 59 FORMBY GALA AND SPORTS *1932
Producer: S.D. Onions
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 27s
Shots of the crowd at a sports day; various children"s races being run; amusements stalls; a brass band; shots of one stall where skittles are being played.
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Film no: 70 CROMPTON CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS 1927
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 52s
Samuel Crompton"s centenary celebrations in Bolton. Shots of Crompton"s birth place, and his original spinning machine. A tree planting ceremony by representatives of 15 countries. A procession to the Crompton Monument, and placing of wreaths there. A procession of children at Burnden Stadium. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 71 [WHIT FRIDAY, BURY - 1911] 1911
Producer: Art Picture Hall/Bury Gazette
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 17s
People, mostly children, are shown gathering in Union Square before forming a procession which is shown going down Haymarket Street. A crowd of children are seen leaving the Art Picture Hall after a matinee.
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Film no: 73 [WHIT PROCESSION, BURY] 1913
Producer: Weisker Bros.
b/w - silent - 35mm - 11m 46s
A procession moves down Market Street, featuring bands, boy scouts, and the Catholic schools procession.
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Film no: 77 BURY CARNIVAL, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH 1924 1924
Producer: New British Film Productions, Lytham
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 22s
A carnival King and Queen and a jester perform for the camera. The King and Queen then travel by barge to the New Pier where they are met and crowned by the Mayor. Views of the procession and carnival follow, featuring bands, floats and morris dancers. The film ends with shots of a procession of soldiers and scenes at an army camp.
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Film no: 86 ALTON [COMPANY PICNIC] 1926
Producer: Carborundum Co.
b/w - silent - 35mm - 10m 7s
A Carborundum Company day out at Alton Towers - the staff and children are shown arriving by train, in the gardens at Alton Towers, on a boating lake, taking donkey rides, running races, being entertained by fairground activities and a punch and judy show, and finally a tug-of-war.
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Film no: 88 PATHE"S ANIMATED GAZETTE (NO. 323B) 1915
Producer: Pathe Animated Gazette
b/w - silent - 35mm - 11m 40s
New French Super Dreadnought. More Canadians coming! Ramsgate zeppelin raid. The Dardanelles. Cotton fire in Merseyside warehouse. Hospital transport service. A pony collecting funds. War fever in Italy. Lancashire recruits in training. King reviews troops at Newcastle. Troop train disaster. Our new ally. Church schools parade.
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Film no: 89 BLESSING AND OPENING OF THE NEW CHURCH, ST. MARY"S (ST.HELENS) 1929
Producer: Capitol Picture House, St. Helens
b/w - silent - 35mm - 10m 55s
The church is opened by Archbishop Downey. A procession arrives at the church; shots of the interior and exterior. A procession of children leaves the old church and arrives at the new one. Shot of the Capitol Cinema at the end. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 90 SOLEMN PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 1913
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 6m 18s
Takes place in the grounds of Lowe House, St. Helens. A procession of adults and children, mainly girls in white dresses. They assemble in the grounds, and kneel to pray; a service takes place by an altar. A procession led by a priest follows, which includes boy scouts and men in the Services.
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Film no: 91 [ST. HELENS HEALTH WEEK] 1923
Producer: St. Helens Cinemas/St. Helens Health Committee
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 4s
Scenes at a health centre; a sequence of babies being weighed by nurses watched by the Mayor and others. The Mayor seen chatting to patients on a verandah. Shots of the grounds. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 95 [RUNCORN CARNIVAL - 1938] 1938
Producer: Cheshire County Cinemas (?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 4s
Shots of people in fancy dress, and floats with various themes. A Sea Cadets band is seen; they also form the guard of honour for the Carnival Queen. The crowning of the Carnival Queen. Shots of the crowd. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 101 WILMSLOW CARNIVAL 1923
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 6m 25s
There is a carnival procession through crowded streets, consisting of bands, floats, people in fancy dress etc. Various people perform clog and morris dances, and also featured are acrobats and fancy dress.
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Film no: 104 THE ROYAL INFIRMARY, PRESTON *1936/9
Producer: Preston Royal Infirmary (?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 21m 0s
Scenes of the day-to-day running of Preston Royal Infirmary, concentrating on casualties; bandaging; wards; children"s wards; laboratories; operating theatres; sunlight department; x-ray department; out-patients; massage and electrical department; dispensary; boiler house; laundry; and convalescent homes at Lostock Hall and the Willows.
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Film no: 112 THE MAN WHO CHANGED HIS MIND 1928
Producer: Ronald Gow
b/w - silent - 35mm - 20m 22s
Reel 1: A story, introduced by Lord Baden-Powell. A frustrated poet is irritated by a local lad and they have a running battle. The lad watches a troop of Boy Scouts who come to camp nearby. (Reel 2 missing). Reel 3: The lad has now been with the Scouts and wants to be one himself. He tries to persuade his gang to join, but they are against the idea. The poet"s house catches fire; Bill rescues him, and he becomes the gang"s Scout Master.
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Film no: 114 [PEOPLE OF THE AXE] 1926
Producer: Ronald Gow
b/w - silent - 35mm - 0m 45s
A clip of a much longer film. A stone-age man (that is, a boy wearing animal skins) drinks from a pond. A bear is seen up a tree and the man runs away from it. Group of stone-age men working at a flint quarry; another runs down to them. Group of men following a horse.
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Film no: 122 OLDHAM MASTER COTTON SPINNERS ASSOCIATION LTD. 1919
Producer: Oldham Master Cotton Spinners Association Ltd.
b/w - silent - 35mm - 10m 30s
Scenes of the various processes of cotton manufacture. A train delivers the cotton and it is loaded onto lorries; inside the mill the bales of cotton are opened. The cotton goes through machines for loosening and cleaning, then is carded and drawn by machine. Shots of spinning and doffing, and fixing the thread for weaving; both men and women tend the machines. A panning shot around the machine room, then general shots of the mills taken from the railway. Shot of a cotton warehouse, then of horse-drawn carts coming and going at the mill gateway.
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Film no: 123 ROADSENSE FOR CHILDREN 1942
Producer: Salford City Police Traffic Dept.
colour - silent - 16mm - 14m 0s
This is a police information film set in Salford. A school in a quiet country lane in Broughton-in-Furness is contrasted with a school in the busy industrial area of Broughton in Salford. Here, a boy runs into the street, is knocked down by a car and taken to hospital by ambulance. The following sequences show a policewoman teaching children their kerb drill; a young girl helping an absent-minded man to cross the road; older children helping younger children to cross; a teacher and pupils in a playground learning road safety; and finally a sequence showing where it is safe to play, which features childrens games.
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Film no: 128 BLACKBURN"S HOMAGE 1935
Producer: Northern Film Productions
b/w - silent - 35mm - 9m 48s
A procession including veterans, disabled men, nurses and civic dignitaries. A crowd assembled in a park for a ceremony; soldiers fire a salute; shots of the crowd leaving the park. The park seen at night, illuminated. A bonfire seen. A procession of children, from Audley Council School, in fancy dress; a procession of decorated lorries. Shots of the crowd in the centre of town, and finally shots of a torchlight procession in the park.
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Film no: 133 THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF THE DARWEN WAR MEMORIAL SEPTEMBER 24TH 1921 1921
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 4m 19s
A large procession files through a gateway and assembles around the Darwen war memorial which is then unveiled. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 135 BUSY WEEK FOR OUR ROYAL FAMILY 1933
Producer: Universal
b/w - sound - 35mm - 0m 53s
Prince George honours Darwen with the first royal visit in twenty years - cheering crowds watch him inspect war veterans and visit the swimming baths. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 139 THE WORKS & WORKERS OF DENTONHOLME c1910
Producer: North of England Film Bureau/Leon Gould
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 21s
Shot of the entrance to a mill as women workers are coming out; a crowd gathers as people try to get in the camera shot - children, and men and boys with bicycles. The gates of the factory are closed; various scenes of people walking past; a man in a straw hat directs the crowd into a procession past the camera; children play in front of the gates; a horse and cart go by. A shot looking down the street with a factory in the distance. A shot of another mill; the camera is on the inside watching the workers enter the gate; they are mostly women in shawls or overalls; a horse and cart come through the gate; the gates are closing and two boys rush to get out.
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Film no: 142 URMSTON WHIT-SUNDAY WALK MAY 31st 1925 1925
Producer: Palace Cinema, Urmston/Gaumont (?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 10s
Taken exclusively for this theatre; panning shot of the Palace Cinema with a crowd outside. Panning shot of people gathered for the whit walk. Victoria Hotel and Bold & Sons garage seen in the background. Brief shot of the procession moving down the road and two short sequences of people by the roadside.
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Film no: 143 WHIT-SUNDAY PROCESSION IN URMSTON 1924
Producer: Palace Cinema, Urmston/Gaumont
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 48s
The various groups participating in the whit procession are shown - army cadets, girl guides, boy scouts etc - as well as shots of the spectators lining the streets.
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Film no: 145 ALERT! 1941
Producer: G Dunkerley, J Lancaster, JH Haffner for Burnley Borough Council
b/w - silent - 16mm - 21m 39s
The film records an ARP exercise in Burnley, on 23rd November 1941. Reel 1: The role played by the ARP wardens during an air raid - includes women and children entering a shelter, and the rescue and resuscitation of a driver from a burning car. Reel 2: Firemen fight a fire in a bombed out terrace - a child is rescued; stretchered injured are taken to hospital - they are shown having treatment. The all-clear siren sounds and the people come out of the shelter - counted by the warden. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 146 BLACKBURN MOVIE NEWS 1931
Producer: Blackburn Amateur Cine Society
b/w - silent - 16mm - 7m 47s
Children and adults are shown driving away in cars, with views of Blackburn streets in the background. A garden party is next, followed by a cricket match, then Blackburn Grammar School boys doing physical jerks. King William Street is shown during excavations, then a sequence entitled Blackburn"s Traffic Problem.
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Film no: 149 [BLACKPOOL PROMENADE] 1924
Producer: Parkstone of Lytham St. Annes
b/w - silent - 16mm - 7m 46s
Scenes of various holiday activities in Blackpool including a band in the Grand Pavilion, walking on the promenade, children playing on the beach, donkey rides, a ventriloquist and a walking doll, auctioning Blackpool rock, Blackpool Tower, and the Pleasure Beach.
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Film no: 152 A HOLIDAY IN BLACKPOOL 1934
Producer: LMS/ British Transport Films
b/w - silent - 16mm - 24m 24s
Reel 1: Aerial shots of the town; shots of a shopping street. Shots of the promenade and the shelters on it. Shot of a childrens paddling pool. Other attractions are shown: the yachting pond, putting greens, boating pools for children and grown ups, the beach with donkeys, safe sea bathing, an outdoor swimming pool (we see high divers and people enjoying refreshments on a balcony). Reel 2: People walking along a pier, a steamer giving fishing trips from the pier head, view of the shops on the promenade. The attractions inside the Tower; the zoo, a ballroom, the view from the top, the circus. The rides at the Pleasure Beach shown, and the Kiddies Pleasure Park. Reel 3: Views of a tennis court, bowling greens, the Italian Gardens, the boating lake, the golf courses, the Winter Gardens, the airport. Long closing sequence of the illuminations.
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Film no: 155 THE BIRTH OF A SERVICE *1944
Producer: Pathe Pictures Ltd
b/w - sound - 35mm - 11m 44s
North West Fire Services parade through a town, then air raid scenes are shown and it is explained that some of the firefighters are part-time. Members of the Fire Service are then shown involved in various activities - training recruits, maintaining water supplies, housekeeping and administrative duties, firefighting, maintaining machinery and buildings, making toys for children in hospitals and doing munitions work in spare time, attending emergencies, and fighting fires aboard ship. The film ends with an appeal for donations to the Welfare Fund - a collection will be taken at "this" cinema.
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Film no: 156 WHITSUNTIDE PROCESSIONS, DENTON 1936
Producer: People"s Hall, Denton
b/w - silent - 35mm - 8m 13s
Sequences showing the individual Sunday schools taking part in the walk: Wilton Street, Hope Congregational, Trinity Methodist, Haughton Methodist, Christ Church, Manchester Road, St. Lawrence"s, St. Anne"s. All carry banners and many have a Rose Queen, choirs, brass bands and groups of scouts and guides.
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Film no: 157 ROYAL VISIT TO LANCASHIRE 1913
Producer: Pathe
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 44s
Scene on the promenade at Blackpool where a crowd is gathered. Cut to cavalrymen marching past a platform at Blackpool Town Hall, waiting for the arrival of the King. Cut back to the promenade as the motorcade arrives. Cut to the King and Queen meeting the Mayor of Blackpool on the platform. They are seen getting in the car to leave.
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Film no: 158 BALLROOM DANCING AND DEMONSTRATIONS *1920
Producer: Anglo Films, Stockport
b/w - silent - 35mm - 10m 48s
A series of display dances performed by Little Judy Birley and others. She does a waltz, a highland fling, ballet, and a dance dressed as an insect. She dances in a farmyard, and chases sheep. Final sequence shows Judy going to bed.
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Film no: 162 CLITHEROE CORONATION PAGEANT 1937
Producer: W.P. Brotherton
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 5m 22s
A historical pageant to commemorate the Coronation, Clitheroe Castle, and showing the town"s links with rulers through the centuries. Hundreds of local people participated in the colourful parades and tableaux. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 163 [TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM AT ULVERSTON] 1926
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 11m 30s
The treatment of a particular patient at High Carley tuberculosis sanatorium near Ulverston - he is shown arriving at the station, being admitted, examined and x-rayed, and a microscope slide of the tubercule germ is seen. The patient visits the dentist and is shown, with the other patients, participating in the routines of the hospital - treatment, rest and nourishing meals; work and exercise in the grounds in the form of building stables, poultry-keeping, croquet etc.; indoor recreation such as cards and billiards, music etc. The man is cured and leaves, and the final scenes are of children in the sanatorium, having lessons, treatment etc.
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Film no: 166 [BLACKPOOL PAGEANT] / EASTER FUN 1924
Producer: Parkstone of Lytham St. Annes
b/w - silent - 35mm - 9m 40s
A procession in June 1924 including boys carrying foreign flags, floats advertising local companies and people in fancy dress. The crowd are in tiered seating by the roadside. The Mayor rides in a flower-decorated float. Views of the final grand procession which includes morris dancers, (girls), people with large heads on and people throwing confetti. Ends on a long view of the promenade, and a train pulling out of a station. Easter Fun and Fashion. Shots of various rides at the Pleasure Beach; the roller coaster, water chute etc.
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Film no: 167 [STRETFORD PAGEANT / MANCHESTER MAY PARADE] 1937
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 5m 7s
A procession including musicians, dancers and floats, makes its way into Longford Park where the Mayor and crowds of spectators are waiting. The Queen of the pageant is crowned. The May Procession passes along the spectator-lined streets and includes Sunday School groups, bands, boy scouts and girl guides etc.; and many groups carrying flowers and banners. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 170 CUCKOO LAND PAGEANT AT STANLEY PARK, LIVERPOOL 1929
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 21s
A pageant to celebrate the presentation of a floral clock, statues and ornaments to the children"s garden by George Audley. The clock is shown and the audience for the pageant, which consists mostly of dancing children representing the hours. Other performers include people in costume variously dancing and capering, one theme being Captain Hook, as a statue of Peter Pan is featured. The Mayor and George Audley make speeches and the floral clock is featured again.
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Film no: 171 LANCASHIRE ROYAL TOUR 1955
Producer: Pathe News
b/w - sound - 35mm - 5m 38s
The Queen and Prince Philip arrive at Morecambe by train. They go on to visit Lancaster, Lancaster Castle, Preston, Hutton Police headquarters, Southport, Blackpool (where they attend a gala performance at the Opera House), Darwen, Blackburn (where they visit an electronics factory), Burnley and Nelson (where they visit a textile mill).
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Film no: 183 ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS IN LIVERPOOL 1915
Producer: Pathe
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 4s
Views of the wreckage after the riots - wrecked shops, a car and a warehouse, with people crowding round and a policeman on guard.
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Film no: 184 NORTHWICH WORKING-MEN"S ANNUAL GALA 1938
Producer: Cheshire County Cinemas Ltd
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 33s
A procession of motor vehicles followed by children, floats and people in fancy dress. The Mayor makes a speech on a platform, and the gala queen is crowned. A fancy dress competition and various shots of the crowd.
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Film no: 186 THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS *1936
Producer: Co-operative Wholesale Society/Publicity Films Ltd
b/w - silent - 16mm - 12m 11s
A fictional film to advertise CWS"s Pelaw products. Mrs. Bright goes shopping and leaves her daughter playing in the garden. The woman next door is grumbling about her housework, when she sees that the little girl has fallen, and goes to help her. She takes her into Mrs. Bright"s kitchen, and notices how clean it is. When she comes home, Mrs. Bright tells her it is all due to Pelaw products. Scenes at the Pelaw factory; women are at work filling and packing cans of various kinds of polishes, as well as other household goods. Cut back to Mrs. Bright"s kitchen; she shows her neighbour her cupboard which contains all the Pelaw products we saw being made.
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Film no: 188 ROUND THE CLOCK *1932
Producer: CWS/Publicity Films Ltd
b/w - silent - 16mm - 7m 14s
A publicity film for CWS. A mother tells her daughter a story about "the Giant Cream Cracker." Scenes at the CWS Biscuit Factory in Crumpsall; flour is weighed out, dough is mixed, rolled out and baked. Women pack the biscuits and delivery vans are loaded with them. Back to the family, seated at the tea table. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 189 [BUBBLES] *1928
Producer: CWS/Publicity Films Ltd
b/w - silent - 16mm - 6m 35s
An advertising film for CWS soap products - a mother and daughter are seen playing with soap bubbles which leads into sequences showing the soap making process from melting fats to packing soap flakes, toilet soap etc. These are then despatched to Co-op stores where they are bought by the mother. Finally various soap products and uses are illustrated. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 196 PARTNERS *1936
Producer: Co-operative Wholesale Society/Publicity Films Ltd
b/w - silent - 16mm - 20m 50s
A publicity film for CWS membership - gloomy George is amazed to find that his friends John and Annie are shareholders in an international enterprise. With the help of the cameraman, George and John are transported to the London warehouses where the tea is imported, tasted, blended, packed and despatched to CWS stores. They are next transported to CWS"s Manchester warehouse, and finally return to London by plane. Meanwhile, Annie has been buying tea at the Co-op and, having met up with George and John again, goes to claim her dividend. George decides to become a co-operator. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 199 26TH CO-OPERATIVE DAY CELEBRATIONS AT STOKE PARK, GUILDFORD 1948
Producer: G.C.S. Publicity Films
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 32s
The celebration takes the form of a carnival, with the crowning of a Co-operative Queen; children in fancy dress; sports events; some fairground stalls; the refreshment marquee; a road safety demonstration; a dancing display; acrobats and wrestlers; and a boy scout campfire.
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Film no: 200 [MIDDLETON PARISH SCHOOL PAGEANT] 1917
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 39s
Participants are shown in the school playground watched by an audience of (mainly) women. Some servicemen, veterans and local dignitaries appear plus a childrens choir. The pageant procession moves off and features children dressed in the national costumes of countries involved in the war; some children perform a clog dance.
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Film no: 201 THE ROYAL VISIT TO MIDDLETON 1913
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 4m 20s
A procession of bands, boys brigades, soldiers etc. moves through the crowded streets. The Mayor and civic dignitaries receive King George V and Queen Mary from their car. They acknowledge the cheering before leaving to drive past the crowds. There is a further procession of soldiers.
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Film no: 204 RIALTO"S EXCLUSIVE PICTURE OF THE PAGEANT 1928
Producer: Rialto Super Cinema, Rochdale
b/w - silent - 16mm - 6m 58s
Views of the procession - crowds, dancers, fancy dress, floats, acrobats etc. The Rialto Super Cinema is shown at the end advertising the film of the pageant.
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Film no: 205 MISS GRACIE FIELDS" CHARITY WEEK FOR ROCHDALE MARCH 1933 1933
Producer: J.J. Thomas & Sons Chemists, Rochdale
b/w - silent - 16mm - 13m 1s
Gracie Fields is given a civic reception on arriving in Rochdale. She gives performances at the Theatre Royal, entertains patients in hospitals, and receives a cheque from the Mayoress.
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Film no: 206 SILVER JUBILEE OF H.M. THE KING 1935
Producer: Jackson"s Amusements Ltd
b/w - silent - 35mm - 10m 18s
Jubilee celebrations in Rochdale - showing the town decorated with flags; huge crowds of spectators (long sequences showing these); processions of soldiers, veterans, nurses, youth groups, bands, police etc.; and the Mayor and Mayoress and civic dignitaries. There is dancing and singing in the Square, illuminations in the town, and a beacon as part of a national chain. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 207 GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL THE SPORTS, MAY 1936 1936
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 3m 1s
Various races and events, and a dancing display at Rochdale Girls High School.
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Film no: 210 THE INFIRMARY CARNIVAL c1930
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 52s
Rochdale Infirmary Carnival - a parade of people in fancy dress, bands, floats, majorettes etc.
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Film no: 211 ROCHDALE CELEBRATES THE CORONATION OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE V1 MAY 12TH 1937 1937
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 33s
A church service is followed by a procession of soldiers, bands etc. and a Royal Salute. In the evening people dance in the illuminated Town Hall Square.
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Film no: 212 GRACIE FIELDS MADE HONORARY FREEMAN OF THE BOROUGH 1937
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 13m 49s
Gracie Fields arrives at Rochdale Town Hall, is presented with a scroll and attends a civic luncheon. She is taken to the Theatre Royal for her evening performance on a fire engine.
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Film no: 218 HOLIDAYS AT HOME 1942
Producer: Rochdale County Borough
colour - silent - 16mm - 6m 27s
Film of Rochdale, showing a series of organised events attended and addressed by the Mayor (and party). The events comprise an official opening and speeches; bowling; a boating pool; a cricket match; a horse parade; a field cooking display; a talent-spotting contest; a fire-fighting display; a puppet show; children"s sports; and a dog show.
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Film no: 223 HOLLINGWORTH LAKE, ROCHDALE"S LIDO 1952/53
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - 16mm - 5m 47s
Scenes at the Lake, showing all kinds of sailing including model boats and the Rowing Club.
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Film no: 224 CORONATION CELEBRATIONS 1953
Producer: Rochdale & District Cine Society
colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 39s
Rochdale is decorated for the Coronation and celebrates with displays by the Fire Service, youth organisations and sports. The Mayor and Mayoress attend the opening of a garden for the blind.
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Film no: 235 CLITHEROE"S GREAT PROCESSION, MOOR LANE, MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHITSUNTIDE 1912 1912
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 6m 29s
A procession of people of all ages, carrying banners, flowers, crosses etc. Brass bands and boy scouts also appear. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 236 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLITHEROE PROCESSION IN HONOUR OF THE CROWNING OF KING GEORGE AND QUEEN MARY, 1911 1911
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 20s
A procession of adults and children - including children in historical costume and civic dignitaries in formal attire. Brass bands, horse-drawn floats and carriages, and banners feature.
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Film no: 238 [BIRTWISTLE FAMILY - BILLINGE SCAR NO.2] *1939
Producer: Birtwistle Family
b/w - silent - 35mm - 9m 23s
Scenes at Billinge Scar, in the gardens and greenhouses. Another house is featured (smaller than Billinge Scar - a lodge?) and a river (Ribble?). A brick built hall is the background for a carnival queen and groups of people. A garden fete in the grounds of Billinge Scar shows amusements, stalls, dancing to a dance band, and general views of house, grounds and people. More groups pose and there are close-ups of family (?) members.
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Film no: 239 [BIRTWISTLE FAMILY - BILLINGE SCAR NO.3] *1928/29/31
Producer: Birtwistle Family
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 33s
Scenes of family and guests in and around the grounds and swimming pool at Billinge Scar. There is a long sequence showing Blackburn Film Society filming in the grounds. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 240 [BIRTWISTLE FAMILY - BILLINGE SCAR NO. 4] *1934/39
Producer: Birtwistle Family
b/w - silent - 35mm - 10m 34s
The film opens with scenes of salmon fishing, followed by groups of guests at a wedding. Family and guests are shown in and around the grounds and swimming pool at Billinge Scar. A group of men on an Allotment Unemployed Scheme play skittles. A troop of girl guides goes through dancing and physical fitness routines on the lawns. A cricket match and spectators are featured; followed by a group of guests posing with a monkey, and ending on more scenes in the swimming pool. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 241 H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES VISIT TO BURY 1921
Producer: Manchester Film Company
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 50s
Scenes in various parts of Bury showing cheering crowds greeting the Prince of Wales. He meets VIP"s, inspects a guard of honour, and talks to war veterans, soldiers and civilians before driving through Bury. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 242 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A COAL MINER 1910
Producer: Kineto/London & North Western Railway
b/w - silent - 35mm - 6m 4s
A miner leaves home for work and the film is subdivided as follows - The Pit Head; Locking the Lamps; Miners Descending; Coal Face; The Coal Shaft, 4 & 9 Tub Cages; The Pit"s Mouth; Hoisting the waste; Belles of the Black Diamond Field; Female Industry; Loading Wooden Props; Sorting, Screening and Loading; Coal trains leaving; Back to Daylight; Pay Time; Light after Darkness. The final scenes show the miner returning home and a comfortable middle-class family enjoying the fruits of his labour - a coal fire.
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Film no: 249 PEOPLE IN A MARKET 1900
Producer: George Albert Smith
b/w - silent - 35mm - 0m 46s
People in everyday clothes walking towards the camera (women in shawls, men in flat caps and bowlers). A young boy is handing out leaflets.
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Film no: 257 WHIT WALK, BLACKBURN 1911
Producer: Mitchell & Kenyon
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 11s
A procession through the streets of Blackburn on a windy day - most of the participants are men, led by a choir.
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Film no: 269 MAYOR AND PROCESSION, DARWEN 1928
Producer: Palladium Cinema, Darwen
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 11s
The Mayor and civic dignitaries in procession. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 270 DARWEN LOCAL SCENES 1928
Producer: Palladium Cinema, Darwen
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 46s
Views of an assembled crowd, mostly children, at a local event. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 276 JUBILEE DAY IN PRESTON MAY 6TH 1935 1935
Producer: Will Onda
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 9s
A military parade (also includes nurses, girl guides and civic dignitaries) and Royal Salute at Moor Park. The Mayor is seen with school children in Avenham Park. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 280 RALLY OF FYLDE GIRL GUIDES AT WREA GREEN - JULY 2ND 1921 1921
Producer: E.W.M.
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 15s
Guides and brownies troop round the field, salute Mrs. Birley, the County Commissioner, and give a flag waving display.
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Film no: 281 OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE PARISH CHURCH OF THE NEW MAYOR, COUN J. WOOLLEY NOV 15TH 1925 1925
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 4m 35s
Preston"s first Labour Mayor walks in a procession through the streets.
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Film no: 282 ALTRINCHAM COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS 10TH ANNUAL ATHLETIC SPORTS 1922
Producer: Manchester Film Co.(?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 6s
Exteriors of the school and interiors showing boys in workshop, laboratory and gym. On the sports field various events are shown - long and high jump; obstacle, sack, three-legged and egg and spoon races; sprinting and hurdling; a tug of war; and the greasy pole.
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Film no: 288 [FASHION & BATHING AT SOUTHPORT] *1926
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 48s
Around the open air swimming pool there is a parade of women"s and girl"s fashions. High divers show off and adults and children splash and frolic in the pool.
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Film no: 301 [MILNROW NEWSREEL COMPILATION] *1913/15/30/35
Producer: Empire Cinema, Milnrow
b/w - silent - 35mm - 10m 19s
A compilation of local events - assembling of the Church Lads" Brigades at Milnrow station; cricket - Milnrow v Rochdale; Home Defence corps parade to Ogden Chapel; cricket club gala for wounded soldiers; crowning of Rose Queen and maypole dancing; opening of a rifle range; Milnrow streetscenes and the Empire Cinema, Milnrow.
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Film no: 302 MILNROW AND NEWHEY GAZETTE 1913/*35
Producer: Empire Cinema, Milnrow
b/w - silent - 35mm - 13m 0s
A compilation of early material - staff of the Empire Cinema lined up outside; Whitsuntide procession; scenes of work inside the Newhey Spinning Mill and Coral Mill - textile workers leaving the mills; children queuing outside the Empire Cinema, Milnrow.
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Film no: 303 [ROSE QUEEN CORONATION, MILNROW] c1915
Producer: Empire Cinema, Milnrow
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 31s
Coronation and maypole dancing sequence from 301 - better picture quality.
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Film no: 321 WIDNES CORONATION CELEBRATIONS 1953
Producer: Mr W E Lynn
b/w - silent - 16mm - 8m 46s
The town celebrates the coronation of Elizabeth II - church procession to Victoria Park; a variety show in a marquee; decorated streets; dancing displays; fireworks; veteran cars and a new one; soap box derby; and the big carnival parade.
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Film no: 323 [PORT SUNLIGHT] *1931
Producer: Lever Brothers
b/w - silent - 16mm - 23m 25s
Reel 2: shows in great detail the mechanised and manual production and packaging processes for soap, soap flakes and Vim. Reel 3: shows the work of other departments at Port Sunlight - the general office; research laboratories; printing department; and people leaving work. Scenes around the village, health care facilities, and sports and social activities including dancing; Dee-side holiday camp, and the Lady Lever Art Gallery.
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Film no: 332 [MORTON FAMILY FILM] c1938
Producer: Mr. Morton
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 1m 55s
Amateur film, in colour, of Knutsford May Day Fair - a fairground, the parade, and Maypole dancing. Second section, in black and white, of the family in the garden, children on a see-saw, and the women and children demonstrating gas masks.
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Film no: 335 GOOD EVANS 1934
Producer: Filmed by Charles Powell
b/w - silent - 16mm - 3m 50s
A film of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. G. Evans, from the arrival at Bowdon Church to the photo session at the reception and departure on the honeymoon. Filmed by Mr.Evans" colleague Charles Powell.
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Film no: 338 [CLASSWORK AND LEISURE TIME] *1957
Producer: Wallasey Grammar School
b/w - silent - 16mm - 13m 20s
Boys of Wallasey Grammar School - a handwriting lesson; in the print room; rugby; school play; snowballing; rowing; marathon race; a bus excursion for the History Society.
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Film no: 344 [LEISURE ACTIVITIES] *1947-51
Producer: Wallasey Grammar School
b/w - silent - 16mm - 13m 20s
Boys of Wallasey Grammar School - wide variety of activities including sports and excursions - boxing, camping, picking fruit, cycling, table tennis, cricket, swimming, ducking someone on board a ship, visiting a castle, snowballing, and a sports day with trophies.
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Film no: 374 [GOLDEN JUBILEE - A BOAT] *1952
Producer: Wallasey Grammar School
colour - silent - 16mm - 1m 20s
Wallasey Grammar School - shots of a boat; boys playing in the snow.
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Film no: 386 [PRESTON LEISURE AND INDUSTRIES] c1930s
Producer: Ernest Maynard
b/w - silent - 16mm - 12m 37s
Local events - a Whit walk with some particularly elaborate statues; a large fairground in the town; a carnival procession; Avenham Park packed with families; Lytham Show, with show-jumping events etc. Local industries - unloading timber at the docks; a cotton mill and employees leaving at dinner time; haymaking.
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Film no: 387 [SADDLEWORTH RETURNING HEROES] 1919
Producer: Palace Cinema, Uppermill
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 25s
Crowds gather round a monument to the glorious dead 1914-1919 Saddleworth in Uppermill, prior to a procession of bands and veterans from the other villages - Diggle, Dobcross, Delph, and Greenfield.
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Film no: 389 JACK STEAMS INLAND! *1932
Producer: Paramount News
b/w - sound - 35mm - 1m 37s
Mancunians inspect the 5th destroyer flotilla when it arrives by Manchester Ship Canal.
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Film no: 417 COTTON COUNTS *1951
Producer: Technical and Scientific Films Inc.
colour - sound - 16mm - 18m 40s
A film made to advertise improvements to the life style of mill workers. Featuring streetscenes in Bolton; leisure activities; and the introduction of day nurseries for children. Interior shots of spinning, weaving, dyeing and printing. Shirley Institute Research and Development Labs. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 427 REMIND THAT CHILD c1955
Producer: Joe Doniger ?
b/w - sound - 16mm - 9m 1s
Joe Doniger is interviewed about his S.O.S. Road Safety Club - shows children learning and practising road safety. Many busy streets. Salford Model Traffic Area is featured. (Joe Doniger is a textile merchant in Manchester). [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 430 THE CHANGING FACE OF SALFORD. PART 1, LIFE IN THE SLUMS 1968/9
Producer: Mike Goodger, University of Salford
colour - sound - 16mm - 32m 0s
Shots of the streets, factories, houses, amenities, and people of Ordsall around the time of redevelopment. Daily chores; children playing; yards, alleys and dogs; a fair; awful housing conditions (interiors); bathtime in front of the gas fire for four children; night time; a bonfire and the fire brigade; a pub and chip shop.
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Film no: 456 CALLING ALL DRIVERS NO. 2 c1938
Producer: Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
b/w - sound - 16mm - 9m 39s
The driving instructor at Lancashire Constabulary driving school goes out on the road in St. Helens to show examples of good and bad driving. His students name several potential hazards which he then encounters on his travels - children playing at the road-side (who are lectured on kerb drill); pedestrians stepping out; parking on bends; dogs; belisha beacons; and bad signals from other drivers.
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Film no: 457 CALLING ALL DRIVERS NO. 3 c1938
Producer: Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
b/w - sound - 16mm - 9m 6s
The driving instructor at Lancashire Constabulary driving school goes out on the road in St. Helens to show examples of good and bad driving. He patrols a suburb where the major hazards are bridges, level crossings, and school children.
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Film no: 469 CHILDREN ON TRIAL *1946
Producer: Crown Film Unit
b/w - sound - 16mm - 58m 27s
Case histories of 3 children from various backgrounds as they progress from crime, through the juvenile courts and probation, to approved schools and back into the world as reformed characters. The 2 boys come from Liverpool, one from the slums, (which are grimly portrayed), and one from a middle class background.
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Film no: 472 [THE ENGLISH LAKES] *1942/3/5-7/9/50
Producer: Countryside Club
colour - silent - 16mm - 9m 44s
Scenic Lake District, featuring a religious procession of children with flowers; lakeside, flowers and rowing boat; Derwentwater and Friars Crag; the Bowder Stone; a guest house; walkers on hill paths and summits; Great Gable; Scafell Pike; Helvellyn; Striding Edge; and Skelwith Bridge; a sunset.
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Film no: 475 A PRETTY FAIR WEEK c1974
Producer: British Transport Films for GMT
colour - sound - 16mm - 15m 50s
Featuring a group of loutish 16 year old lads, the film shows an average week of vandalism on Manchester"s buses - grafitti, slashing, burning etc. Ends on advice to the ringleader to learn some respect - for himself as well as others.
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Film no: 477 ACTIVITIES AT THE SIR ROBERT JONES MEMORIAL WORKSHOP FOR CRIPPLES - LIVERPOOL * 1936/7
Producer: Alex J. Briscoe
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 51s
The Workshop trains physically handicapped people over school age. Activities featured are the General Committee at work - ladies seated around a table; a medical inspection - boys are weighed and have their chests, throats and limbs examined; all stages of book - binding; dinner time in the kitchen and the canteen; recreation; table - tennis, cards, reading, sewing, bagatelle, etc; needlework and embroidery room - women sewing at a long table; more scenes in the bindery; men busy in a leather workshop; and finally (in colour) a display of finished goods, and groups of workers, outside in the yard.
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Film no: 483 [MAYOR MAKING SUNDAY, ALTRINCHAM] 1954
Producer: Altrincham Cinema
b/w - silent - 35mm - 6m 27s
Mr Baxter becomes the first Catholic Mayor of Altrincham - procession from the Town Hall to St. Vincent"s church.
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Film no: 487 MANCHESTER"S LAST TRAM 1949
Producer: Times Film Co. Ltd. for BBC
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 20s
Manchester"s last tram, watched by crowds, takes its last trip from Piccadilly Gardens to the Birchfield Road Depot on 10th January 1949.
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Film no: 491 [BUS BOARDING AND SAFETY] *1953
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 5m 20s
Sequences showing the hazards which buses, passengers, and other road users present to each other, particularly cyclists, and passengers who board a moving vehicle. Shows Manchester, and bus stops at Piccadilly.
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Film no: 495 [THE TWINS] *1933/4/6/7/45/46
Producer: Charles Powell
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 13m 14s
The Powell twins, Sheila and Kay, born 1933 - as babies being bathed, and in their pram; on holiday in Paignton, on the beach and in the park; as guests at a wedding. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 497 HOLIDAY AT TENBY SOUTH WALES *1934 - 8
Producer: Charles Powell
b/w - silent - 16mm - 7m 1s
The Powell family on holiday in Wales - on the beach; a trip in a motor boat; visits to Caldy and the Isle of Dogs; Cockington Smithy and Cockington Court where there is a dog show and a children"s fancy dress event; glimpses of the sights of London.
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Film no: 505 PARTY SEASON 1957
Producer: Pathe News
b/w - sound - 35mm - 1m 5s
A Christmas party for orphaned and underprivileged children, organised by the Daily Mirror and ABC Minors, and held at the ABC Ardwick, Manchester. Many celebrities are uncles and aunts for the occasion.
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Film no: 512 BLACKPOOL YOUTH WEEK 3rd - 9th MAY 1948 1948
Producer: Blackpool Youth Committee/R. Aird
b/w - silent - 16mm - 8m 0s
A pictorial record of the weeks events including football, drama, netball, a quiz, table tennis, and handicrafts. Boys and Girls Clubs participating. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 518 [PRESTON SLUM CLEARANCE] 1938
Producer: Preston Borough Council/Mr Green
b/w - silent - 16mm - 5m 58s
Houses in Spring Gardens are inspected and fumigated before demolition. The occupants" possessions are also fumigated before being moved to new houses with gardens and open spaces around. (No interiors)
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Film no: 525 LANCASHIRE PRIDE 1950
Producer: George Whittaker/Glen Mills Studios
colour - sound - 16mm - 57m 20s
Part one is a dramatised history of the hand loom weavers in Wycoller and the effects on them of the coming of power looms. Part two shows work at Glen Mills in 1950 - the processes involved in producing cotton fabrics; and canteen facilities for staff. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 527 OUR HERITAGE *1950
Producer: Glen Mills Studios/George Whittaker
colour - sound - 16mm - 14m 56s
Optimism for the future is the theme, and Glen Mills of Rawtenstall and Colne have provided a new nursery facility for employees" children - it is shown in preparation; then the official opening; and the children are seen playing, having lunch, brushing their teeth, and having a nap. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 531 CROWNING OF ROSE QUEEN AT WESTHOUGHTON 1931
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 4m 47s
A procession, including the Rose Queen in a carriage, through the streets of Westhoughton - she lays a wreath at the War Memorial before going on to be crowned in an elaborate ceremony attended by large crowds.
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Film no: 532 OPENING BALMORAL ROAD SCHOOL 1936
Producer: J.E. Sutton
b/w - silent - 16mm - 2m 38s
Balmoral Road School, Morecambe is opened by Sir Josiah Stamp - a tree planting ceremony, and a brief glimpse inside a classroom.
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Film no: 533 WHITSUNTIDE PROCESSIONS DENTON & HAUGHTON 1922
Producer: Unknown, for People"s Hall, Denton(?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 4m 48s
Whit procession, including banners, bands, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Boys Brigade band, and concluding with a gathering in a square.
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Film no: 534 WHIT FRIDAY PROCESSIONS 1924
Producer: Unknown, for the People"s Hall, Denton(?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 49s
Whit procession in the Denton and Haughton area, including banners, bands, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Boys Brigade, and concluding with a gathering in a square. Seven Sunday Schools are named and the contingent shown.
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Film no: 535 A VISIT TO THE LONDON ZOO *1926-28
Producer: Stockport School
b/w - silent - 16mm - 22m 32s
An extensive tour of the pens and cages at London Zoo with elaborate explanatory titles. The trip was made by pupils of Stockport School though they do not appear, except perhaps as passengers on elephants etc.
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Film no: 537 [HORROCKSES FACTORY] *1919
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 0m 56s
Shots of a cargo of cotton bales being unloaded from a ship and arriving at Horrockses mill, Preston, on horse-drawn carts. Inside, bales are opened.
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Film no: 539 [HORROCKSES COMPILATION] 1913/*1917-1919
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 6m 2s
King George V and Queen Mary visit Horrockses in Preston in 1913 - scenes outside the mill including the Royal motorcade passing under an arch of cotton bales. Interiors and exteriors of the mill showing a model of the buildings, work, workers leaving, and a display of finished products. Brief scene of horse-drawn carts in a street (Manchester Piccadilly?) and a dock side (Preston?).
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Film no: 543 GARSTANG WHIT-MONDAY FANCY DRESS PARADE *1920
Producer: Will Onda Pictures, Preston
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 57s
A procession of people in fancy dress, including a band, floats and tableaux. The procession passes by the football stadium.
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Film no: 544 BOLTON ROYAL INFIRMARY JUBILEE YEAR 1933 1933
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 7m 22s
A film showing the wards and facilities at Bolton Royal Infirmary to encourage residents to join the Contributory Scheme in the Jubilee Year. Scenes include mill workers paying their weekly contributions, and a District Nurse on her bicycle; the Hospital Saturday Committee and the kitchens.
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Film no: 547 ROYAL VISIT TO ATHERTON c1913
Producer: Will Onda Pictures, Preston
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 45s
The assembled crowds at Atherton, consisting largely of women with babies, watch the arrival of the Royal visitors" motorcade.
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Film no: 548 [OLDHAM POLICING] 1954-7
Producer: Oldham Borough Police / Sgt. Clifford Brown
colour - silent - 16mm - 37m 22s
Public relations film made by Oldham Borough Police showing a selection of their duties and activities. These include accident prevention and traffic control, finding lost children, and dog handling. The film stresses the importance of serving other organisations (eg RSPCA, AA, Fire Brigade). The police also play a major role at public occasions, including football and rugby matches, whit walks and processions, and royal visits.
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Film no: 556 THE BOROUGH OF STRETFORD CHARTER CELEBRATION 1933
Producer: J.T. Chapman for Stretford Council
b/w - silent - 16mm - 19m 9s
Lord Derby performs the opening ceremony at Stretford Town Hall. He attends a luncheon, at which formal presentations are made by both individuals and companies. A procession to Longford Park is featured - Lord Derby presents the Charter of Incorporation, which is then blessed by the Bishop of Manchester. The day ends with a firework display. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 562 CHILDREN IN ACTION *1969
Producer: Lord Street Junior School, Colne
colour - sound - 16mm - 20m 18s
An open-air demonstration of educational gymnastics by pupils at Lord Street Junior School, Colne.
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Film no: 563 THE ACCRINGTON PALS BATTALION 1915
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 9s
The Accrington Pals Battalion are seen leaving Salisbury Plain for active service - where a great number were killed. We then see the "Pals" marching at Accrington
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Film no: 565 RETURNING HOME 1948
Producer: Cinephoto for the Manchester Parents
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 40s
A group of Manchester children return from a three month stay in Switzerland as guests of the children of the Swiss Red Cross. They travel by train from Folkestone. Their parents are seen making their way to the station in Manchester, where, together with the Mayor and Mayoress, they greet the children on arrival. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 566 [LENINGRAD VISIT] 1964
Producer: Leningrad City Council
b/w - silent - 16mm - 3m 49s
Visit of Manchester schoolchildren to Leningrad - includes a dance display, and a ceremony at the war memorial.
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Film no: 572 LEIGH PICTORIAL NEWS 1920
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 4m 11s
Opens with shots of the Palace Cinema, Leigh; followed by brief and varied streetscenes; shots of Leigh Unemployed demonstration with marches and banners; a rugby football match - Leigh v Halifax at Mather Lane Leigh, shots of the crowd and game; pit head scenes at Bickershaws Colliery with groups of men and boys.
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Film no: 577 PEACE CELEBRATIONS AT HASLINGDEN JULY 19th 1919 1919
Producer: Pathe (?)
b/w - silent - 16mm - 8m 26s
Shows various shots of the Peace Celebrations in Haslingden after World War 1 - there are scenes of the crowds and a procession of children; children can also be seen in a variety of National Costume and are maypole dancing. People are dancing in the open air and enjoying themselves; it ends with a procession of war veterans, bands and civilians through the town streets.
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Film no: 578 HASLINGDEN CARNIVAL - 9th SEPTEMBER 1950 1950
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 9s
Shows a variety of shots of Haslingden Carnival - decorated streets; spectators watching, waving flags; lots of decorated floats and people in fancy dress (including a womens football team); and the carnival King and Queen.
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Film no: 579 HASLINGDEN"S FIRST CARNIVAL 1923
Producer: Pathe (?)
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 55s
Includes a variety of shots of Haslingden"s first carnival - views of the Empire Cinema; high angle shot of the floats and bands in the procession and people in fancy dress. Also shots of childrens" races including an egg and spoon and running race, and shots of the carnival "King" and "Queen" being crowned on a raised platform.
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Film no: 581 [WALES AND INDIA] *1931/33
Producer: Thomas Magee
b/w - silent - 16mm - 6m 2s
Holiday scenes around Conway in North Wales - children and adults at the beach hut and in the sea. Shots of Goalak Falls in India and the surrounding area.
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Film no: 582 [CATHOLIC PROCESSION, BOLTON] *1932
Producer: Thomas Magee
b/w - silent - 16mm - 8m 5s
A Trinity Sunday procession through the streets of Bolton - the clergy and congregation of St. Peter and Paul"s, St. Ethelbert"s and St. Mary"s take part. There are a large number of procession queens, statues and banners, and groups of schoolchildren. We also see several shots of the treasured relic of St. Mary"s - a stone cross in the churchyard. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 583 [SHOE MAKING] *1933/4
Producer: Thomas Magee
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 41s
This film shows an outing of the Bolton Boot Trades Association to the Portland Shoe Factory in the Midlands. The various stages, from cutting out to despatch in the manufacture of shoes can be clearly seen, as can the equipment used. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 584 [BOLTON BOOT TRADES ASSOCIATION OUTINGS] *1931/33
Producer: Thomas Magee
b/w - silent - 16mm - 12m 46s
This film shows the Bolton Boot Trades Association outings to a tannery; a wellington boot factory, (Goodyear or Dunlop), and the Puritan Soles Tannery, Runcorn. There are also included shots of a bowls competition and cars travelling on the Runcorn Transporter Bridge, (camera rather shaky). [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 585 [TRINITY SUNDAY PROCESSION, BOLTON] *1932/33
Producer: Thomas Magee
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 6s
Shows shots of this Bolton procession taken from a high angle. The streets are crowded with onlookers watching the parade which includes clergymen and altar boys; many groups of schoolchildren; Boy Scouts and Girl Guides; men and women in civilian dress. The queens are Miss Rita Yates and Miss Agnes Ainscaw, and the marshall, Master Francis Carter. There are a large number of banners being carried and statues of Our Lady. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 592 [FAMILY LEISURE] c1930s
Producer: Thomas Magee
colour - silent - spr8m - 14m 30s
Shows general views of children in a park - watching deer and feeding birds; a football match and a busy street; children in a garden on bicycles, and a garden party; and a brief end shot of a carnival procession and a large marquee.
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Film no: 596 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE 1955 1955
Producer: Mottram Community and Welfare Committee
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 36s
Scenes and events in and around Mottram in Longdendale in 1955, including - a garden fete; Rose Queen processions and coronations; LS Lowry at home with several of his paintings; the Mottram and District Agricultural Show; a Sunday School procession, followed by an open air service; another procession led by a brass band.
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Film no: 597 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE 1956 1956
Producer: Mottram Community Council
b/w & colour - sound (sep) - 16mm - 39m 34s
Reel 1: Scenes and events in and around Mottram in Longdendale in 1956, including - a Roman Catholic procession - includes nuns and children carrying a statue of the Madonna; streetscenes in Mottram - old and new housing; women with babies outside a clinic; children playing in a school yard; a school choir; Bill Sowerbutt"s house, Etherow Lodge, with shots of the gardens; a group of elderly people have tea before singing hymns; a procession to mark the anniversary of Water Lane Methodist Church. Reel 2: Spectators are seen watching a procession including vintage cars and morris dancers; processions and coronations of queens; a Scots Guards band and Scottish dancing; a procession of the Dukinfield branch of the British Legion.
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Film no: 598 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE 1957 1957
Producer: Mottram Community Council
colour - sound (sep) - 16mm - 19m 48s
The Mottram Carnival of 1957 including - a procession with vintage cars and morris dancers; the Pack Horse Inn is seen decorated with flags and bunting; the coronation of the carnival queen; a display by a majorettes troupe who are presented with a cup by the Mayor; prizes are presented to other competition winners.
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Film no: 600 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE 1959 1959
Producer: Mottram Community Council
b/w & colour - sound (sep) - 16mm - c18m 0s
Scenes and events in and around Mottram in Longdendale in 1959 - a procession including morris dancers, and the coronation of the carnival queen; a wedding party; a church procession and open air service at the war memorial; a Community Dance - ballroom dancing and jiving; a parade of service men and women; a church congregation, and a fashion parade.
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Film no: 601 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE 1960 1960
Producer: Mottram Community Council
b/w & colour - sound (sep) - 16mm - 18m 12s
Scenes and events in and around Mottram in Longdendale in 1960, including - a procession to the war memorial from Water Lane Methodist Sunday School; Mottram and Hollingworth Carnivals - floats and morris dancers, the coronation of the carnival queens, and childrens fancy dress; the Community Dance - ballroom dancing and jiving; the crowning of Hollingworth St Mary"s Rose Queen; St. Mary"s anniversary procession.
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Film no: 602 [PARADE THROUGH MOTTRAM] c1964
Producer: Mottram Community Council
colour - silent - 16mm - 1m 28s
A parade through Mottram in Longdendale - brass bands, morris dancers and floats, including a float from Mottram Unitarian Church.
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Film no: 604 [CROWNING THE CARNIVAL QUEEN] c1960s
Producer: Mottram Community Council
colour - silent - 16mm - 2m 44s
Carnival procession - brass band; morris dancing troupes; a carnival queen in an open topped car; floats, including one from Hollingworth Young Wives Association. The carnival queen is crowned; morris dancing display; a fairground ride for young children.
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Film no: 605 [COUNTRY DANCING AND CHILDREN PLAYING] 1957-9 *
Producer: Mottram Community Council
colour - silent - 16mm - 3m 2s
There are shots of children doing country dancing, and one of a child playing with a dog. An old man is seen playing in a garden with two children, and several children are shown in the lounge of a house. One little girl is seem having a pony ride.
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Film no: 609 [PRACTISING GOLF AND BEACH SCENES] *1934
Producer: Warburton family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 2m 40s
Children playing in the garden and on the beach. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 610 CLOGS IN LANCASHIRE 1943
Producer: Dartington Hall Film Unit
b/w - silent - 16mm - 12m 2s
A film advertising the manufacture and wearing of clogs in Lancashire. The stages of manufacture are shown from the felling of trees to the making of metal caulkers for the soles. There are a variety of shots of people wearing clogs, especially children, and of their repair.
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Film no: 613 NEWS IN A FLASH *1948/52
Producer: Pathe
b/w - sound - 35mm - 2m 28s
Newsreel film featuring four stories: Northern Association cross country run ; Beeston Castle hill climb; winter snow and sports; scenes of an aircrash disaster.
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Film no: 616 HEYWOOD, LANCS / CHESTERFIELD CELEBRATIONS *1946/8
Producer: unknown
b/w - sound - 35mm - 1m 23s
Newsreel film featuring two items: a Yorkshire v Lancashire motor cycle race at Heywood, Lancashire; and an exhibition at Chesterfield to commemorate the centenary of George Stevenson"s death. This second item includes many views of Stevenson"s engines.
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Film no: 618 THE FRUITS OF VICTORY *1945
Producer: Pathe Gazette
b/w - sound - 35mm - 1m 36s
Newsreel showing the private and public response to news of the end of the war in Europe. Showing the family in front of the radio; news in the office; an effigy of Hitler being hoisted into the rafters of a factory bedecked with flags and garlands; on the street via newspapers; scenes of street celebrations, and children building bonfires and sitting amongst ruins. (Manchester and Liverpool?)
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Film no: 619 BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE BOY"S AND GIRL"S REFUGE (EST 1870). *1937
Producer: Boys" and Girls" Welfare Society.
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 45s
Shows staff at work at the Refuge and also shows sites such as The Cripples Home; Seaside Home at Old Colwyn; Birkdale Camp. Includes an appeal for local communities to be established to help the society.
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Film no: 626 [MANCHESTER COUNCILLORS VISIT LENINGRAD] 1956
Producer: Leningrad City Council
b/w - sound - 35mm - 18m 12s
Film showing the visit by Manchester"s Lord Mayor and councillors to Leningrad (Manchester"s twin town). Contains views of art galleries, the underground, museum visits, PR/public liaison with the people of Leningrad, and Russian architecture, plus many more sights. Reel two includes a visit to Moscow: Red Square; a visit to the ballet; and shots inside the Kremlin grounds. The commentary is in Russian.
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Film no: 627 NELSON EDUCATIONAL TOUR AT THE TOWER OF LONDON 1936
Producer: Gaumont British News
b/w - sound - 35mm - 2m 4s
Shows Nelson schoolchildren in the grounds of the Tower of London, and then having a picnic in the open air. Includes close-ups of the children eating. The commentary mentions the litter problem.
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Film no: 630 ROSE QUEEN CARNIVAL. JUNE 7th 1913. 1913
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 49s
Shows the procession through a street lined with people. Includes uniformed brass band; mounted police; Rose Queen and her followers, then views of girls dancing in white dresses; fancy dress; ragtime band; floats; fire brigade. The public disperse. The film ends with the Rose Queen approaching the marquee. (Macclesfield?)
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Film no: 631 A MANCHESTER ACHIEVEMENT 1934
Producer: Universal Talking News/Gerard Somers
b/w - sound - 35mm - 4m 58s
A promotional film, made for the Manchester Cheadle Hulme School, encouraging parents to send their children to the school and informing them of scholarship and life assurance schemes. Shots of the school interior and exterior are included and we see a range of lessons (cookery, carpentry) and also many recreational and sports activities (gardening, petcare, lacrosse, etc.). Ends with an address for information.
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Film no: 633 [URMSTON CARNIVALS COMPILATION 1927/1932] 1927/30-2
Producer: The Empress Cinema, Urmston
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 43s
Scenes from the carnivals - floats, carnival King and Queen, high jinks
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Film no: 640 IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE IN WIDNES, 1850-1950 AT THE I.C.I. RECREATION GROUNDS, WIDNES 1950
Producer: Plaza Cinema, Widnes
b/w - silent - 35mm - 4m 20s
Shows official opening of the celebrations followed by the presentation of a bouquet and crowd amusements. Includes shots of individuals taking tickets; girls with candy floss; a little boy watching Punch & Judy. Also views of the crowd, stalls, amusements, children on slides,etc. Geraldo and his orchestra play for the community with singing and dancing - the crowd watch. Contains shots of the interior of the marquee and beer tent. Ends with shots of fireworks.
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Film no: 648 CHILDREN WITH PROBLEMS 1969
Producer: Boys" and Girls" Welfare Society
colour - sound - 16mm - 37m 20s
Two films made for an appeal by the Boys" and Girls" Welfare Society, Cheadle and introduced by the Society"s Chairman, Peter Gaddum(?). The first, Bethesda, shows activities at a school for physically handicapped children. The second, Belmont, shows a home for emotionally disturbed children. The film finishes with an appeal for funds. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 650 MORECAMBE & HEYSHAM NEW SUNSHINE SLOPES / THE CROWNING OF THE ROSE QUEEN 1931
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 54s
Shows the civic party, the Mayor, MP, etc. performing the opening ceremonies amongst the public on Morecambe and Heysham Sunshine Slopes, showing the Margaret Bondfield MP, cutting the ribbon, and subsequent inspection of the slopes. Includes a view of the official party walking along the seafront, plus close-ups of the guests. Followed by the Rose Queen crowning ceremony at which children dance around a maypole. Includes views of the audience.
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Film no: 662 THE HARVEST *1959
Producer: Mr. & Mrs. R. Norris
b/w - sound (sep) - 16mm - 3m 49s
Preparations for the harvest festival at Linaker Street Infants School, Southport. After a service, the children distribute fruit and flowers - they sing to the elderly residents of a rest home before giving out their gifts.
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Film no: 663 THROUGH THE GATE 1958
Producer: Mr. & Mrs. R. Norris
b/w - sound (sep) - 16mm - 20m 35s
A day in the life of Linaker Street Infants School Southport, including - morning assembly; P.E.; various classroom activities; baking cakes for Mothers Day. After prayers the children leave - they are seen across the road by the school crossing patrol.
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Film no: 664 GATEWAY TO LIFE 1958
Producer: Mr. & Mrs. R. Norris
b/w - sound (sep) - 16mm - 11m 23s
A day in the nursery class of Linaker Street Infants School,Southport; mothers bring their children to school - they are seen across the road by the school crossing patrol; prayer time; milk and rusks are served - the children lay the tables and wash up afterwards; playtime; the class pets; an after dinner nap; storytime; another prayer is said before the children leave.
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Film no: 665 CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES 1958
Producer: Mr. & Mrs. R. Norris
b/w - sound (sep) - 16mm - 7m 57s
The children of Linaker Street Infants School, Southport prepare for Christmas - decorating the tree; making and wrapping presents; the Christmas concert.
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Film no: 666 FAREWELL PICNIC, PARTY TO MRS. CLARKE JULY 1959 1959
Producer: Mr. & Mrs. R. Norris
b/w - sound (sep) - 16mm - 5m 15s
The retirement of Mrs. Clarke, a nursery teacher at Linaker Street Infants School , Southport - presentation of gifts, and a picnic in the playground.
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Film no: 667 OPEN DAYS AT LINAKER STREET INFANTS SCHOOL, SOUTHPORT *1959
Producer: Mr. & Mrs. R. Norris
b/w - sound (sep) - 16mm - 16m 16s
Open day at Linaker Street Infants School, Southport - the children bake cakes in preparation; dancing and exercise displays; tea and cakes are served; the parents join in evening prayers before leaving.
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Film no: 669 CHARMING SWITZERLAND 1949
Producer: JH Haffner
colour - silent - 16mm - 22m 13s
A family holiday in Switzerland - includes shots on a car ferry; alpine scenery; rock climbing; a boy and girl in a wooden boat; a Swiss village; pack horses on the mountainside; a cycle race, rodeo and bullfight. The film ends with views of Paris.
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Film no: 671 NORWAY JUNE 1950 1950
Producer: JH Haffner
colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 9s
A family holiday in Norway - arriving on the ferry ; shots of the harbour; the Norwegian landscape; families pose in national costume; ends with more shots on board the ferry.
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Film no: 673 HAFFNER HOLIDAYS 6 *1938/39/46
Producer: JH Haffner
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 7s
Holiday scenes - including beach area and promenade; a coastal fort. Isle of Wight - shots on board a ferry; village scenes. The Yorkshire Coast - fishing boats in the harbour; cliffs and a waterfall.
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Film no: 674 GLORIOUS DEVON *1948/50
Producer: JH Haffner
colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 20s
A family holiday in Devon - shots of general rural scenery and views of the sea; a castle on the coast; cliffs; a girl on the beach; general views of the town.
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Film no: 675 OLD FATHER THAMES *1945-48
Producer: JH Haffner
colour - silent - 16mm - 12m 37s
A family holiday - shots taken from on board a boat on the River Thames, views of the riverside buildings and other river traffic; shots taken on board the boat of children doing chores; going through a lock.
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Film no: 678 CONTINENTAL TOUR 1938 *1937/46
Producer: JH Haffner
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 42s
A family holiday abroad - a car is loaded onto the ferry; a shot of a roadsign to Lausanne; general views of lakes and mountains; another roadsign for Montreaux, followed by town buildings and a square; views of Swiss architecture, woods and a glacier, a ferry out at sea and a lighthouse.
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Film no: 680 HAFFNER HOLIDAYS 1 *1932-35
Producer: JH Haffner
b/w - silent - 16mm - 8m 52s
Holiday scenes - swimming in a lake; girls playing in the snow; a garden party and picnic; views of city streets; dockland scenes; a power station; general views of a University Open Day.
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Film no: 683 RIBBLESDALE *1946/50
Producer: JH Haffner
colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 50s
Includes views of the landscape around Settle - Selside and Horton in Ribblesdale. Views of local churches; rowing on a lake and fishing.
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Film no: 695 MAYORS PROCESSION 1962 1962
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - std8m - 2m 0s
Mayors procession through Oldham, led by a pipe band - includes girls in national costume, nurses, firemen, and the police.
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Film no: 697 THE CHILDREN OF CHELMSFORD STREET OLDHAM COMMENCING 1957 1957
Producer: Mr and Mrs Kenworthy
colour - silent - std8m - 7m 0s
Shots of a terraced street in Oldham - children playing; a woman scrubbing the step of a shop; a baby playing in a doorway.
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Film no: 699 COUNTY BOROUGH OF OLDHAM CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS 1949 1949
Producer: Oldham Lyceum Cine Society
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 59m 0s
A year long programme of events to mark Oldham"s centenary - processions of civic dignitaries and uniformed organisations; activities in Alexandra Park - a model yacht regatta, bowls and tennis competitions, fireworks; selection of the cotton queen; a firefighting display; fete - maypole and morris dancing; industrial exhibition; fashion show at the Town Hall; wakes fair; cycle race; charity cricket match; torchlight procession; Christmas lights and carol singing. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 706 A FESTIVAL OF FAITH 1951
Producer: Glen Mills Studios
colour - sound - 16mm - 19m 17s
Festival of Britain celebrations 1951 - views of London, including the exhibition site on the South Bank. Celebrations in Rawtenstall - a procession to Whittaker Park; crowning of the queen; Scottish dancing; a camera man with children on a slide. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 722 CORONATION CELEBRATIONS. WIDNES SCHOOLS PAGEANT AT THE WADE DEACON GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAY 1953 1953
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 11m 18s
Pupils from Widnes schools re-enact scenes from the reigns of past monarchs as part of Widnes"s celebrations for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - costume drama; dancing; singing; sports.
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Film no: 726 BLACKPOOL 1929 1929
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 0s
A family holiday in Blackpool and St. Anne"s, showing various activities and amusements - fairgrounds, parks, open air swimming pool.
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Film no: 727 BLACKPOOL 1932 1932
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 0s
A family holiday in Blackpool showing various activities and amusements - the promenade and piers; rough seas; a fairground; boating and paddling pools.
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Film no: 728 STOCKPORT CARNIVAL 1934 1934
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 0s
Stockport carnival procession and a carousel. Some shots of children, model planes and a model railway; girls dancing in a garden. Brief shots of the building of a new railway bridge at Garners Lane. Lengthy sequence showing a model theatre.
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Film no: 729 OUR BIG EFFORTS OF 1936 1936
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 24m 0s
Reel 1: A compilation of family outings and activities - trips to Chester, Alton Towers and Buxton; the Runcorn transporter bridge; playing in the garden - 2 little girls with their dolls. Reel 2: A trip to Blackpool - a fairground; open air swimming pool; Blackpool Tower; a carnival procession, and a brief meeting with Reginald Dixon on a quiet road.
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Film no: 731 BELLE VUE 1933/34
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 0s
Family outings and activities - a visit to Belle Vue fairground and zoo; children in a garden dressed for May Day; a holiday in North Wales - Colwyn Bay and Rhos, visits to Swallow Falls and Conway Falls.
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Film no: 733 CONCERNING H.K. c1935
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 0s
Amateur footage of family and friends, including some "magic" reversed sequences. Brief visits to Leek, Buxton and Chester.
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Film no: 735 ALL ABOUT MISS MUFFIT 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 0s
The story of a little girl who grew up! - shots of a little girl in the garden with toys and pets; acting out nursery rhymes; visiting Rhyl and Southport.
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Film no: 736 DOWN ON THE FARM 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 0s
A visit to a farm - riding on a tractor, haymaking, the farm animals. Also some reversed jumping and running sequences; a swing in a tree; and some village shots.
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Film no: 740 [TIMPERLEY RIDING SCHOOL] / PLAYTIME IN THE POOL *1968/70
Producer: Unknown
colour - mute - std8m - 17m 0s
Compilation of activities, including - scenes at Timperley Riding School and Urmston Pony Club; a crowded swimming pool on a caravan site near Blackpool; a group of boys fishing; golf in Wythenshawe Park.
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Film no: 741 [SCHOOL FETE] *1968/69
Producer: Unknown
colour - mute - std8m - 10m 0s
Scenes at a school fete - crowds around the various stalls; two clergymen eating ice-cream. Attractions include donkey rides, football, bingo and pinball machines.
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Film no: 746 CANADA 1968 1968
Producer: Unknown
colour - mute - std8m - 28m 0s
A family holiday in Canada - opening shots at the airport, and a view of the runway on take-off; a busy open-air swimming pool, and children playing in an inflatable pool; Expo 1968 - exhibitions, displays and parades; camping and fishing on Lake Gautier.
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Film no: 749 [FISHER FAMILY 1] 1927
Producer: Tyson Fisher
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 14m 0s
Scenes in the gardens of Fulshaw Hall and Green Hall, Wilmslow - picking flowers; children playing; a family group walking around the extensive grounds.
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Film no: 750 [FISHER FAMILY 2] 1928/29
Producer: Tyson Fisher
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 0s
Family scenes - children playing football; on the beach; tennis in the grounds of Fulshaw Hall, Wilmslow.
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Film no: 751 [FISHER FAMILY 3] 1929
Producer: Tyson Fisher
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 0s
Family scenes at Fulshaw Hall, Wilmslow and on the Isle of Man - children playing with a dog; tea in the garden served by a maid; fishing; playing in the sea; boating on Boyson Lake.
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Film no: 753 [A FAMILY HOLIDAY] c1930/40
Producer: Mr.Andrew
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 0s
Opening shot of a chimney being demolished. A group of children playing in a garden. At the seaside - a ventriloquist entertaining children on the beach; learning to swim in an open-air pool.
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Film no: 754 OUR HOLIDAYS c1930/40
Producer: Mr.Andrew
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 5m 0s
A holiday in Blackpool - shots of the Tower and Pleasure Beach; on the beach and playing in the sea; donkey rides; punch and judy show; fishing from the end of the pier; shots of the seafront and hotels.
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Film no: 756 NETHERHOUSE FARM c1930/40
Producer: Mr.Andrew
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 0s
Family activities on the farm - shots of the farm animals; children bottle feeding sheep; chopping wood; sheep shearing; family picnics.
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Film no: 757 CONISTON WATER c1930/40
Producer: Mr.Andrew
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 0s
A family wedding - shots of the guests arriving and the wedding party outside the church. Shots of Grange over Sands; Morecambe Bay; Coniston Water; and sailing on Lake Windermere.
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Film no: 758 [A VISIT TO THE SEASIDE] c1930/40
Producer: Mr.Andrew
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 0s
A compilation of events, including a family holiday at the seaside - shots of the harbour; fishermen repairing their nets; children playing in the open air swimming pool; cargo being loaded onto a ship. A visit to the zoo - elephant rides and monkeys. A sports day; wedding; and an agricultural show with an archery contest.
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Film no: 759 ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION c1930/40
Producer: Mr.Andrew
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 0s
A visit to Liverpool - shots of ships, warehouses and cranes at the Pier Head, and the Liver Building. At the seaside - on the beach and in an open air swimming pool. The Electrical Exhibition - shots of the show site; an escape artist, and water divining.
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Film no: 767 [SOMETHING TO DO] *1970
Producer: Umist TV Society
b/w - mute - 16mm - 5m 36s
Children at play - a close up shot of a young boy on a garden wall; playing in the street - play street signs are seen; a childrens" playscheme; and a bonfire.
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Film no: 771 UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER SHROVE RAG COMMITTEE PRESENTS WHERE THE MONEY GOES 1962
Producer: Tech Movie Group
b/w - sound - 16mm - 15m 56s
Showing how the money collected in Rag Week is spent - shots of students collecting money in Market Street, Manchester; scenes in the Duchess of York Hospital for Babies; a childrens" convalescent home in Whaley Bridge; Middleton Old Age Pensioners Club - playing cards, flower arranging, basket making; St. Christophers Trust Home in Glossop - children and young people, mainly Downs Syndrome. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 772 [SCENES AROUND MANCHESTER] *1970/71/73
Producer: Umist TV Society
b/w - silent - 16mm - 14m 8s
A mixture of different shots including - student protests in Manchester streets; family groups in the Delamere Forest; general shots around the University campus; a scale model of University buildings which are then seen under construction; demolition sites and new housing under construction. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 816 [ALDER HEY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL] *1959
Producer: Mrs. E A Richardson
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 0s
Parents and children in the grounds of Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, Liverpool - visit from Ken Dodd. Shots of a young girl with physical disabilities as a result of the Thalidomide drug, walking in a garden with her grandparents and pet dog.
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Film no: 817 [HOLIDAY IN CORNWALL] *1963
Producer: Mrs. E A Richardson
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 0s
A family holiday in Cornwall - on the beach; horseriding - including shots of a young girl with physical disabilities as a result of the Thalidomide drug, on horseback; travelling shots of the countryside from a car.
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Film no: 818 [GILLIAN AGED SIX] c1960"s
Producer: Mrs. E A Richardson
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 0s
A family picnic on the beach; a children"s playground - shots of a young girl with physical disabilities as a result of the Thalidomide drug, on the slide.
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Film no: 819 [FAMILY AND GARDEN] *1957/59/69
Producer: Mrs. E A Richardson
colour - silent - std8m - 20m 0s
A family in the garden - on the swing; watering the flowers; playing tennis; a "fashion parade" - the children pretend to be models; picking apples. The film also includes exterior shots of the Braemar Hotel.
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Film no: 820 [THE FAMILY AT HOME AND AWAY] *1966
Producer: Mrs. E A Richardson
colour - silent - std8m - 28m 0s
Family film - in the garden; at a gymkhana; playing cricket; on the riverbank; a visit to a castle; travelling shots of the countryside from a car; cars leaving a ferry; views of London.
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Film no: 821 [IN THE GARDEN AND ON THE BEACH] *1966
Producer: Mrs. E A Richardson
colour - silent - std8m - 24m 0s
Family shots in the garden and at the seaside - a castle; boating lake; paddling in the sea; a picnic on the beach; shot of an ABC television camera and crew; a procession from Greasby Methodist Sunday School. The film ends with some views around London.
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Film no: 822 [A VISIT TO THE LAKE DISTRICT] *1961/63
Producer: Mrs. E A Richardson
colour - silent - std8m - 24m 0s
A visit to the Lake District, including - a picnic; funfair; a visit to the races - an injured jockey is carried off the course; and a coach trip to a ruined abbey.
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Film no: 825 PARISH OF FARNWORTH ANNUAL PAROCHIAL FIELD DAY ON THE SCHOOL FIELD PIT LANE 1958
Producer: Mr. WE Lynn
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 3m 0s
The crowning of Farnworth Rose Queen - shots of the queen and her retinue; the ceremony is followed by maypole dancing.
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Film no: 826 [ROSE QUEEN PROCESSIONS] 1939/51
Producer: Mr. W E Lynn
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 7m 0s
A procession of floats followed by a brass band and mounted police. A second procession takes place to celebrate the anniversary of St. Paul"s, Fife - rose queen and retinue; fancy dress. The film finishes with shots of a childrens" playground.
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Film no: 828 [A FAMILY GROUP] c1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 0s
A family group - in the garden of a large house, and at the seaside.
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Film no: 829 [CHILDREN PLAYING] c1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 0s
Children playing - at the seaside, running up and down the beach and paddling in the sea; in the garden.
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Film no: 836 [TOZER MARATHON ROAD RACE] 1974
Producer: City of Manchester Fire Brigade
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 3m 39s
Shots of runners, several wearing Manchester Fire Service T- shirts, in the city streets - Umist area and Whitworth Street are seen.
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Film no: 853 [SHEEPDOG TRIALS] c1930s
Producer: Warburton family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 2m 42s
Out in the country - various shots of a large waterfall; crowds of spectators at sheepdog trials; feeding the pigeons.
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Film no: 854 CAMERA ON SAFETY 1950/54
Producer: J M Gresty
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 40s
The Stretford borough council, through its Safety Committee, does everything possible to avoid accidents - road signs urging motorists to "drive carefully". You must assist them by being more safety wise - examples of "good" and "bad" behaviour; a young boy is knocked down after running into the road after his ball and is taken to hospital - shots of the casualty department and the childrens" ward; other children are seen doing their kerb drill, and crossing the road safely using the zebra crossing and helped by the school crossing patrol. Bicycle safety - the correct way to ride a bicycle; examples of bicycle defects; the Stretford Wheelers cycling club. Children playing on the railway track and by the canal - one falls in and is "drowned".
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Film no: 855 [THE TURNER FAMILY] *1942/5/6/8
Producer: J Gresty Snr
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 27m 25s
Family film - includes children playing in the garden and on the beach; in the open air swimming pool; having a picnic; shots in London - two Chelsea Pensioners pose in uniform.
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Film no: 857 [GRESTY FAMILY FILM 2] *1942-51/3
Producer: J Gresty Snr
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 59m 41s
Family scenes and events. Reel 1 includes - members of the family with the Mayor; a school sports day; on the beach; motor cycle racing; horse riding; a bowling match; a birthday party; in the park; the family visit London; a textile show. Reel 2 - in the garden; at the seaside - horse riding on the promenade and a visit to the funfair; playing tennis; a family celebration - cutting the cake; open air swimming pool; sailing model boats; at the zoo; a church wedding; a camping holiday abroad; a camera and tripod set up in the garden; interior drawing office shots.
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Film no: 862 [LORD DERBY INSPECTS EX-SERVICEMEN AT BOLTON] c1940s
Producer: JE Hallam
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 14m 0s
Various scenes and activities in and around Bolton - shots of Bolton Town Hall and surrounding moorland; Lord Derby inspects ex-servicemen - the inspection is followed by a parade; the men of the Bolton ARP; a visit to the Fishpool Institute - a game of bowls; several elderly ladies with their nurses pose outside the Institute; the children of the Cottage Homes.
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Film no: 863 [OUR ALAN] 1940
Producer: JE Hallam
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 30s
"Our Alan" - baby boy playing in the garden. Various shots - a half timbered Tudor building; Rose Queen processions in the Bolton area
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Film no: 868 SPORTS AND PASTIMES PORTRAYED BY JE HALLAM 1940
Producer: JE Hallam
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 30s
Various sporting activities, including scenes at the Angling Contest for the Magee Cup, Salwick - shots of the competitors and spectators; anglers setting up their pitches by the river bank; shot of the winner, T Wetherall, and a group of officials. Heywood Recreation Bowling Green - mens bowling match. A boxing match takes place outdoors - shots of the spectators.
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Film no: 870 [MOSS BANK PARK AND AVIARY/WITH THE GRENADIERS] c1940s
Producer: JE Hallam
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 0s
A family group in Moss Bank Park, some with tennis racquets; the aviary. With the Grenadiers - line of soldiers, some with rifles, on the parade ground. Various shots - children playing; donkey rides; Bob Foster, the Burnley goalkeeper, practising; a band playing in the park.
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Film no: 874 A MISCELLANEOUS FILM SHOW 1942
Producer: JE Hallam
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 14m 0s
Bolton"s stay at home holiday - scenes in Moss Bank Park; a ceremony performed by the Mayor, Councillor A Booth; a bouquet is presented to the Lady Mayoress; the Mayor with a bucket in the sand pit; children on a roundabout and swings, and having donkey rides; a large crowd of people queue for food tickets; ornamental gardens; girls egg and spoon race; punch and judy show; parade of the men and women of the National Fire Service - fire engines; hoses are laid out on the grass; shot of Alderman G Sykes, Chairman of the Parks Committee; show jumping and games on horseback; family groups - a man bottle feeds a baby; a dog show; fancy dress parade and army band.
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Film no: 882 [MOSS BANK PARK, THE RUKINS AT HOME] c1940s
Producer: JE Hallam
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 16m 0s
In the park - a military band; donkey rides; a crowded paddling pool. The home of the Rukins - in the garden; picking raspberries; a family picnic.
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Film no: 885 THE EVER POPULAR BARROW BRIDGE 1938
Producer: JE Hallam
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 7m 0s
Barrow Bridge - rowing boats on the lake; children on swings; having a picnic; paddling in the stream; by the waterfall. A celebration dinner of the Lancashire Regimental Association. A procession to St. Bedes Church, led by the flag of the Bolton British Legion. The film finishes with more shots at the lake and a sign for the House in the Rock.
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Film no: 901 ANCIENT & LOYAL *1972
Producer: Wigan Amateur Cine Club
colour - sound - 16mm - 17m 34s
Services in Wigan - the Mayor presides over a meeting of the council; how computer generated rate bills are printed and a look at what the rate payer gets for his money - fire and ambulance service vehicles; schools - children in the classroom; derelict buildings and new council estates; Wigan outdoor market - shoppers and stalls; leisure facilities - parks, swimming pool, the grounds of Haigh Hall; Beech Hill branch library.
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Film no: 903 THE JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS 1949
Producer: Leigh and District Cine Society
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 28m 12s
Jubilee celebrations in Leigh 1949, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the Borough of Leigh - street decorations; the council in session; civic dignitaries gathered for the civic luncheon; people arriving in cars and on foot for the opening of the local government and industrial exhibition; exhibits and spectators at the Co-op Hall; bowling finals at Pennington Hall; a pageant at St. Josephs Hall; modelling fashions through the years; at the gym; hydroplane racing; a torchlight procession; a swimming gala and presentation of prizes; the carnival procession - fancy dress, floats - some pulled by ponies, morris dancing, fire engines; a firework display at the football ground. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 904 SCRAP BOOK FOR 1948 1948
Producer: Wigan Grammar School
b/w - silent - 16mm - 7m 54s
A record of events at Wigan Grammar School 1948 - exterior shot of the building; classroom scenes - a human skeleton and animal skull in a biology class; a boy looks through a microscope; playing in the school yard; a game of cricket; sports day; a swimming gala watched by the mayor; presentation of medals. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 909 THE TORCH ON HELVELLYN *1945
Producer: Gidlow School Cine Club
b/w - silent - 16mm - 11m 36s
A school trip to Helvellyn in the Lake District - a group of boys with rucksacks walking through the countryside; crossing a river over stepping stones; wading barefoot through a stream; a photograph is taken; carrying an "injured" boy down the mountain; trying to thumb a lift, a boy lies in the path of a vehicle, but the driver moves him and drives away.
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Film no: 910 ROPE *1945
Producer: Gidlow School Cine Club
b/w - silent - 16mm - 17m 23s
The ascent of Scafell in the Lake District. Reel 1 : Scafell Pike shown on the map; general views of the countryside - waterfalls, streams, snowcapped hills; playing in the snow; eating lunch. Reel 2 : The ascent - the boys are roped together, one falls - bandaging the in jured leg; the stone war memorial on the summit of Scafell; back in the classroom.
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Film no: 911 SCHOOL LIFE IN WARTIME 1942
Producer: Arthur Hulme, Headmaster, Elworth School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 7m 38s
This amateur film was made over a period of several months by the talented Headmaster of Elworth School in South Cheshire, to illustrate school life during the Second World War. It shows the children donning gas masks and improving their skill in reaching the air-raid shelters in record time and disciplined order; knitting blanket squares; digging for victory in the school garden; practising first-aid; collecting waste paper and books; saving for victory by counting their National Saving Stamps.
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Film no: 913 SOUTHPORT SUMMER SCHOOL *1945
Producer: Gidlow School Cine Club
b/w - silent - 16mm - 11m 20s
Summer school activities in Southport - including a trip to the open-air baths, sitting on the grass eating crisps and ice-cream; catching the bus to the Botanic Gardens - rowing on the lake, in the cafe; on the playground equipment - the film is speeded up; playing shinty (a type of hockey) on the beach; a brief look inside the dormitory.
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Film no: 914 BARGING ALONG *1942
Producer: BS Production
b/w - sound - 16mm - 16m 46s
A look at the barge - moving cargo; barge families; horse drawn barges; passing through a lock. On the Manchester Ship Canal; Barton bridge aqueduct - inside the operations office; loading cargo onto a ship by crane. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 915 [WALKDEN WHIT WALK] c1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 4m 36s
Whit procession through Walkden town centre including altar boys; may queen; brass band; the church banner of St. Pauls. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 929 STALYBRIDGE GYMNASTICS CLUB c1964
Producer: Mr. G. Wain
colour - silent - 16mm - 13m 12s
Members of the Stalybridge Gymnastics Club demonstrate the exercises which have to be performed in order to obtain the 2nd and 3rd class proficiency awards, from the British Amateur Gymnastics Association. Reel 1 includes demonstrations of forward rolls, handstands, headstands, cartwheels and vaulting, by the men and boys of the club; some shots in slow motion. Reel 2 shows similar exercises performed by the women and girls. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 938 NESTON LADIES WALKING CLUB - INCIDENTS OF THE DAY c1910
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 56s
A procession passes through a cemetery - the women carry bouquets and flowered poles; they continue through Neston town centre watched by crowds of onlookers; at the fair - shots of various rides. (Neston Female Friendly society was established in 1814 to provide financial assistance to honorary members in time of sickness, pregnancy or death. On the afternoon of the first Thursday in June, members would gather to take their annual walk. The event always had an exciting air of pageantry, with each member carefully planning her outfit and choosing which flowers and ribbons she was going to use to decorate the white staff she carried.)
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Film no: 946 THE OFFICIAL FILM OF THE VISIT OF THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN WIDNES 1938 1938
Producer: The Plaza Cinema, Widnes
b/w - silent/mute - 35mm - 8m 41s
Crowds line the streets to greet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - shops are decorated with flags; a military band plays. Lord Derby arrives and is met by the Mayor and Mayoress of Widnes, Councillor and Mrs. F. Miller. The motorcade carrying the King and Queen arrives; they meet VIPs, and war veterans (some in wheelchairs).
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Film no: 949 ENGLISH MARTYRS URMSTON CHILDRENS PARTY HELD JULY 18TH *1931
Producer: Parkstone (?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 29s
Scenes and activities at the English Martyrs Urmston Childrens Party - speeches are made; a turn on the coconut shy; eating ice-cream; dancing to the jazz band; running and skipping races.
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Film no: 950 BACUP, LAYING OF FOUNDATION STONE OF THE ZION BAPTIST"S NEW SCHOOL. SEPT. 20 1913 1913
Producer: Lama Film Co.
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 48s
The foundation stone of Bacup"s Zion Baptist"s new school is laid, watched by crowds of onlookers. Bacup Cricket Club past and present - a line up of several cricket teams in their kit.
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Film no: 952 [WHITSUNTIDE] *1957/59
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - std8m - 16m 0s
Family scenes - playing on the swings; in the garden; a whit walk; having a picnic - crisps and coke; on the beach and at the fair.
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Film no: 953 [PLAYING OUT] *1965
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 0s
The film begins with a procession, which includes girl guides and cubs; the family in the garden; children playing - paddling pool and tricycle.
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Film no: 954 [CHESTER ZOO] *1966
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 0s
A family visit to Chester Zoo; rambling in Derbyshire; playing in the garden.
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Film no: 957 [THE PROCESSION] c1950
Producer: Mr. E. Barlow
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 30s
A church procession with a band - a May Queen is seen briefly.
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Film no: 964 THE KING IN BOLTON 1913
Producer: Bolton Local News
b/w - silent - 35mm - 3m 22s
A royal visit to Bolton - the camera pans the waiting crowds; King George V and Queen Mary arrive by car, mount a platform, and are introduced to various civic dignitaries.
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Film no: 965 [LEYLAND MOTORS WORKS OUTING TO LONDON] c1927
Producer: Leyland Motors (?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 57s
Leyland Motors employees visit London - they arrive by steam train, and then crowd into charabancs to drive through the city. A life size model of a lion, complete with wagging tail, is seen on the roof of a Leyland Lioness 1927 All Weather Coach. The motorcade drives into Trafalgar Square - the model is carried across the square, attracting a crowd of onlookers.
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Film no: 969 [SUNDAY SCHOOL PROCESSION] *1923
Producer: Russell Scott School for the Peoples Hall Denton (?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 5m 52s
Procession of adults and children; a banner is carried from Wilton Street Sunday School, Denton.
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Film no: 970 [DENTON CHURCHES WHIT WALK] *1922
Producer: Russell Scott School for the Peoples Hall Denton (?)
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 14s
A procession with brass band; a tram, destination Piccadilly is seen; banners are carried, including one from Wilton Street Sunday School, Denton.
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Film no: 978 [6 WOODLANDS, TODMORDEN AND SURROUNDING AREA] *1948
Producer: Sandy Ricketts
b/w - silent/mute - 35mm - 5m 20s
At home in Todmorden, - relaxing with a book and cigarette in the sitting room; nearby hills, sheep and horses; fishing, and playing in the river; re-roofing the garage.
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Film no: 981 HARD DAY"S LIFE 1990
Producer: Joanne Whiteside
colour - sound - S-VHS - 4m 42s
Visual Search (The Granada Film and Video Awards): Comedy category - the tale of a young girl who wins- and loses- ú1m. Everything is going wrong - she is behind with the rent; arrives late at the hairdressers where she works and is given a warning by her boss; the customers get on her nerves. Then she hears the radio DJ announce the winning ticket number in a ú1m competition. She realises she has won - shouts that her boss can keep his job, and dashes out of the shop, bumping into a passing tramp. Dancing around in delight, the winning ticket falls unnoticed out of her pocket. She arrives home to a notice to quit from her landlord. As she searches for the ticket the camera pans outside to a shot of the tramp in a chauffeur driven limousine. Entry from students of South Mersey College.
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Film no: 990 COLD COMFORT 1990
Producer: Andy Sandham
colour - sound - S-VHS - 5m 16s
Visual Search (The Granada Film and Video Awards): Experimental category - images of a mother and child safe and warm in their home are contrasted with a vagrant in search of shelter. Entry from students of Manchester Polytechnic.
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Film no: 996 A STATE OF INDEPENDENCE - SALFORD 1991 1990
Producer: Rob Thompson
colour - sound - S-VHS - 4m 49s
Visual Search (The Granada Film and Video Awards): Documentary category - highlighting the problems of 13 to 18 year olds in the inner city Salford area; showing the inadequacies of facilities for them, and what one youth group, the State of Independence, is doing to tackle the problems. Entry from The State of Independence.
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Film no: 997 OUR CHILDREN"S WORLD 1990
Producer: Russell Pattinson
colour - sound - S-VHS - 4m 5s
Visual Search (The Granada Film and Video Awards): Experimental category - an environmental film set in the near future. The air is difficult to breathe; humanity has become nocturnal as the suns rays burn on contact. In a flashback sequence a man reflects on past attitudes and attempts to arrest the damage. Entry from students of Preston College.
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Film no: 1001 NO MORE TINY TIMS 1990
Producer: Zoe Ross
colour - sound - S-VHS - 4m 25s
Visual Search (The Granada Film and Video Awards): Documentary category - we follow two disabled sisters who attend Range High School in Formby, and examine how the school meets the needs of its disabled pupils. Entry from students of Range High School, Formby.
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Film no: 1009 [PLAYING IN THE PARK] *1946
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
colour - silent - 16mm - 1m 22s
Playing with a bat and ball in the park. Two children with their mother(?) in the garden.
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Film no: 1010 [RIDING OUR BIKES] *1938
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 22s
Two children and their parents walk along a road near the beach. Children play on their bicycles.
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Film no: 1011 [PLAYING GOLF] *1937
Producer: Mr. Warburton
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 20s
A father and son play golf.
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Film no: 1015 [THE FAMILY ON HOLIDAY] c1930s
Producer: Mr. Warburton
b/w - silent - 16mm - 2m 14s
The family on holiday - a lighthouse; on the beach.
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Film no: 1016 [MY SCOUT UNIFORM] *1937
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
b/w - silent - 16mm - 2m 42s
Various scenes: children play on a bicycle in the garden; a boy in scout uniform parades up and down outside the house; a schoolboy hurdling event; the family on the beach.
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Film no: 1017 [AT PLAY] *1937/39
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 2m 53s
Father and son play golf. The family at the open-air swimming pool. On the swing in the garden.
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Film no: 1019 SUNSHINE, SEA BREEZES AND STRANGE PLACES - A CRUISING HOLIDAY *1932/3/4/9
Producer: Mr. Geo. Warburton
b/w - silent - 16mm - 17m 55s
A cruise on the SS Lancastria from Liverpool. Reel 1: Leaving port. On board ship - wearing life jackets for lifeboat drill; deck game. A Portuguese gunboat on the River Tagus. Sightseeing in Barcelona and Monserrat. Reel 2: Around Palma and Algiers - boys swim around the ship. Morning exercises and a farewell dance on the return journey.
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Film no: 1021 [SUNDAY SCHOOL SERMONS] *1932/34/36
Producer: Mr. Warburton
b/w - silent - 16mm - 12m 18s
Higher Bridge Street Sunday School sermons, including the centenary thanksgiving service of 1936. Church processions include children, girl guides and brass bands.
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Film no: 1022 [FAMILY SNAPSHOTS] *1931/32/33
Producer: Mr. Warburton
b/w - silent - 16mm - 13m 46s
Family snapshots. At school - children in the classroom. A family holiday in Wales - donkey rides on the beach; a fishing trip. Playing in the snow.
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Film no: 1023 [IN THE COUNTRY] *1932/33
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
b/w - silent - 16mm - 8m 50s
A family outing in the country - washing hands and faces in a stream. A procession in the rain, led by men in top hats. Walking the dog along a country lane and on the beach. Playing on a swing in the garden.
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Film no: 1024 TOM"S FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE MOVIES 1929/30
Producer: Mr. Warburton
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 52s
Family film of Tom and his baby sister - playing in the garden; on the beach at Cleveleys. Armistice Day 1930 - wreaths are laid at the cenotaph. (Identical to 1026 apart from the end Armistice day section)
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Film no: 1025 [PLAYTIME] *1954/63
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
colour - silent - std8m - 15m 0s
Children playing - a young girl on her bicycle; in the paddling pool; learning to swim. Winter - sledging in the garden.
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Film no: 1026 EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF TOM AND ELIZABETH *1930
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 46s
Family film of Tom and his baby sister Elizabeth - playing in the garden; on the beach at Cleveleys. Finishes with baby"s bathtime. (Identical to 1024 apart from the end bathtime section)
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Film no: 1027 [FAMILY EVENTS 1930] 1930/31
Producer: Mr. Warburton
b/w - silent - 16mm - 11m 14s
Family snapshots. Children play in the garden - on the slide; in the snow. The childrens" bathtime. At the swimming pool.
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Film no: 1028 SCENES DURING OUR TRIP ROUND SNOWDEN *1930/31
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 54s
Touring in Wales. The family visits Carnarvon Castle, Beddgelert and Snowden - views from the summit. On the beach - making sandcastles; playing cricket. The children play on their tricycles in the garden.
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Film no: 1029 [BEACH GAMES] 1930
Producer: Mr. Tom Warburton
b/w - silent - 16mm - 2m 43s
The family playing on the beach; donkey rides.
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Film no: 1030 [THE WARBURTON FAMILY] c1930s
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
b/w - silent - 16mm - 12m 14s
Family film. On the beach - the children play in the sea. Watching a small aircraft in flight. Baby"s bathtime. Playing in the snow. A procession, including the mayor and other civic dignitaries, is led by a brass band.
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Film no: 1032 [PLAYING IN THE GARDEN] *1954/63/66
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
colour - silent - std8m - 32m 0s
In the garden - playing with the dog; in the snow.
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Film no: 1034 TOM & ELIZABETH REEL 2 - ALSO PERSONAL SHOTS 1930
Producer: Mr. Warburton(?)
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 21s
Tom and Elizabeth play with the dog in the garden. Family holidays in Southport, Cleveleys and Rhosneigr - games on the beach; playing in the sea; donkey rides.
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Film no: 1038 [PRESTON NEWSREEL COMPILATION] c1902
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 10m 14s
Newsreel compilation featuring several different items. A group of civic dignitaries proclaims the start of the 1902 Preston Guild, and there is footage from the Trade and Civic processions. Two hot-air balloons are seen in Moor Park with one ascending (flown by Percival Spencer), and the film ends with the Countess of Derby at the opening of the Preston Infirmary.
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Film no: 1046 [CURLEY FAMILY WEDDINGS, HOLIDAYS AND EXCURSIONS] *1944 - 55
Producer: The Curley Family
b/w - silent - std8m - 28m 40s
Domestic family scenes in and around Oldham. Includes shots of the streets, a wedding and a cricket match. Also includes scenes of Blackpool beach and the illuminations; Belle Vue zoo; a stage play and carnival procession.
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Film no: 1146 [OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL AT TATTON PARK] 1951
Producer: Lord Maurice Egerton
colour - silent - 16mm - 2m 5s
A man and two children play in and around the open air swimming pool at Tatton Park.
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Film no: 1149 CREWE CARNIVAL AND FETE - QUEENS PARK SATURDAY 20TH AUGUST 1960 1960
Producer: Mr R Tushingham
colour - silent - std8m - 11m 10s
Crewe carnival and fete held in Queens Park on saturday 20th August 1960. Scenes include the crowning of the carnival queen, morris dancing, the raising of the Union Jack and a fire work display. Also includes scenes from the Grand Christmas Carnival.
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Film no: 1154 WILMSLOW CARNIVAL 1932 1932
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 14m 5s
Footage of Wilmslow Carnival in 1932. The procession includes the Westwood Morris Dancers from Oldham, the Rainbow Fairies, acrobats, decorated bicycles, horse drawn floats and a Poynton Colliery Lorry. People wearing various fancy dress costumes collect money from spectators lining the streets. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1156 REDDISH CRIPPLED CHILDREN"S MAY QUEEN FESTIVAL MAY 13th 1933 1933
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 7m 4s
May Queen festival celebrations in Reddish on May 13th 1933. The procession starts from Gorton Road and includes shots of the Adelaide Street Prize Jazz Band from Bolton and the Newton Social Jazz Band from Hyde. The May Queen (Miss Doris Tidswell) and her retinue parade through the streets with various fancy dress competitors and a selection of carnival floats. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1159 [BLACKPOOL BUSES AND TRAMS; MANCHESTER STREETSCENES] *1932-34/39
Producer: Preston Family
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 12m 10s
Mr and Mrs Preston on holiday in Blackpool. Includes shots of the promenade and beach. Trams are seen travelling along the rail section between Bispham and Fleetwood. People board and alight from the tram at various stops along the line. The rest of the film focuses on Manchester streetscenes - including shots of a power station, swing bridge and a steam train departing from a station. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1161 THE NEW SYKES WARD OPENED IN 1932 [STOCKPORT INFIRMARY] *1933
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 15s
Interior shots of Stockport Infirmary. Includes footage of the new Sykes Ward opened in 1932. A doctor uses a portable x-ray plant on a male patient in the ward. Scenes of the Violet Ray Department shows a group of children, wearing goggles, receiving "Sunlight Treatment". A nurse is seen applying a plaster cast to a girl"s wrist and a young child receives physiotherapy. The film also features behind-the-scenes shots of the hospital laundry room and kitchens. Concludes with shots of the egg collection service in operation around Stockport and district schools, which was set up in aid of the infirmary. Children are seen carrying crates of eggs from their classrooms. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1163 TRAVEL BY NORTH WESTERN ROAD CAR CO. AND RIBBLE JOINT SERVICE TO BLACKPOOL 1934
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 16m 43s
The Preston family on holiday in Blackpool. Includes high angle shots from the top of Blackpool tower; bathers and spectators at an outdoor swimming pool; beach activities - including a Punch and Judy Show and a shot of an oyster stall. Further scenes include close-up shots of a Leyland bus - destination Blackpool - and travelling shots filmed along the promenade, from the top deck of an open tram. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1167 MAY 9TH 1931 REDDISH MAY QUEEN FESTIVAL 1931
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 11m 32s
Scenes of the May Day festival held in Reddish, on the 9th May 1931. The procession includes the "Hyde Juvenile Prize Dancers" and the "Godley Hill Morris and Acrobatic Dancers". Children dressed in various fancy dress costumes parade down the street, followed by decorated floats, carts and bicycles. A group of young girls perform an acrobatic display at the gala field. A large crowd of spectators watch the crowning ceremony of the May Queen; Miss Hilda Howkins. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1170 GLENGARRY TOPICAL FILM No. 23 1935
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 18m 15s
Local newsreel featuring scenes at Harrogate Agricultural Show in 1935 - includes shots of a Singer Sewing Machine stall and judges inspecting various livestock classes. Other items include Bank holiday scenes at Knaresborough; footage of the world"s largest liner -"Normandie"- and an air display at Southport featuring the Flying Flea, piloted by Mons. Robineau. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1176 REDDISH CARNIVAL PART 2 *1933-34
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 15s
Scenes of a carnival in Reddish. The street procession includes brass bands, dancing troupes, fire engines, children wearing fancy dress costumes, horse drawn carriages and decorated floats. The Mayoress performs the crowning ceremony for the carnival queen. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1177 [REDDISH CARNIVAL] *1931-32
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 11m 39s
Scenes of a carnival in Reddish. Hundreds of children dressed in various fancy dress costumes parade through the streets. Crowds line the route watching the procession which includes decorated floats, buses and horse drawn carriages. Concludes with shots of Mrs J. Penny, Mayoress of Stockport, crowning the carnival queen. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1178 STOCKPORT INFIRMARY FILM *1933
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 9m 25s
A promotional film in aid of Stockport Infirmary. Includes interior and exterior shots of the hospital"s pathological department, children"s ward, orthopaedic department, operating theatre and Holden ward. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1179 GLENGARRY TOPICAL FILM No. 18 1934
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 11m 31s
Local newsreel events feature the re-opening of the ladies swimming baths at Stockport on June 7th 1934. Includes shots of a synchronised swimming display. The Mayoress, Mrs Coupe, presents prizes to the winners of the various swimming races. Further items include scenes of Alderley Edge Carnival; Sir Alan Cobham"s Air Pageant at Woodford Aerodrome on June 23rd 1934 and shots of a new swimming pool at New Brighton. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1181 PART 2 STOCKPORT CARNIVAL TABLEAU - FANCY DRESS TURN OUTS c1930s
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 47s
Carnival events at Stockport. Adults and children, dressed in fancy dress costumes, wander around the various stalls and displays at the gala field. Includes shots of the Carnival queen and her entourage. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1185 ST JULIEN ANNIVERSARY IN STOCKPORT 1930 *1930/32
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 7m 48s
The mayor, Mr Joshua Preston, attends St. Julien Anniversary parade through the streets of Stockport in 1930. Onlookers crowd into the town square to watch the procession of soldiers, war veterans, civic dignitaries and brass bands. The second half of the film features a Stockport children"s outing to Redesmere. They travel from Stockport in a convoy of North Western buses. At Redesmere the children play in the open fields. The bus drivers are filmed standing in a group next to their vehicles and the mayor is seen wiping the face of a little girl with his handkerchief. Includes nice shots of the children jostling in front of the camera to get into the picture. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1186 [TRAINS, CARNIVALS AND DOG SHOW] 1934
Producer: Preston family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 11m 8s
The film begins with scenes of a railway station destroyed by fire. Debris and burnt out chassis litter the tracks. A procession of decorated floats, bicycles and fancy dress competitors, parade along Wellington Road South, celebrating Stockport"s 1934 Carnival. Includes shots of the crowd lining the street outside "Jowett Cars" Shop. Concludes with scenes of various dog classes at the Didsbury and South Manchester Show on August 4th 1934 and exhibits at the London and North Eastern Railway Exhibition held in York; Oct 14th 1934. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1196 MANCHESTER EAGLE MOTOR CLUB *1947-50
Producer: Unknown
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 28s
Manchester Eagle Motorcycle Rally 1947-50. Crowds of spectators watch a motorbike race in the country. Additional scenes also include a playground, sports day and a picnic on the beach. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1197 [STOCKPORT GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORTS DAY] 1935
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 3m 38s
Sporting activities on a school playing field, viewed by spectators. A steam train is seen passing in the background. Trophies presented at conclusion. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1203 THIRTY NINTH ANNUAL ATHLETIC FESTIVALS R.A.F. SPORTS GROUND PADGATE... JUNIOR SCHOOLS FRIDAY MAY 24TH SECONDARY SCHOOLS SATURDAY MAY 25TH 1957 1957
Producer: Present Day Production
b/w - silent - 16mm - 17m 32s
Sports events taking place at R.A.F. Padgate in1957 to help celebrate the 39th annual athletic festival. Adults and children are seen participating in a variety of races and concludes with shots of the Mayor presenting shields to the winning teams. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1205 OUR FRIENDS THE POLICE 1914
Producer: Unknown
b/w & colour - silent - 35mm - 33m 8s
Scenes illustrating various aspects of policework in Manchester, including ambulance duties, traffic control, training of recruits, patrolling and mounted police work
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Film no: 1208 LOCAL EVENTS OF 1914 1914
Producer: T E Scholey, Watson & Co. Corn Market St. Lancaster
b/w - silent - 35mm - 10m 32s
Events taking place around Lancashire in 1914. Includes a police sports day; boundary riding; Caton gala; Bowness-on-Windermere sports day and a few brief shots of Morecambe Bay.
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Film no: 1209 LANCASTER ASSIZES c1914
Producer: T E Scholey, Imperial Studios, Lancaster
b/w - silent - 35mm - 1m 48s
A ceremonial procession through the streets of Lancaster. The judge and other civic dignitaries arrive at a church in a horse drawn carriage wearing full regalia. The procession moves to the Shire Hall where a crowd of spectators stand watching from the first floor balcony of the hall.
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Film no: 1210 MORECAMBE VOLUNTEERS IN TRAINING c1914
Producer: T E Scholey Lancaster [?]
b/w - silent - 35mm - 9m 46s
The film begins with shots of Morecambe Volunteers preparing to go to war. A group of women are seen unloading blankets at a collection point outside the Art School and the 5th Kings Own Lancaster Territorial Army mobilise at Bowerham Barracks before leaving for Castle Station. Concludes with footage of the Mayor and Mayoress standing on the platform bidding farewell to soldiers who are seen leaning out of their railway carriages, waving handkerchiefs at their family and friends.
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Film no: 1212 GERALD BEAVER - RASCAL NO 1 1946-7
Producer: Jack Beaver
b/w - silent - 16mm - 14m 13s
Shots of Gerald Beaver as a baby, playing and staring at the camera, and scenes at a children"s party. Other footage includes shots on a boat in choppy seas, a dog on the deck of a boat, bread being loaded from a launch onto a ship and a seaplane taking off. There are also scenes from a fete featuring highland dancers. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1218 DEMOLITION OF CO-OP EMPORIUM 1988 1988
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - spr8m - 6m 15s
Local views in and around Blackpool and Fleetwood. Includes the demolition of the old Co-op; scenes of Blackpool Indoor Bowls; Stanley Park Sports Centre; Pleasure Beach and Superdrome Circus; Keep Blackpool Tidy Week and Fleetwood Tram Sunday.
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Film no: 1219 DAVID AND DAUD 1976
Producer: Pleckgate School
b/w & colour - sound - 16mm - 36m 12s
Follows the school life of two pupils starting at Pleckgate School. One pupil is English, the other Asian. The film documents the problems David and Daud encounter; with supporting interviews from the headmaster, teachers, language specialist and an advisor for Lancashire Education Authority. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1228 [GARDEN PARTY AND PENSIONERS PICNIC] 1960
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - 16mm - 15m 51s
First part of the film focuses on events taking place at a Garden Party - stalls, tennis, crazy golf, talent contests and a ladies football match. Second half of the film concentrates on a group of elderly people visiting a ruined Abbey, memorial garden and boat rides on the river. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1229 [WORKS SPORTS AND SOCIAL DAY] *1953
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 30s
Sports and social day for workers at the Tootal Factory in Manchester. Scenes include a cricket match, tennis, bowls, golf putting, tugs-of-war, side shows and childrens races. Concluding footage is of a fashion show. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1230 [NEWTON HEATH EMPLOYEE EXODUS] *1953
Producer: Tootal Broadhurst & Lees Co Ltd
colour - silent - 16mm - 3m 43s
Workers leaving the Tootal Factory in Manchester. Shots of company vans standing stationary outside the building. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1231 [CHILDRENS ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL; BOY SCOUTS] *1933-45
Producer: Charles Taylor
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 14m 20s
Scenes from an orthopaedic hospital, preceded by scenes of boys and girls exercising, a woman dancing and the sea. Hospital scenes are followed by shots of a man lighting a fire and then of a man fighting a heath fire. Followed by scenes of a group of men (African?) dancing, of waterfalls and rapids and further foreign scenes. Also includes scenes of children, including scouts, playing intercut with street scenes and ending with shots of a family on a beach (Port Erin, Isle of Man). [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1232 HOLIDAYS 1937 [SOUTHPORT AND ELSEWHERE] 1937
Producer: Charles Taylor
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 7m 50s
Scenes of a boy, baby, puppy and woman playing at South Pickenham (East Anglia). Followed by boys and a dog playing on Southport beach, also features scenes from The Lads Club Maude Street (?) showing boys exercising and the crowning of the Rose Queen at St. Augustines Vicarage (?). Cuts to scenes of children dancing in fancy dress and Mr Charles Every on his bicycle at Hill House Bath (?). Following shots from a picnic at Clevedon (Avon) are scenes from a sunday school outing to Southport and the Birkdale Camp boys arriving for tea and delivering bread. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1234 [SALFORD SCOUT CAMPS - JERSEY 1937 AND 1938] 1937-38
Producer: Charles Taylor
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 6s
Scenes from a weeks holiday in Jersey for the 216th Salford Scouts in the summer of 1937. Includes bathing in the bay, eating, playing on a farm and playing cricket. Followed by the same scout troop"s visit to Jersey the next year. Again features footage from the camp, including scenes of cooking and playing. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
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Film no: 1236 CINE WANDERINGS *1934/37/39/42-43/45
Producer: Mr Thomas Pollard
b/w - silent - 16mm - 33m 43s
Scenic views taken on a visit to Wales, Warwickshire, Yorkshire, Clitheroe, Settle and Roughlee. Also includes shots of men harvesting a crop.
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Film no: 1237 MOVIE MEMORIES *1931/42/46/48/50
Producer: Mr Thomas Pollard
b/w - silent - 16mm - 25m 51s
Family holidays in and around Blackpool, Burnley and Lytham. Includes scenes at the fairground, seafront and pleasure beach.
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Film no: 1238 [HEATON FAMILY HOLIDAY TO THE SEASIDE] c1930s
Producer: Mr Robert Jeffrey Heaton
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 35s
Heaton family holiday down by the sea. Includes various activities on the beach and a shot of a lighthouse. Also includes scenes of a tortoise feeding and a woman milking a cow.
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Film no: 1239 [HEATON FAMILY TRIP TO THE COUNTRY] c1934
Producer: Mr Robert Jeffrey Heaton
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 12s
The Heaton family trip to the country. Includes scenes of the family swimming in a lake and bathing in a river near a small waterfall.
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Film no: 1240 [HEATON FAMILY HOLIDAY TO CEMAES BAY 1934] 1934 - 35
Producer: Mr Robert Jeffrey Heaton
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 56s
The Heaton family on holiday in Anglesey. Includes costal scenes of Cemaes Bay, shots of the beach, lighthouse and harbour.
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Film no: 1242 [HEATON FAMILY HOLIDAY AT COLWYN BAY 1933 - 34] 1933 - 34
Producer: Mr Robert Jeffrey Heaton
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 36s
Heaton family holiday at Colwyn Bay 1933 - 34. Includes shots of the seaside, a Punch and Judy Show, waterfalls, a swimming pool and a firework display.
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Film no: 1245 [BETTYS WEDDING 1929 - BLACKPOOL EASTFIELD 1929] 1929
Producer: Mr Robert Jeffrey Heaton
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 3s
Heaton family holiday at Eastfield in Blackpool. Also includes shots of Betty"s wedding in 1929.
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Film no: 1246 [HEATON FAMILY HOLIDAY TO CEMAES BAY 1933] 1933
Producer: Mr Robert Jeffrey Heaton
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 22s
Heaton family holidays at Cemaes Bay in 1933. Scenes include the seafront, cliffs, harbour, people swimming in the sea and a boat on the water at sunset.
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Film no: 1247 [JONES FAMILY HOLIDAY - BLACKPOOL 1973] 1973
Producer: Jones Family
colour - silent - std8m - 11m 40s
The Jones family on holiday in Blackpool. Includes high angle shots taken from the top of the Blackpool Tower; children swimming in St. Annes Open Air Baths and a visit to a zoo and a model village.
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Film no: 1249 PARTY FUN 1964
Producer: Jones Family
colour - silent - std8m - 10m 26s
The Jones family Christmas in Blackpool. Includes festive scenes of the family enjoying their christmas meal and unwrapping their presents.
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Film no: 1250 [LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS] 1970
Producer: Jones Family
colour - silent - std8m - 7m 30s
The Jones family"s trip to Chester Zoo in August 1970. Includes shots of various wild animals feeding in their enclosures.
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Film no: 1251 EASTER FILM & CLEVLEYS 1947 - OUR FIRST MOVIE 1947
Producer: Jones Family
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 31s
Three small children play with their toys in a back garden. Also features scenes of the Jones Family walking along the seafront in Clevleys.
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Film no: 1252 [25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS] 1966
Producer: Jones Family
b/w & colour - silent - std8m - 8m 22s
Mr and Mrs Jones celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on May 10th 1966. Includes scenes of the family and guests dancing and close-up shots of the presents. Also includes family members enjoying a game of pitch and putt golf in the park.
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Film no: 1253 ROYS 21 c1968
Producer: Jones Family
colour - silent - std8m - 12m 17s
The Jones family celebrate a 21st birthday party; Roy and Sandra"s engagement; Christmas 1966 and a wedding. Includes scenes of the family opening their presents, popping bottles of champagne and pulling christmas crackers.
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Film no: 1255 WEDDING BELLS 1972
Producer: Jones Family
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 44s
The Jones Family having their photographs taken at a wedding in 1972.
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Film no: 1256 MORECAMBE 1947
Producer: Jones Family
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 14s
The Jones Family on holiday at Morecambe in 1947. Includes scenes of two young boys enjoying a ride on a merry-go-round, eating ice creams and playing on swings and slides.
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Film no: 1257 STAMFORD PARK ASHTON 1949 1949
Producer: Jones Family
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 4m 38s
The Jones Family"s trip to Stamford Park in Ashton under Lyne 1949. Includes scenes of the children playing ball games in the grass and ducks feeding on a pond.
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Film no: 1258 1947 WHIT WEEK WALKS 1947/49-51/ 55/58
Producer: H Jones
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 18m 28s
A compilation of various whit week walks that took place in West Gorton area of Manchester between 1947 and 1958. Includes shots of the procession, children and crowds lining the streets.
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Film no: 1260 WHITSUNDAY 1952 1952
Producer: H Jones
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 18s
Footage taken at the 1952 whit walk. Includes interior shots of a school hall [?] where a ceremony takes place to crown the Rose Queen. The celebrations are accompanied by children singing and dancing in front of an audience.
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Film no: 1261 OUR FIRST WALK WITH ST. JAMES" SCHOOL c1940s
Producer: Jones Family
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 37s
The Jones family walking with St. James school in a whit walk procession.
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Film no: 1262 [Duncan Mutch Family Film 1939-49] 1939/42/44-48
Producer: Mr John Williams [?]
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 41m 24s
Scenes of the Mutch family and friends playing in the gardens of various houses. Also includes snow scenes in the country; a wedding and the family enjoying a Christmas meal.
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Film no: 1264 28TH LANCS B. N. HOME GUARD. OFFICERS CAMP BARLEY. 5/6TH JUNE 1943 1943/55
Producer: Mr John Williams [?]
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 35m 49s
28th Lancs B.N. Home Guard at Officers training camp at Barley on the 5/6th June 1943. Includes shots of men being trained in defence and camouflage techniques. Also includes the Royal visit to Malvern Mill in Nelson on 14th April 1955.
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Film no: 1266 [MRS KENNEDY"S CHILDHOOD] *1965
Producer: The Kennedy Family
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 0s
Family film of Mrs Kennedy as a young girl playing in the terraced streets of Harpurhey and Gorton. Includes shots of her trying to walk in adult high heeled shoes.
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Film no: 1267 SUNDAY SCHOOL RAMBLE. EASTER MONDAY 1949-56
Producer: Mr Ernest Tomlinson
b/w - silent - std8m - 20m 25s
Moss Side United Sunday School processions and outings; includes picnics in Lyme Park and Southport.
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Film no: 1268 [STREET PROCESSION AND MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE] c1953
Producer: Mr Ernest Tomlinson
b/w & colour - silent - std8m - 2m 57s
Scenes of a street procession. Colour footage of Oxford Road and the Refuge Building, also includes shots of the City Centre with buildings covered in buntings. Concludes with a train leaving a station.
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Film no: 1271 [WORTLEY HALL, WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOL AND SPRING FESTIVAL] 1962-63
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 13m 36s
Webster Junior Schools visit to Wortley Hall in 1962. Also includes interior shots of the children at school and the 1963 Spring Festival which includes displays of the childrens work.
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Film no: 1272 [WINDERMERE, WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOL NATIVITY PLAY, WORTLEY] 1963-64
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 15m 37s
Webster Junior Schools visit to Lake Windermere in 1963. Includes classroom scenes around the school, a visit to Wortley Hall and shots from the school nativity play.
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Film no: 1273 [SPRING FESTIVAL 1965] 1965-66
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 14m 54s
Children of Webster Junior School displaying their work for the 1965 Spring Festival. Includes scenes of the school and the children having a snowball fight on a trip to Wortley Hall.
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Film no: 1274 [WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOLS TRIP TO CHESTER ZOO & SPORTS DAY] 1968-70/72/73/78
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 12m 44s
Scenes in and around Webster Junior School. Also includes a school trip to Chester Zoo, a sports day and a school play.
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Film no: 1275 [WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOLS TRIP TO LONDON 1967] 1967
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 11m 51s
Webster Junior Schools trip to London 1967. Brief shots taken from the school bus - includes shots of the Tower of London and boats on the River Thames.
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Film no: 1276 [MAYOR"S VISIT TO WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOL] *1969-70
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 11m 39s
Mayor and Mayoress visit the children at Webster Junior School in Hulme. Also includes scenes of a school camping trip and brief shots of Hulme being redeveloped.
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Film no: 1277 [WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOL BOAT TRIP ALONG THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL] *1966
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 7m 33s
The children of Webster Junior School enjoying the performances of a professional theatre group. Also includes shots from a boat trip on the Manchester Ship Canal.
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Film no: 1278 [WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOLS CAMPING TRIP TO LYME HANDLEY] 1967
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 9m 54s
Webster Junior Schools camping trip to Lyme Handley. Also includes some shots of the childrens work being displayed at school.
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Film no: 1279 [WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOLS NATIVITY PLAY] 1974
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 5m 36s
Scenes of the Webster Junior Schools nativity play 1974. Also includes interior shots of the school classrooms.
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Film no: 1280 [WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOL COMMEMORATING THE SILVER JUBILEE] 1971/73/77-78
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 8m 2s
Webster Junior Schools Silver Jubilee celebrations. Also includes a school sports day and nativity play.
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Film no: 1281 [WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOLS TRIP TO ARNFIELD TOWERS] *1976
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 10m 39s
Webster Junior School visits Arnfield Towers in Longdendale. Also includes scenes of the school children taking rubbings from a gravestone and an excursion to a farm where a farmer removes a fleece from a dead lamb.
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Film no: 1282 [HULME REDEVELOPMENT] 1968-70/72-73
Producer: Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 12m 52s
Scenes of the clearance and redevelopment of Hulme 1968-73. Includes shots of the demolition of terraced streets and the building and construction of new blocks of flats.
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Film no: 1283 [WHIT WALKS - OLDHAM STREET MANCHESTER] 1962
Producer: Mr Edwards
colour - silent - std8m - 2m 30s
Family footage of a Whit Walk procession down Oldham Street in Manchester. Includes shots of brass bands, Sunday School groups and crowds lining the street.
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Film no: 1284 PEOPLE PLACES EVENTS *1952-60
Producer: The Clarke Family [?]
colour - silent - std8m - 11m 53s
Scenes of Burnley and Nelson - includes a fire from a gas main on a bridge in Burnley; a wedding at a registry office; a fire at a Dance Hall; views of the town; a hospital ward and the 1960 carnival.
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Film no: 1285 THE STORY OF A CABIN CRUISER - MAGGIE *1957
Producer: The Clarke Family [?]
colour - silent - std8m - 14m 30s
Family holiday on a small motor cruiser called the Maggie. Includes scenes taken along the Leeds / Liverpool canal and shots of the cruiser being transported behind a car.
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Film no: 1287 [NELSON STREETS AND PARKS] *1954
Producer: The Clarke Family [?]
colour - silent - std8m - 6m 52s
Street scenes around Nelson in Lancashire. Includes shots of new houses, parks and schools.
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Film no: 1290 [MAY DAY FESTIVAL KNUTSFORD 1964] 1964
Producer: BBC Television News
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 22s
May Day celebrations in Knutsford in 1964. Scenes include men carrying a sedan chair and the crowning of the festival Queen.
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Film no: 1292 [SPORTS DAY AT DEVA MENTAL HOSPITAL] 1937
Producer: Deva Mental Hospital [?]
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 13s
Sports day at Deva Mental Hospital in Birkenhead. Staff and patients are seen taking part in a variety of novelty races. Includes footage of two men having a pillow fight on a greasy pole.
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Film no: 1296 BOROUGH OF ELLESMERE PORT OPENING NEW CENTRAL LIBRARY 1962 1962
Producer: Unknown
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 2m 43s
Viscount Leverhulme opens the new Ellesmere Port central library on 5th May 1962 - Guests are seen having lunch at the Civic Hall. Concluding shots include a postman entering the new library with views of the interior of the building.
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Film no: 1297 THE DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN FROM LEDSHAM STATION 1957
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - 16mm - 9m 59s
The departure of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh from Ledsham station during a royal visit to Ellesmere Port in 1957. Includes travelling shots along the royal route from Hooton Cross Roads to Little Sutton.
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Film no: 1299 CHALLENGE OF THE SACK 1961
Producer: Bowater Packaging
colour - sound - 16mm - 14m 7s
Pilot scheme for a new waste paper sack that was introduced and tested in the Ellesmere Port area in the early 1960s. Includes shots of dustmen collecting the old metal bins and dumping the rubbish at a tip.
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Film no: 1300 ROYAL VISIT 1979 1979
Producer: Cinephoto Film Production
colour - silent - 16mm - 17m 5s
A Royal visit to Ellesmere Port and Neston on the 2nd November 1979. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh unveil a plaque at the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum. Also includes interior shots of a narrow boat and the museum.
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Film no: 1301 [SCENES OF THE BEACH, CASTLE AND COUNTRYSIDE] *1966-67
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 11m 11s
The Thorley Family on holiday at the seaside. Includes scenes of the family paddling in the sea and relaxing on the beach . Also has travelling shots of the surrounding countryside and a castle.
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Film no: 1302 [WALK DAY] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 10m 18s
Various shots of the Thorley Family playing in their front garden. Also includes footage taken at a fairground and a Whit Walk parade.
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Film no: 1303 [CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE GARDEN] 1969
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 16s
The Thorley Family playing in the garden outside their bungalow. Includes shots of the television screen displaying the moon landings and a family trip to Jodrell Bank [?].
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Film no: 1304 [LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 14s
Interior domestic scenes of children playing with toys. Also includes footage of trains travelling along a railway track and railway workers having a game of football at lunch time.
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Film no: 1305 [STREET PROCESSION] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 15s
Thorley Family footage of a procession in the streets. Also includes scenes of a young girl playing in the garden with a ball.
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Film no: 1306 PLAYTIME c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 25s
Domestic interior scenes of the Thorley Family playing with their toys. Also includes shots of a young boy and girl trying to push a lawn mower in the garden.
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Film no: 1307 [THE BIRTHDAY PARTY] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 14s
Domestic interior scenes of the Thorley Family celebrating a little girl"s second birthday. Includes amusing shots of various family members pretending to drink beer out of a bottle.
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Film no: 1308 ON THE BEACH c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 46s
The Thorley Family enjoy a day at the beach. Includes scenes of a man tickling a woman with a stick while she tries to sunbathe and a group of men trying to push a car that is stuck in the sand.
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Film no: 1309 [SAND DUNES AND SAND CASTLES] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 4m 33s
The Thorley Family spend a day by the sea - sunbathing; swimming; paddling and making sand castles on the beach.
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Film no: 1310 [SCRAMBLING ON THE MOSS] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 15s
Scenes of a motor bike scramble in the countryside. Also includes shots of the Thorley Family standing in the back yard of a terraced house.
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Film no: 1311 [WALKING AND TODDLING] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 2m 53s
Family footage of a woman walking in the street with a young girl, possibly in Wigan. Includes brief shots of the surrounding landscape; railway track; housing estate and wasteland.
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Film no: 1312 [AT THE CARAVAN SITE] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 4m 36s
The Thorley Family on holiday at the seaside. Includes shots of the children playing football at the caravan site and a helicopter flying over head.
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Film no: 1313 [PIGGY-BACK RIDE] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 1m 19s
The Thorley Family play in their back garden. A man is seen giving a young girl a piggy-back ride.
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Film no: 1314 [WASTELAND] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 15s
The Thorley Family walking the dog across wasteland area. Includes distance shots of the surrounding landscape (possibly Wigan)
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Film no: 1316 [STANDING IN THE DOORWAY] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 2m 37s
A member of the Thorley Family sits on a doorstep playing a game with a small girl. The film also includes scenes of a street procession.
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Film no: 1318 [THE THORLEY FAMILY IN THE GARDEN] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 15s
The Thorley Family play together in their back garden. Includes shots of a woman washing and cleaning the paintwork on a doorframe.
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Film no: 1319 [MAY"S WEDDING] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 15s
The Thorley Family celebrate May"s wedding. Includes shots of the bride and groom getting into a car while relatives and friends stand around talking. Final shots are of a woman and girl cutting the lawn and tidying up the garden.
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Film no: 1321 [THE THORLEY FAMILY AT THE BEACH] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 0s
The Thorley Family on holiday at the seaside. Includes shots of the family walking along the beach playing with a bat and ball.
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Film no: 1323 [BANNERS AND BANDS] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 15s
Scenes of a church procession walking through terraced streets. Includes shots of children with streamers, banners and brass bands.
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Film no: 1324 [YOUNG GIRL WITH TOY] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 0m 40s
A young girl dances in a doorway holding a large stuffed toy.
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Film no: 1325 [YOUNGSTERS PLAYING] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 15s
Scenes of children playing in the streets and in a garden. Includes shots of a young boy riding a bike along the pavement and a woman tucking a baby into a pram.
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Film no: 1326 [WAGON WORKS AND CARAVAN SITE] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 8m 18s
The first part of the film includes scenes and activities taking place around the interior and exterior of a railway wagon works. The second part of the film includes scenes of the Thorley Family on holiday at a caravan site - Children are seen bouncing up and down on space hoppers.
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Film no: 1329 [ACTIVITIES ON THE BEACH] c1970s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 15s
The Thorley Family enjoy a day on the beach. Includes scenes of a dog running after a ball; a young girl playing with an inflatable boat and a man carrying a woman to the shore line and then dropping her into the sea.
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Film no: 1330 [ACTIVITIES IN THE GARDEN] c1970s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 3m 12s
Children are seen playing with a dog in the back garden. Also includes shots of a bride and groom having their photographs taken in the garden.
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Film no: 1331 [THORLEY FAMILY - FESTIVITIES AND OUTINGS] c1960s
Producer: Mr Frank Thorley
colour - silent - spr8m - 28m 32s
A compilation of various outings and celebrations attended by the Thorley Family. Includes scenes taken at a street procession; wedding; Christmas gathering and picnic.
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Film no: 1332 SEYMOUR PARK COUNTY INFANTS SCHOOL GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR 1957 1957
Producer: J L Rigney ESQ
b/w - silent - 16mm - 29m 10s
Day to day activities of the staff and children of Seymour Park County Infants School in 1957. Scenes include morning assembly, reading and storytelling sessions, P.E. in the school hall, and the crowning of the Rose Queen.
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Film no: 1337 [LAURA"S CHRISTENING AND BLACKPOOL SANDS] c1940s
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 3m 48s
The Worthington Family attend the christening of Laura. Family members are seen leaving a terraced house with the baby and walking through the grounds of a church yard. Also includes footage of the family on Blackpool beach.
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Film no: 1338 [ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR] c1940s
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 57s
A group of children are seen playing on the fairground rides at Blackpool. Also includes shots of the Worthington family walking their dog along the sand dunes at Ainsdale.
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Film no: 1340 [ROW THE BOAT] c1950s
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 1s
Scenes of the Worthington family"s holiday at Lake Windermere and Ingleton - includes shots of a man and two children rowing a boat, having a picnic and clambering over rocks in a river next to a waterfall.
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Film no: 1344 [HORSE RIDES IN THE COUNTRY] c1950s
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 9s
The Worthington family visit a farm in the country. The children are seen enjoying horse rides and feeding some baby chickens.
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Film no: 1345 [CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS] 1948-50
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 7m 11s
The Worthington family"s Christmas celebrations. Includes good interior footage of the family enjoying their christmas dinner and relaxing after the meal.
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Film no: 1346 [BUCKETS AND SPADES] 1939/42
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 50s
The Worthington Family on holiday in Blackpool 1939. Includes scenes of family members rolling head-over-heels down sand dunes and walking along the seafront with Blackpool Tower and pier in the distance. Also includes footage of Glenn"s christening in 1942 and a man shovelling snow from a path.
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Film no: 1347 [OUT AND ABOUT WITH THE WORTHINGTON FAMILY] 1939
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 8s
Scenes of the Worthington Family sat outside in the garden - close up shots of a woman making some sandwiches and pouring out cups of tea. Also includes landscape views of the surrounding countryside taken from a moving vehicle - the family are then seen walking in the woodlands and hills.
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Film no: 1348 ANNIVERSARY SERMON SUN 4TH MAY 1949 1949/51-52
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 9s
The anniversary sermon at St. Pauls Church in Walkden on Sunday 4th May 1949. Includes scenes (some taken from a high angle) of the procession in the church yard and street. Also includes footage of the crowning of the Rose Queen.
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Film no: 1349 MEET THE FAMILY 1945/51
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 2s
The Worthington Family on holiday in Blackpool in 1945 and 1951. The family is seen leaving the house and arriving in Blackpool. Includes shots taken from the top of Blackpool Tower and from a moving car. Also includes family members swimming and paddling in the sea.
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Film no: 1350 [WALKDEN ANNIVERSARY SERMON AND PROCESSION] 1953
Producer: Mr George Worthington
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 15m 39s
Walkden Parish Church Anniversary Sermons - Sunday May 3rd 1953. Includes a procession of young girls in their dresses and headresses and the crowning of the Rose Queen.
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Film no: 1355 [ALLSOP FAMILY FILM] 1960-1962
Producer: The Allsop Family
colour - silent - std8m - 21m 31s
A variety of family visits and activities. Including visits to Belle Vue zoo and the seaside (Ainsdale), as well as Whitegate and Whalley Bridge. Also visits to Castleton, Bakewell, Pettypool (Northwich) and Eire. Street scenes in Moss Side also feature.
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Film no: 1360 [SCHOOL LIFE] c1970s
Producer: Pleckgate School [?]
colour - silent - spr8m - 27m 48s
Documents the life of Pleckgate Secondary School in Blackburn. The film begins with aerial shots of the town. Pupils are seen arriving at school, participating in lessons, lunch and sporting activities. Staff are shown working in classrooms and offices. Concluding shots include the end of the day, school cleaners and the building being used for night classes.
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Film no: 1361 BRADLEY NURSERY SCHOOL AT WORK AND PLAY 1938-39
Producer: H Barrett and F Rycroft
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 0s
A days activities at the Bradley Nursery School, Nelson. Includes footage of meals, caring for pets and musical games.
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Film no: 1362 [GOODGER FAMILY FILM] 1967-1971
Producer: Michael Goodger
colour - silent - 16mm - 43m 5s
A family film featuring children involved in sports, in a garden and at school, and playing games outside. Also includes a birthday party.
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Film no: 1366 THE CHANGING FACE OF SALFORD. PART 2, 1967-70 BLOODY SLUMS 1967-1970
Producer: Michael Goodger
colour - sound - 16mm - 33m 53s
Study of Salfords slums, including their interiors. Shows the processes involved in their demolition.
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Film no: 1367 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- CLASSROOM SCENES AND MAYORAL VISIT 1976] 1976
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 12m 35s
Footage from the classroom, including dancing and exercises. Also features a Mayoral visit followed by more classroom footage.
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Film no: 1368 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- CHRISTMAS 1979] 1979
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 9m 3s
Features school nativity play and musical performances. Also includes further christmas celebrations, a dinner, dancing and the distribution of gifts by Father Christmas.
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Film no: 1369 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- CHRISTMAS AND COUNTRYSIDE 1982-1983] 1982-1983
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 12m 50s
Features school nativity play. Also includes visit to the Lake District - featuring climbing and canoeing. Finishes with footage of children playing in the playground and a park.
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Film no: 1370 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- ACTIVITIES 1973-74] 1973-1974
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 28m 4s
Features a variety of school trips and events, including a visit to Blackpool zoo, Hathersall Lodge and a bonfire. Also includes sports, Rose Queen celebrations and a birthday Party.
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Film no: 1371 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- DAYS OUT AND SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS] 1974
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 31m 12s
Includes trips to Butlins (possibly Blackpool), Caernarvon Castle and Worth Valley Steam Railway. Also features footage from Christmas and Easter and shots of children playing and swimming.
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Film no: 1372 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- VARIOUS ACTIVITIES 1982] 1982
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 25m 31s
Various events are shown including Christmas celebrations, a Rose Queen ceremony and a sports day. Also included are outdoor activities, at a beach/lake side, and donkey riding
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Film no: 1373 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- VARIOUS VISITS 1974-75] 1974-1975
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 9m 38s
Visits to a Pontin"s camp,a beach and a farmyard. Also footage of a school sportsday.
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Film no: 1374 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- ACTIVITIES 1977] 1977
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 16m 26s
Features Rose Queen celebrations, dancing and Christmas scenes.
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Film no: 1375 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- ACTIVITIES 1978] 1978
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 27m 27s
A visit to a Pontin"s holiday camp, an Easter Bonnet Parade, Rose Queen celebrations and a trip to London.
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Film no: 1376 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- ACTIVITIES 1979] 1979
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 22m 12s
A visit to a Pontin"s holiday camp, Rose Queen celebrations, school sports and various activities at a beach and a swimming pool.
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Film no: 1377 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- ACTIVITIES 1981] 1981
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 25m 10s
School activities, including Easter egg races, sports and Rose queen celebrations. Also featuring a dance show by Ludus, a visiting company, and movement activities. There is also footage of a visit to Pontins holiday camp and Halloween festivities.
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Film no: 1378 [BELMONT SPECIAL SCHOOL- ACTIVITIES 1980] 1980
Producer: Maureen Holden
colour - silent - spr8m - 15m 49s
School activities, including Easter egg races, sports and Rose queen celebrations. Also features a caravan holiday and scenes from Christmas.
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Film no: 1386 I KNEW IF I HIT HIM, I"D GO TOO FAR 1977
Producer: Churches TV and Radio Centre for PPA
colour - sound - 16mm - 9m 30s
Film about the advantages of playschool provision in Merseyside council estates, where few safe outdoor play areas exist. A playschool worker outlines some of the advantages of playschools, and the parents of a young boy called Gerald contrast the stresses and frustrations of being cooped up with a restless child, with the relaxation and improvement in the moods of both the parents and the child since Gerald began playschool.
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Film no: 1387 CAUGHT IN TIME 1920s-30s
Producer: Rendell Family
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 7m 30s
Film opens with a shot of a camera and projector. Following scenes include family footage of two girls dancing in a garden; shots of a birdbox, beehive and female beekeeper; snowy streetscenes; a child playing with a lamb; women participating in an outdoor gymnastic display and brief footage of a cricket match at Ashley.
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Film no: 1389 HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS PART 1 c1934-44
Producer: Mr Smith
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 9m 34s
Scenes of the Smith family on holiday in Anglesey, Torquay and Colwyn Bay. Also includes shots of a 1934 Scout Camp; two elephants walking down the middle of a busy street and three members of a Civic Defence group standing in a back street spraying each other with water from a stirrup pump.
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Film no: 1390 HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS PART 2 c1950s
Producer: Mr Smith
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 15m 21s
Scenes of the Smith family on holiday in London, Morecambe and Scotland. Also includes shots of a large model railway and a small dog playing with a budgie in a cage.
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Film no: 1391 COLLIN AND PETER GROW UP c1948-55
Producer: Mr Smith
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 17m 15s
Family footage documenting the early childhood of Collin and Peter Smith. Includes scenes of the two young boys playing at home, in the garden and on holiday.
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Film no: 1393 ACCRINGTON AND THE RIBBLE VALLEY PARTS 1 c1949-55
Producer: Mr Smith
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 15m 41s
Scenes in and around Accrington and the Ribble Valley. Includes shots of a Whit Walk; people enjoying themselves on various fairground rides and Blackburn town centre at night.
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Film no: 1395 [WHIT WALKS AND PIONEER WORKS OUTING] c1955-59
Producer: Mr Smith
colour - silent - 9.5mm - 9m 19s
The Smith family on a day trip to London. Also includes a Whit Walk procession, a couple of policemen on horse back and the Pioneer staff on a works outing.
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Film no: 1396 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1951
Producer: Mr Smith
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 36s
Family footage of the festival of Britain celebrations. Includes scenes taken at Battersea Park of fairground rides, stage plays, clowns, trapeze artists and Punch and Judy shows.
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Film no: 1397 HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS PART 3 c1950s
Producer: Mr Smith
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 17m 17s
Scenes of the Smith family on holiday in Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Conway. Includes shots of the children playing on a boating lake and other family members relaxing on deckchairs on the pier.
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Film no: 1402 THE MAYOR AND MAYORESS VISIT WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOL 1978
Producer: Mr Norman Thursby
colour - silent - std8m - 22m 54s
The Lord Mayor and Mayoress visit the children of Webster Junior School. Also includes a school trip to Arnfield Towers and the Christmas nativity play.
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Film no: 1404 [BULLOCK FAMILY HOLIDAYS AND OUTINGS] 1962/64-65/70-71
Producer: Mr W Bullock
colour - silent - std8m - 30m 0s
The Bullock family on holiday in North Wales, Jersey and Scotland. Includes scenes of Belle Vue Zoo, a bonfire night in Longsight and dinner ladies serving and preparing food for the pupils of St. Joseph"s Junior School in Plymouth Grove Manchester.
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Film no: 1414 [HEYWOOD FAMILY FILM] c1938
Producer: unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 6m 2s
Family scenes, including children playing in fields. Also includes streetscenes and shots of Midland Hotel, Manchester.
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Film no: 1419 [VISIT TO TENBY 1] 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 3s
Beach scenes from Tenby, views of the harbour and children playing.
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Film no: 1420 [LILO] 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 5s
Woman and two children on a lilo in the sea, followed by scenes in a swimming pool (possibly Blackpool).
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Film no: 1422 [NEW BRIGHTON ] 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 5s
Scenes of women and children swimming in the sea and a swimming pool at New Brighton. Continues with a brief shot of a crowded beach followed by footage from a funfair. Finishes with women and children walking down a suburban street and further shots from a swimming pool.
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Film no: 1423 [HOLIDAY IN BARMOUTH] 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 5s
Scenes from a family holiday in and around Barmouth.
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Film no: 1425 [VISIT TO TENBY 3] 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 5s
Further scenes shot during a family holiday to Tenby. A woman, girl and baby are seen walking along various streets.
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Film no: 1426 [TENBY HOLIDAY 1936] 1936
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 2s
Scenes of children playing on the beach and on a lilo, along with a woman, in the sea.
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Film no: 1427 [OUT AND ABOUT IN WALES] 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 29s
Shots of Harlech castle with Snowdonia in the background. Followed by shots of children riding ponies along the seafront and walking on a hillside (probably in mid / north Wales ?).
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Film no: 1428 [HOLIDAY IN BARMOUTH 2] 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 5s
Scenes from Barmouth and the surrounding area. Includes children looking at a horse and a woman and child walking a lakeside / coastal path. Also footage of a small railway (Fairborne?). followed by footage of children on a beach and Barmouth and its railway station.
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Film no: 1429 [LILO 2] 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 3s
Shots of children on a lilo in a pool. Followed by adults and children walking along a path and woman and children on a roundabout.
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Film no: 1431 THE WHITEHALL NEWSREEL c1935
Producer: Whitehall News
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 54s
Morecambe (?) Central Pier is opened by the mayor. Followed by footage of the mayor of Bolton visiting the Toc H camp in Heysham. Brief scenes of firefighting and cars at end.
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Film no: 1432 [MISCELLANEOUS FILM PHRASES - MORECAMBE] 1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 3m 28s
Various phrases of film shot around Morecambe; views of the Central Pier; Mayor of Bolton at Toc H camp 1931; Ernest Binns" Arcadian Follies at the Arcadian Pavillian; Gala at Scale Hall featuring horseracing; the Hindenburg airship over Morecambe and the Daily Express lifesaving team on Morecambe Beach 1934.
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Film no: 1435 [HESSON FAMILY - CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAYS] 1963
Producer: Mr Hugh Hesson
colour - silent - std8m - 30m 0s
Footage of the Hesson Family on holiday at Butlins in Filey and a visit to Belle Vue Zoo. Also includes interior domestic scenes of the children opening their presents at Christmas and building a snowman outside their house at Lyme Park.
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Film no: 1436 [HESSON FAMILY CELEBRATIONS AND HOLIDAYS ABROAD] c1960s
Producer: Mr Hugh Hesson
colour - silent - std8m - 35m 0s
The Hesson Family are seen celebrating Christmas and enjoying a visit to Blackpool beach. Also includes footage of the family leaving Southampton for Australia. The ocean liner stops off at Gibraltar, Egypt and the Suez Canal.
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Film no: 1439 [THE HESSON FAMILY ON HOLIDAY AND AT HOME] *1966/69/77
Producer: Mr Hugh Hesson
colour - silent - std8m - 35m 0s
The Hesson Family are seen on holiday at Abergele and Southport. Also includes shots of the family playing in the garden with their pet cats. Concludes with a commercial feature of the 1969 moon landing.
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Film no: 1440 SCOUTS CAMP - PLAS BODAFON 1968 1968
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - std8m - 24m 55s
Film of the 2nd Urmston Scout Group"s visit to camp at Plas Bodafon, Wales, in 1968. Includes scenes of boarding the bus; the camp site; cooking; games and sport (with and without guides); hiking and visits to the beach, Snowdonia and a RAF station.
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Film no: 1441 [SCOUTS VISIT TO ANGLESEY] *1969
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - std8m - 11m 5s
2nd Urmston Scout Group leave Urmston by coach. Scenes from camp follow including campfire, games and cooking. Also features footage from a river, with various boats. Followed by scenes from a beach - more boats in frame - finishes with views from a boat.
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Film no: 1443 [CHILDREN IN A GARDEN] c 1960s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 1s
Three children in a garden. They chop some wood and skip with a woman.
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Film no: 1444 [CHILD DRESSING IN GARDEN] c 1960s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 8s
Two young children in a garden. The young girl dresses herself with help from her mother (?).
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Film no: 1445 [BABY ON A FARM] c 1960s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 6s
A family day out to a farm(?), a baby is seen crawling across the grass.
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Film no: 1451 [MOTOR RACING AND MISCELLANEOUS SCENES] c 1960s
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - 9.5mm - 29m 14s
Footage of motor car and motor cycle racing interspersed with miscellaneous scenes of family life. Includes a wedding, children playing, visits to the countryside and a beach. Also includes footage of a boy holding a snake, of a rabbit, of chickens, a fish and a plane overhead. Further shots include people relaxing in a garden, a baby playing and people on a boat. Some scenes of children at a fairground and some footage shot from a moving car
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Film no: 1452 ROYAL VISIT : KING GEORGE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH VISIT OLDHAM, MAY 20TH 1938 1938
Producer: The Royal Oldham Hospital [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 16m 9s
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Oldham in 1938. They are greeted by a military band, Guard of Honour and flag waving crowd. The second half of the film concentrates on activities taking place at Oldham Royal Infirmary. Includes scenes taken inside the operating theatre, childrens ward and dispensary.
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Film no: 1453 [OLDHAM ROYAL INFIRMARY 1938] 1938
Producer: The Royal Oldham Hospital
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 18m 7s
Scenes and activities taken in and around Oldham Royal Infirmary in 1938. Includes shots of the x-ray room, pathology laboratory, laundry room and convalescence area. Patients and staff are also seen celebrating Christmas with a visit to the childrens ward from santa claus.
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Film no: 1455 [BRAMHALL PROCESSION] 1940-42
Producer: Mr Edward Griffiths
b/w - silent - std8m - 12m 28s
The film starts with scenes taken at a carnival procession in Bramhall. The Griffiths family are then seen playing croquet in their back garden in Carrwood Avenue - Also includes footage taken at Bramhall bowling green and scenes in and around Oxford which include a shot of four adults laying in a hay stack smoking cigarettes.
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Film no: 1457 [CHANGING SEASONS IN THE GRIFFITHS" GARDEN] c1940s
Producer: Mr Edward Griffiths
b/w & colour - silent - std8m - 13m 11s
Various scenes of the Griffiths family in their back garden during the summer and winter months. Also includes brief shots of Llandudno, Bramhall Tennis Club and a bowling match.
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Film no: 1458 [WARTIME WEDDINGS] c1940s
Producer: Mr Edward Griffiths
b/w - silent - std8m - 14m 36s
The Griffiths family are seen attending a couple of wartime weddings in Edinburgh and Bramhall. Also includes footage shot at the outdoor swimming pool at Grange Over Sands and a couple of children playing in a village square next to a water pump.
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Film no: 1461 [SHIP AND WEDDING] 1959-60
Producer: Richardson family [?]
colour - silent - std8m - 21m 9s
The start of the film sees Doreen Richardson about to leave Tilbury Docks for Australia, on board the "Strathaird" in 1959 - she is seen waving to her family from the ship"s deck. The rest of the film focuses on a wedding reception held in the grounds of Fulwood Methodist Church, in 1960, and further family footage shot in the back garden of a house on Queens Drive in Fulwood.
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Film no: 1462 [TEA IN THE GARDEN] c1937-45
Producer: Cox Family [?]
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 9m 39s
The Cox family having tea in the back garden of their suburban house in Oldham. Also includes holiday footage of the family playing ball games on the beach and further shots of a high tide pounding against a sea wall.
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Film no: 1463 [Cox Family Activities] c1940-45
Producer: Cox Family [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 6m 10s
Two young girls are seen running up and down a shoreline splashing each other in the sea, while other family members enjoy a game of ball on the beach. Also includes footage shot at a cricket match (males against females) and a family wedding.
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Film no: 1464 [STREET SCENES AND ACTIVITIES AROUND OLDHAM] 1948-49
Producer: Cox Family [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 44s
Streetscenes and activities around Oldham in the late 1940s. Includes shots of the town centre; a busy market scene; men working on a building site; a woman pegging out the washing in the back streets; men tending to their allotments; people sat watching a brass band in the park; fairground workers setting up rides and stalls and passengers waiting on the platform with their luggage before departing on a steam train.
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Film no: 1471 [SCENES IN A GARDEN] 1933-34
Producer: Mr A.W. Isherwood
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 6s
Begins with a close up of a man in a naval(?) uniform. Cuts to two children improvising a game of hockey in a garden. Finishes with shots of the uniformed man strolling in a garden with two women. (Probably filmed in Bramhall)
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Film no: 1472 [CHILDREN AT PLAY IN VARIOUS SETTINGS] c1935-40
Producer: Mr A.W. Isherwood
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 18s
Opens with a baby in a pram with a teddy bear watched by a man. Followed by shots of a young boy on some steps and then a toy yacht on water. Next are shots of a boy, on a donkey being led along a beach, then in a car and then playing in a garden. Finally, shots of a family leaving a house and posing for the camera.
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Film no: 1473 [BEACH SCENES AND VISIT TO LONDON] c1930-35
Producer: Mr A.W. Isherwood
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 16s
Opens with a boy stood in the sea playing with a toy boat, followed by shots of the boy and a woman in the sea and then the boy and a young girl walking along the beach. Cuts to shots of horseguards parading past and then guardsmen, in London. Finishes with footage of a family on the beach and in the sea
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Film no: 1474 [SCENES ON A BEACH AND IN A GARDEN] 1939
Producer: Mr A.W. Isherwood
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 16s
Children playing with toy horses in a garden with their parents(?). Followed by footage from a beach (Brighton ?), featuring two women with young children, donkey rides and four adults sunbathing.
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Film no: 1475 [FALSE MOUSTACHE] c1930s
Producer: Mr A.W. Isherwood
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 34s
Two men, wearing a false moustache, take turns to play with children in a garden. One addresses the camera (without the moustache).
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Film no: 1477 [GIRL IN A DRESS] c1930s
Producer: Mr A.W. Isherwood
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 16s
A young girl walks towards the camera wearing a dress.
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Film no: 1480 [GARDEN PARTY] c1930s
Producer: Mr A.W. Isherwood
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 12s
Smartly dressed people parade past the camera. Followed by (very dark) shots of an outdoor banquet with tressle tables visible. Cuts to shots of women and then women with a child. Followed by people leaving a house in an open topped car pursued by waving friends (?). Finishes with footage of a man filling a car with petrol from a can and a brief shot of a woman.
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Film no: 1482 [FAMILY PICNICS AND HARVESTING] c1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 2s
Family footage including scenes shot in the country, on a farm, in a garden and on the beach. Includes footage of a group of workmen breaking up slabs of concrete with a sledge hammer in Glossop highstreet; farm workers harvesting a crop and a couple of small children playing with a miniature peddle car in the garden.
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Film no: 1487 [CUTTING THE GRASS] c1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 27s
Family footage of a whit walk procession. Also includes a brief shot of a woman cutting the grass with a pair of shears.
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Film no: 1489 [HERE COMES THE BRIDE] c1930s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 55s
The bride and bridesmaids are seen entering the church. Wedding guests throw confetti as the married couple leave the church yard.
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Film no: 1495 [STRETFORD PARADE] c1930s
Producer: Arthur Moss [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 5m 13s
Scenes of a parade through the streets of Stretford. Also features a group of school children eating their packed lunch in a park.
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Film no: 1496 [LONGFORD PARK SCHOOL SPORTS DAY AND CORONATION CELEBRATIONS] 1936-37
Producer: Arthur Moss [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 3s
Longford Park School Sports Day, Stretford 1936. Includes shots of a netball game; cricket match and a school trip to Windermere. The second part of the film focuses on the school"s coronation celebrations. Schoolboys are seen eating a meal in the school hall; leaving the playground at home time and crowding around a man selling ice creams.
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Film no: 1497 [SIGNING THE REGISTER] c1930s
Producer: Arthur Moss [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 5m 0s
Wedding guests are seen arriving at a church in Stretford [?]. Includes interior shots of the bride and groom signing the register and leaving the church. The rest of the film features family members larking about in the garden.
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Film no: 1498 [STREETSCENES AND HOMEWORK] c1930s
Producer: Arthur Moss [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 41s
Family footage includes brief scenes shot in the streets of Stretford and a young girl sitting at a dining room table doing her homework.
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Film no: 1500 [DOMESTIC INTERIORS AND GARDENS] c1920s-30s
Producer: Arthur Moss [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 54s
Family scenes in a garden in Stretford. Includes footage of a woman doing a forward roll in front of the camera; interior shots of a baby being bathed and a woman sitting in the living room with a dog.
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Film no: 1501 [ZOO AND CRICKET] c1930s
Producer: Arthur Moss [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 6s
Brief shots of a group of boys playing cricket in a school playground in Stretford. Also includes scenes of various zoo animals.
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Film no: 1503 [YOUNG CHILDREN] c1930s
Producer: Arthur Moss [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 4m 9s
Various shots of young children playing in a park and garden in Stretford [?]. Concluding footage features activities taking place at a boat yard and harbour.
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Film no: 1504 [PARTY GAMES] c1930s
Producer: Arthur Moss [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 11s
Assorted family footage taken in Stretford includes interior shots of a girl eating her dinner at the kitchen table; a man pruning a hedge in the garden; a child leaving a newsagents eating an ice cream and a group of young girls wearing party dresses playing games in the back garden.
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Film no: 1508 [ASPULL COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL PRIOR TO OFFICIAL OPENING 1960 AND SCHOOL TRIP TO PARIS 1961] 1961-62
Producer: Aspull County Secondary School
colour - silent - std8m - 21m 30s
Pupils leave Red Rock by bus for Aspull County Secondary School. There are shots of the new school with pupils chatting in the playground, working in the library and undertaking a variety of classes, including chemistry, woodwork and geography. They are also seen playing rugby league and netball. The school band is featured playing in a field. This is followed by footage from a school trip to Paris with uniformed pupils visiting many Parisian landmarks. Some footage is shot from the top of the Eiffel Tower and some from a boat on the Seine.
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Film no: 1509 [ASPULL C. S. SCHOOL: FIRST SCHOOL HOLIDAY TO STAITHES, YORKSHIRE, 1960] 1960
Producer: Aspull County Secondary School
colour - silent - std8m - 13m 40s
Film of Aspull C.S. School First School"s holiday to Staithes in Yorkshire. Includes footage from the former army camp in which the pupils stayed, as well as children playing on beaches, including Robin Hood"s Bay and rollerskating at Redcar. There is also footage from a playground, tennis courts and on board a boat
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Film no: 1510 [Family holidays, bicycles and tricycles] c1945-59
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 1s
The film begins with scenes shot in a terraced street, with little boys riding their bikes across some nearby wasteland. Further footage includes shots of a miniature railway; a man washing a motor cycle (with side car ) in the street and a little boy strumming a guitar in the back yard. Also includes footage of a family walking in a park, swimming in a lido and enjoying a caravan holiday in Blackpool [?].
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Film no: 1511 AUTUMN IN DELAMERE c1966
Producer: Sefton Samuels
colour - sound - std8m - 27m 48s
The film documents activities taking place at "Delamere Forest School for Delicate Jewish Children". Includes interior shots of the school canteen and classrooms. The children are seen participating in religious ceremonies, having medical examinations, walking in Delamere Forest and weeding the gardens and flower beds.
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Film no: 1514 [PROCESSION IN DUKINFIELD AND MISCELLANEOUS SCENES] c1939-45
Producer: unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 16m 49s
Film featuring a wartime procession in Dukinfield, involving a wide variety of groups of diverse ages, some military, some civilian and some religious. Many carry banners and flags. Intercut with this is; footage of children in a street with some adults, scenes at the seaside and some fires at night. There is also footage of a family game of cricket in a park, children racing and scenes from Stamford Park, Ashton-Under-Lyne, including boats and a bowling green. In addition there are shots from Belle Vue amusement park and zoo. The film closes with further shots of the procession in front of Dukinfield town hall.
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Film no: 1515 DUKINFIELD PROCESSION AND MISCELLANEOUS] c1939-45
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 14m 46s
A miscellany of footage including shots of a juggler, military firefighters, a scout camp, a wedding, a beach, ships, an aeroplane, model boats and a procession in Dukinfield. There are some under exposed shots of a baby and people swimming as well as footage of children playing in a playground, the street and a park. There are also shots of adults playing tennis and golf and of water birds and farmland.
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Film no: 1517 [CHRIST CHURCH WHIT PROCESSION 1950] 1950
Producer: unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 59s
Whit Walk procession, footage features children predominantly. Christ Church, Harpurhey held the procession. The footage is shot from Rochdale Road and Mostyn Lane, Blackley Co-op is visible in the background.
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Film no: 1518 [CHRIST CHURCH HARPURHEY, SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY CHOIR PROCESSION 1950] 1950
Producer: unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 12s
Footage of the Christ Church Harpurhey Sunday School Anniversary Choir procession held in June 1950. The procession is between the Sunday School and the church and features Alderman Grant as well as choirboys. The choir numbers 80-100 members.
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Film no: 1519 [ST ANDREWS PROCESSION, BLACKLEY] 1950
Producer: unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 36s
The annual procession of St Andrews Church, Blackley, held on Trinity Sunday in conjunction with Zion Methodist Church. Shot from Victory Avenue and featuring the Reverend Evens, Minister of St Andrews.
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Film no: 1523 CAMP SCENES 1939 1939
Producer: Mr E. Wallbank
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 41s
Film of Compton House School of Shaw"s trip to Conwy, North Wales, in 1939. Opens with footage of Shaw station and their departure before footage from Conwy. They stayed at the Holiday Fellowship Young People"s Camp, various outdoor activities including swimming are featured. Conwy castle is seen, a boat trip around the coast is featured as well as hillwalking in Snowdonia.
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Film no: 1525 [FARMS, FAMILIES, FACTORIES AND FISHING] 1939-42
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 0s
Miscellaneous scenes, include various activities taking place in a childrens playground; factory workers leaving their place of work; a farmer trying to dislodge a bull"s head from a metal dustbin; people sitting outside a teashop and a group of women knitting in a field.
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Film no: 1526 [CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE STREETS AND A SCHOOL PLAYGROUND] c1940-45
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 18s
Scenes of children going to school and playing in the school playground. Also includes family footage of a woman playing with a black cat; children swinging on a rope tied around a lamp post in the street and a little girl pegging out clothes on a washing line.
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Film no: 1530 OH, I DO LIKE TO BE... 1955
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson
colour - silent - 16mm - 5m 37s
Humorous look at a family"s day trip to the beach. A couple are seen trying to relax, reading the paper and listening to the radio, while their young son pesters them to play a game of cricket. Further annoyances arise when sand gets into the sandwiches and the father has problems lighting the gas burner to boil the kettle.
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Film no: 1531 [NORTHERN IRELAND HOLIDAY] *1959
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 0s
Film begins with the pages of a magazine being turned over to reveal photographs of various coastal and rural locations in Northern Ireland - Continues with scenes of the Wilkinson family on holiday - fishing, climbing rocks, building sand castles and walking around a harbour.
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Film no: 1533 [GARDEN IN BLOOM] c1950s
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson Institute of Amateur Cinematographers
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 41s
Footage shot in the Wilkinson family garden - includes close up shots of the flower beds and garden gnomes.
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Film no: 1534 FAMILY ALBUM [PARTS 1 & 2] c1940s
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 25m 26s
Wilkinson family footage. Includes brief domestic interior shots of the family home; holidays in Fleetwood, Southport, Ogmore, Scarborough, Lyme Regis; and a group of school children rambling in the Derbyshire and Cheshire countryside. Also includes scenes of a woman scrubbing her doorstep and two young children leaving the house carrying gas mask boxes.
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Film no: 1536 [TO CORNWALL] c1950s
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson
colour - silent - 9.5mm - c7m 0s
Footage of a family holiday in Cornwall. Includes scenes of children playing on the beach amongst the sand dunes; a trip on a boat to Seal Island and various shots of cars on board the ferry.
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Film no: 1538 [CORNISH HOLIDAY] c1945-55
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson
colour - silent - 9.5mm - 5m 48s
The Wilkinson family on holiday in Cornwall. Includes scenes of the children playing on the beach and having a picnic.
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Film no: 1539 [WILKINSON FAMILY MISCELLANEOUS TRIMS] c1940s-50s
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson
b/w & colour - sound & silent - 9.5mm - 15m 2s
Compilation film including domestic footage of the Wilkinson family eating a meal at Christmas [?]; a woman pegging out clothes on the washing line and a group of young boys sleighing down the side of a hill. Also includes various trims taken from "Spring Song" and "Cornish Holiday".
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Film no: 1540 [FARM YARD AND FAMILY HOLIDAY ABROAD] 1954
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson
colour - silent - std8m - 16m 28s
Wilkinson family footage includes various scenes taken during a day trip to the zoo; a holiday in Belgium and a visit to a Welsh farm. Includes brief shots of a whit walk; children having a ride on the back of an elephant; little boys racing around on miniature peddle cars and people feeding chickens and geese in the middle of the farm yard.
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Film no: 1542 CORONATION CELEBRATIONS HALEWOOD 1953 1953
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 6m 40s
Celebrations in Halewood to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Opens with a tug-of-war, races and playful fighting amongst children, also features a balloon race. Followed by footage of a procession, headed with a banner reading "Long May She Reign" and containing floats, adults and children in fancy dress and decorated prams and tricycles. A procession queen and flags are also seen. Closes with crowds walking around after the procession has finished.
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Film no: 1543 HALEWOOD AND TARBOCK ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL 1953 1953
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 6m 18s
Crowds sat around in a large tree lined garden, a maypole is visible. The 1952 Rose Queen and attendents are seen before the 1953 Rose Queen and her party parade in front of the crowd. A man in a suit shakes the hand of the Rose Queen prior to scenes of children dancing with each other and around a maypole. A uniformed brass or silver band is seen playing and crowds are seen walking down a road. Ends with shots of people eating ice cream in a field with food stalls visible
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Film no: 1544 WHIT FRIDAY IN MILNROW 1950 c1950
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 6s
Scenes of a whit walk in Milnrow, 1950. Includes shots of a brass band and school children singing.
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Film no: 1547 MILNROW CHRONICLE 1952-53
Producer: Mr R G Wilkinson
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 5m 20s
This film chronicles events that took place in Milnrow during 1952-53. Includes scenes of men trying to move a bus that skidded in the road on September 4th 1952; a hunt at Tunshill on March 18th 1953 and Coronation celebrations which include shots of people attending a fete.
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Film no: 1554 CHINA, APRIL 1963 1963
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 23m 6s
Footage shot on a trip to China, including Peking, Wuhan, Canton, Hangchow, Shanghai and Nanking. Shots of houses and streetscenes as well as of open air performances and displays of dancing. Also includes footage of cows and other farm animals.
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Film no: 1559 [HONG KONG 2] 1975
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 2m 46s
Opens with shots of Hong Kong and its harbour from a hilltop, contains footage both of and from a train as it descends into Hong Kong. The film continues with further shots of the harbour before closing with scenes of people in a public park.
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Film no: 1560 [HONG KONG 3] 1975
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 2m 46s
Opens with a group of Westerners (possibly the HallÄ Orchestra), including Sir Geoffrey Haworth, outside a hotel. Cuts to members of the same group standing on a beach. The film also includes shots of cows, high rise flats, streetscenes and boats in the harbour.
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Film no: 1561 [HONG KONG 4] 1975
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 2m 45s
Opens with brief shots of a Dairy Farm container being loaded onto a jet aeroplane. Followed by Hong Kong streetscenes including footage of an ice cream van
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Film no: 1564 1972 [ICELAND] 1972
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 4m 27s
Further footage from a trip to Iceland. Features various landscapes including the Utvik Mountains, children and horses. There are also interior shots of children playing with toys and cats.
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Film no: 1567 ISRAEL JAN 1972 1972
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 22m 58s
Footage shot in Israel, locations include Tel Aviv, Massada, Caesara, Nazareth, Sinai, Eilat and Jerusalem, with footage from the Wailing Wall. There are also scenes from the Golan Heights including shots of abandoned buildings, burnt out cars, armed men and Sir Geoffrey Haworth sitting on a tank.
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Film no: 1568 [MONTPELIER AGRICULTURAL SHOW, JAMAICA AND VIRGINIA] 1962
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 17m 50s
Footage of the Montpelier Agricultural Show (Jamaica) followed by a variety of scenes from Jamaica: landscapes, rural life, farms (animals and crops) as well as shots of children and a military band. Ends with brief footage of a street in Virginia and two young children.
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Film no: 1569 MONGOLIA AUG. SEP. 1965 [PART 1] 1965
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 1s
Footage from Sir Geoffrey and Mrs Howarth"s trip through Mongolia. Locations include Irkutsk, Ulan Bator, Umni Gobi and the Altai Mountains. Shots of cities, rural life, farming, yaks and outdoor wrestling are featured.
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Film no: 1570 [MONGOLIA AUG. SEP. 1965 PART 2] 1965
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 17m 18s
Further footage from Sir Geoffrey and Mrs Howarth"s trip to Mongolia. Includes scenes from Chujirt and Terelg, some farming footage. Ends with brief shots of Cheshire.
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Film no: 1571 JANUARY 1971 [NASSAU, MEXICO] 1971
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 15m 27s
Haworth family footage from Nassau featuring children in a variety of locations including a beach. Also shots of ships in the harbour and streetscenes as well of footage of dolphins in a aquarium. Followed by material shot in Mexico, including streetscenes, churches and shots of architecture, pyramids, markets and small bots trading on a river. Ends with a bullfight in a stadium.
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Film no: 1572 WEST PAKISTAN. FEBRUARY 1964 [PART1] 1964
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 21m 13s
Variety of footage shot in Pakistan including streetscenes in towns and villages, schools (including outdoor lessons), transport, camels, cattle, a polo match and fairground entertainments. Also features mountains, other landscape views, workmen constructing a small dam, Sir Geoffrey Haworth having tea and Mrs Haworth on a camel
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Film no: 1575 USSR MAY 1960 1960
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 27m 0s
Opens with footage of May Day celebrations at the Kremlin in Moscow and streetscenes. Followed by footage shot at Tashkent, Bokhara, Samakand, Gori, Tiblisi, Yerevan, Lake Sevan, Sochi and Krashnaya Polnaya featuring landscapes, streetscenes and children playing.
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Film no: 1584 [FARM SCENES AND CHILDREN PLAYING] 1937-45
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 16m 8s
Footage from Free Green Farm, near Knutsford, features children playing, farm workers, animals and shots of the surrounding countryside. Ends with camping scenes and children seen playing in a stream. Probably at Plasnewydd, Wales.
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Film no: 1585 [SCENES FROM A FARM, ANGLESEY HOLIDAY AND SNOW SCENES] 1937-46
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 56s
Footage from a variety of farms and houses in the countryside. Children are seen playing in a garden with dogs, ferrets, lambs and horses. There is also footage of children on a beach and amongst sand dunes on Anglesey. Ends with children approaching a house through snow.
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Film no: 1586 [HAWORTH COMPILATION REEL] 1950-54
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 13m 2s
Opens with interior shots in a house followed by footage of people in the garden of a bungalow then a group having tea in a hotel. Continues with footage from a wedding, guests and bridal party arriving, and its reception. Followed by farm footage, a baby in a garden and scenes after a christening. Ends with holiday scenes in Wales and shots of a shooting party intercut with further farm footage.
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Film no: 1588 [HAWORTH MISCELLANY] 1955-60
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 14m 10s
A compilation reel featuring; family footage, children and adults in various locations including a garden, guests arriving for Rachel"s wedding, tree cutting, pigs and digging a pond out. Followed by scenes from Lower Peover Fete, including morris dancing. Includes footage from a family holiday to Plasnewydd, Wales.
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Film no: 1589 [CHILDREN AT THE FARM] 1961-66
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 19s
Opens with footage of a baby with and without her parents, followed by shots of the same baby at a later date. Continues with footage of children playing croquet in the garden of Free Green Farm (?). There is brief footage of a glider before shots of schoolchildren on a walk in the countryside and watching a tree being planted.
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Film no: 1590 [HOLIDAY TO NORWAY 1937] 1937
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 35s
Footage from a family holiday to Norway. Features boats, fishing, scenes from Bergen and farming.
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Film no: 1591 [HOLIDAY TO SWITZERLAND 1938] 1938
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 35s
Footage from a family holiday to Switzerland. Includes; crossing the channel, shots of hotels, boating, a beach and swimming. There is footage from Hornfluh, Estaad Saanen, Sarine, Geneva, Vevey and Montreux.
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Film no: 1594 [HOLIDAY TO BERMUDA, BAHAMAS AND NEW YORK 1955] 1955
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 38s
Opens with snow scenes. Continues with film of a family holiday. Footage from Bermuda and the Bahamas includes harbour scenes, fishing boats, rural houses and farming footage. The film ends with scenes from New York.
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Film no: 1596 [BAHAMAS 1958] 1958
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 15m 53s
Opens with a brief shot of New York in winter. Continues with footage of a Haworth family holiday to the Bahamas. Includes the family on a beach, forest fires, birds, fishing boats and landscape shots.
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Film no: 1597 BAHAMAS FEBRUARY 1962 1962
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 9s
Footage of a Haworth family holiday to the Bahamas. Includes beach scenes, building work and an industrial pumping station on the coast
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Film no: 1598 FARMERS CONVENTION, ISRAEL, 1959 1959
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 32m 56s
Footage shot in Israel. Features streetscenes, public buildings and children as well as farming scenes and beduins. Locations include Tel Aviv, Nahalal, Sarid, Kishon, Hazorea, Nazareth, Shoval, Jerusalem, Eilat, the Negev and the Dead Sea. Ends with brief footage from Athens.
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Film no: 1599 [VISITS TO THE BAHAMAS AND VIRGINIA, 1965-66] 1965-66
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 8m 31s
Footage from the Haworth"s visit to family members in the Bahamas. Children are seen in various locations, there are shots of wildlife and a hotel and beach. Finishes with footage from a visit to Virginia where children are seen in a park.
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Film no: 1600 [IN THE BAHAMAS 1968] 1968
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 5m 39s
Footage from a Haworth family holiday to the Bahamas. Scenes of children playing and swimming and of a beach. Finishes with a couple and child at a zoo in Sao Paolo
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Film no: 1602 [BAHAMAS - FAMILY SCENES 1957-58] 1957-58
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 5m 40s
Haworth family footage from the Bahamas. Features children playing, beaches and streetscenes.
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Film no: 1603 JANUARY 1973 : JORDAN 1973
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 22m 41s
Film shot in Jordan. Features beach scenes in Aqaba, desert footage at Wadi Rumm, shots from Mount Nebo and streetscenes in Amman. Also shots of historic sites at Jepash and Petra and brief farming footage. Followed by footage from Degania in Israel.
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Film no: 1606 HUCKLOW 1955-60 1955-60
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 2m 47s
Footage of gliders on the ground and airborne as well as shots from a glider in flight. Brief scenes of children at a caravan close the film
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Film no: 1607 HUNGARY 1956, OR THE WOULD BE WINE TASTERS 1956
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 15m 3s
Footage from a Halle Orchestra trip to Austria and Hungary. Mainly scenes of holidaymakers and historic sites. Part One features Vienna and Budapest, followed by scenes from Sztalinvaros.
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Film no: 1608 [HAWORTH FAMILY - CHILDREN AT PLAY] *1966-70
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 6m 19s
A variety of children seen playing in the garden and fields of Free Green Farm, Knutsford. There are also scenes at a Welsh holiday home.
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Film no: 1609 [VISIT TO CHINA] *1966-67
Producer: Sir Geoffrey Haworth
colour - silent - 16mm - 23m 47s
Film shot in China at the time of the Cultural Revolution. Features farming scenes, shots from a steel mill and around the Great Wall of China. Also includes a procession involving uniformed men and citizens brandishing placards and the Little Red Book. The staging of politically themed plays is featured, the film finishes with footage from Beijing including Tianamen Square.
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Film no: 1611 [NATIONWIDE - MOSS SIDE REDEVELOPMENT] 1968-70
Producer: unknown
b/w - mute - 16mm - 20m 5s
Footage of Moss Side and Hulme during redevelopment in the late 1960s. Shows demolition of houses, children smashing windows, public meetings and interviews with residents. There are also shots of the interiors of old and new properties and of markets, shops and pubs. A singer is seen performing in a pub, shots of derelict houses and wasteland feature heavily.
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Film no: 1620 [HARDMAN FAMILY ACTIVITIES] c1930s-40s
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 7m 4s
Compilation of film shot by the Hardman family in Bury; during the 1930s-40s. Includes scenes of the family house and garden; a cricket match; golf course; wedding and a trip along the river Mersey.
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Film no: 1623 [ROSE QUEEN AND GOLFERS] c1930s-40s
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 20s
First part of the reel focuses upon the crowning celebrations of a Rose Queen. Children are seen dancing and singing in front of a crowd of spectators. The concluding footage features events taking place at a local golf tournament - includes some slow motion shots of a man hitting a golf ball.
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Film no: 1628 [VINTAGE CARS AND WEDDING] c1940s
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 4m 17s
Footage of a procession of vintage cars through the streets of Bury. Crowds line the streets watching the cars as they pass by. Also includes brief scenes of a bride and groom leaving their reception in a car decked out with streamers and signs.
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Film no: 1629 [HARDMAN FAMILY ON HOLIDAY IN NORTH WALES] c1930s
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 4m 11s
The Hardman family enjoy a holiday in North Wales. Two young girls are seen having a game of tennis on the lawns of the Oakwood Park Hotel [?]. They are also seen riding horses in the country.
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Film no: 1630 SWANAGE, SEPT. 1949 1949
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 3m 15s
The Hardman family enjoy a holiday in Swanage; 1949. A couple of children are seen playing on the beach, making sand castles and paddling in the sea.
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Film no: 1633 [HARDMAN FAMILY CHRISTMAS, HOLIDAY AND SCHOOL SPORTS DAY] *1959
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 11m 21s
Compilation reel includes interior shots of the Hardman"s family home at Christmas - Also includes close up shots of a goldfish swimming in a tank; a little girl playing the piano; the family on a caravan holiday in Westmorland and footage taken at a school sports day in Altrincham [?].
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Film no: 1634 [ROCKING HORSE AND BALLET SHOES] *1956
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 23s
Various scenes of the Hardman family on holiday in Scarborough; visiting a zoo and attending a school sports day in Altrincham [?]. Includes shots of a child on a rocking horse and a young girl practicing her ballet steps in the back garden.
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Film no: 1635 [SNOW SCENES AND SUMMER HOLIDAYS] *1959/61
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 16m 33s
A compilation reel containing footage of the Hardman family on holiday in North Wales and attending a school sports day in Altrincham [?]. Includes shots of a group of people feeding pigeons and swimming in an open air swimming pool; winter scenes of the family house and garden covered in snow, a little girl building a snowman and children toboganning down the side of a hill.
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Film no: 1638 [MOVING HOUSE, CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND A ROSE QUEEN PROCESSION] *1951
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 15m 5s
The first part of the film shows a removal van parked outside the Hardman"s house in Bury [?]. Further scenes include interior shots of the new house at Christmas; children making sand castles on the beach at St Annes and some young girls playing with a paddling pool in the back garden. Concluding footage features a Rose Queen procession with Morris Dancers, cheerleaders and a unicyclist.
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Film no: 1639 [WINTER SCENES AND FAMILY FUN] *1951/55
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 16m 16s
Compilation reel containing footage of the Hardman family watching a firework display; playing on the beach at St Annes and enjoying a fancy dress performance put on by the children at Christmas. Further footage includes winter scenes of a suburban street with people trudging through the snow, trying to deliver milk and papers.
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Film no: 1640 [THE HARDMAN FAMILY PETS] *1955-56
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 8m 26s
Domestic scenes of the Hardman family playing with a puppy in their back garden and riding donkeys along the beach at St Annes. Includes interior shots of the living room decorated for Christmas and a young girl playing with a toy washing machine.
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Film no: 1641 [MOVING HOUSE; A BLUSTERY DAY ON THE BEACH] c1950s
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 14m 19s
Film starts with the Hardman family moving to their new house in Southport. Removal men are seen unloading the van and taking the furniture into their new home. The rest of the film focuses upon three little girls playing in a sand pit in the family"s back garden and Mr and Mrs Hardman walking along the beach with their young daughter on a blustery, winters day.
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Film no: 1642 [DOLLS HOUSES AND COOKING UTENSILS] 1953-54
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 16m 20s
Family scenes of Mrs Hardman and her daughter Gail playing in a sand pit in the garden. They are also seen walking along the beach at Southport [?], eating ice creams and feeding some ducks on a pond. The film continues with interior shots of a little girl sitting on her bed, playing with a miniature dolls house and three little girls surrounded by pastry mixture, rolling pins and mixing bowls, pretending to be cooks in the garden.
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Film no: 1643 [DOMESTIC FOOTAGE FROM 3 HARTLEY ROAD] *1951
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 5m 31s
Exterior shots of the Hardman"s suburban house at No 3 Hartley Road, Southport. Mrs Hardman and her daughter Gail are seen playing in a sand pit in the back garden. Other scenes include the little girl running around riding a hobby horse.
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Film no: 1646 [THE HARDMAN FAMILY ON HOLIDAY IN LLANDUDNO AND CONWAY] 1951
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 7m 27s
Mr and Mrs Hardman on holiday in North Wales. Includes scenes shot in Llandudno and Conway and features crowds of men, women and children dressed up in Victorian / Edwardian period costume, walking along the seafront, beach and jetty.
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Film no: 1647 [THE HARDMAN"S ON HOLIDAY IN CRICCIETH, NORTH WALES] 1955
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 8m 1s
Mr and Mrs Hardman on holiday in Criccieth with their young daughter Gail; in 1955. The family are seen enjoying a picnic on the beach, shrimping in the sea and playing football on the sand. The film also includes several shots of a row of changing huts.
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Film no: 1648 [A FAMILY HOLIDAY IN LLANBEDROG] 1959
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 27s
A family holiday in Llanbedrog, North Wales. The children are seen having a picnic on the beach and swimming in the sea with the aid of rubber rings. Also includes footage shot from a motor boat of a fire burning on the top of a cliff and various scenes around the gardens and buildings at Portmeirion.
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Film no: 1649 [HORSE RIDING AND BEACH ACTIVITIES] 1960-61
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 17m 18s
The Hardman family on holiday in Llanbedrog, North Wales. Three young girls are seen horse riding in the countryside and playing in the sea with an inflatable boat. Other family members are seen sitting on the beach wearing sunglasses and hats.
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Film no: 1651 [HARDMAN FAMILY"S TRIP TO LONDON ZOO] 1956
Producer: Mr Ernest Dorian Hardman
colour - silent - 16mm - 8m 6s
Footage of the Hardman family"s trip to London Zoo in 1956. Includes shots of different zoo animals in their enclosures.
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Film no: 1671 [HEAVILEY SUNDAY SCHOOL MARCH 1964] 1964
Producer: Unknown
colour - silent - std8m - 7m 17s
The various classes and groups at Heaviley Sunday School, Stockport, are seen engaged in musical, leisure and religious activities. Children are seen painting, weaving baskets, playing musical instruments, playing snooker and table tennis, exercising and singing. Adults are seen knitting, playing snooker, singing and painting. The groups are seen taking refreshments and at a combined closing service.
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Film no: 1675 FOCUS ON COMMITMENT *1971
Producer: Altrincham Parish Church with the assistance of Altrincham Cine Club
colour - sound - 16mm - 19m 57s
Footage of a busy airport and streetscenes contrasted with the tranquillity of the countryside serves as a metaphor for hedonism and Christianity. A drunken gambler is seen, dancing wildly, materially successful yet evidently unfulfilled. The film then concentrates on the diverse and fulfilling life offered by the church, illustrated by the experience of the Anybody family, newly arrived in Altrincham. Welcomed to the community by a church steward and vicar the family enjoy a wealth of social and spiritual events, meetings and youth groups are seen as is the local church school. Geoffrey Wheeler"s commentary stresses the variety and commitment inherent in Christian life. Diverse age groups and professions are seen engaging in activities such as dancing, playing games and attending committee meetings. Stills of church members and the church"s "sister" church in Africa close this semi dramatised documentary.
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Film no: 1679 [WHITEHEAD"S NURSERY OUTING TO ST ANNES] *1946
Producer: David Whitehead and Sons Ltd [?]
colour - silent - 16mm - 14m 0s
A nursery school outing to St Annes. Workers from Whitehead"s cotton mill in Rawstenstall are seen loading their children on to a bus and waving them goodbye. On arrival at the beach, the children and nursery staff are seen building sand castles, paddling in the sea and taking an afternoon nap. The film concludes with scenes of the children being met by their mothers when they arrive home.
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Film no: 1680 [WOMEN, CHILDREN AND CHURCH BANNERS] c1940s
Producer: David Whitehead and Sons Ltd [?]
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 45s
A small procession of women and children walk along a street and assemble together on a raised platform in front of a crowd of people. A large church banner is seen in the background and the expectant crowd clap as each of the children give a brief speech.
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Film no: 1681 OUT AND ABOUT WITH A CINE CAMERA 1947-49
Producer: Mr Harry Hill
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 59s
Miscellaneous footage of various members of the Bethesda United Methodist Church and Bethesda Men"s Fellowship group on a visit to Knaresborough, Settle and Ingleton in 1948-49. Also includes family footage of a couple standing in the garden on their golden wedding anniversary; Auntie on her 81st birthday and scenes of the Britannia Coco-nutters dancing through the streets of Stacksteads on Good Friday.
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Film no: 1683 [HOLIDAY MEMORIES, BETHESDA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND MEN"S FELLOWSHIP - ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS] 1950-51
Producer: Mr Harry Hill
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 7s
A compilation reel includes - the Bethesda Men"s Fellowship visit to New Pale Farm and Burnsall in 1950-51; a school trip to Southport; guests arriving for a silver wedding anniversary in Waddington and a new years eve social - which inlcudes shots of adults and children dancing around wearing party hats. The film concludes with views of Conway and rough seas crashing against the sea wall at Blackpool.
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Film no: 1684 CORONATION CELEBRATIONS MAY AND JUNE 1953 1953
Producer: Mr Harry Hill
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 6s
The people of Rossendale are seen celebrating the coronation with a street procession, balloon race, acrobatic displays, torchlit procession and fireworks. Also includes family footage of Auntie on her 80th birthday and the wedding of Dorothy and Jim Hoyle. The film concludes with members of the Bethesda United Methodist Church celebrating their 75th Anniversary with a street procession and fun races.
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Film no: 1688 [THE MAYOR"S PROCESSION, CHESTER ZOO AND VARIOUS LONDON SCENES] 1954
Producer: Mr Harry Hill
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 7s
A compilation reel - includes footage of the 1954 Mayor"s procession; the Bethesda Men"s fellowship visit to Chester Zoo and brief shots of St James" Sunday School Procession held on the 3rd July 1954.
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Film no: 1689 [CELEBRATING A HUNDRED YEARS OF METHODISM IN WHITEWELL BOTTOM, 5TH TO 13TH MARCH 1949] 1949/54
Producer: Mr Harry Hill
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 31s
Church members celebrate one hundred years of Methodism in Whitewell Bottom; 5th - 13th March 1949. The congregation are seen leaving the chapel on a winters day - A group of people walk down Brock Clough Road and assemble to sing hymns and listen to an open air sermon. Further activities and events include Whitewell Bottom Wesleyan Sunday School"s procession on the 1st May 1949 and civic dignitaries attending the reopening of Whitewell Bottom Chapel on the 3rd October 1954.
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Film no: 1691 [BETHESDA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - VISITS AND EVENTS] 1952
Producer: Mr Harry Hill
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 58s
Various events and services attended by members of the Bethesda United Methodist Church in 1952. Includes Ruth and Alan"s wedding; the Youth club"s visit to the Manchester Ship Canal and Bethesda scholars celebratory visit to Fleetwood (having won the scripture shield for the fourth consecutive year). Also includes brief footage of a school sports day and Auntie on her 85th birthday.
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Film no: 1693 [A DEVONSHIRE HOLIDAY AND PAT AND SAM"S WEDDING] 1953
Producer: Mr Harry Hill
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 7m 52s
The film begins with a brief shot of the minister leaving Bethesda United Methodist Church in Waterfoot. Further footage includes scenes of a family holiday in Devon - a woman is seen sitting on a crowded beach doing her embroidery and a group of people are seen having a ride on a miniature railway. The film concludes with scenes of Pat and Sam"s wedding on the 5th September 1953 and various miscellaneous shots of an elderly man walking through a church yard; fox hunters and a stream in full flood.
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Film no: 1696 [YORK; THREE WEDDINGS AND BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS] 1954-55
Producer: Mr Harry Hill
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 7m 24s
The film begins with streetscenes in York, including some high angle shots taken from the top of York Minster. Further footage includes three weddings at Bethesda United Methodist Church and brief scenes of Blackpool illuminations in 1954.
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Film no: 1697 [A GUERNSEY HOLIDAY AUGUST 1949] 1949
Producer: Mr Harry Hill
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 19s
Members of the Bethesda United Methodist Church on holiday in Guernsey in 1949. They are seen travelling across on a ferry; feeding a flock of seagulls; swimming and paddling in the sea; sunbathing on the beach and watching a motor cycle race across the sands.
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Film no: 1713 [COKE STREET AREA, SALFORD] 1960-61
Producer: Mr Keith Margerison
b/w - silent - 16mm - 2m 39s
Opens with shots of a greenhouse and allotments behind St Mary"s church in Crumpsall. Continues with footage around Coke Street in Salford. Some demolition has occurred and children are seen playing amidst the rubble. St Mark"s church is featured and the film closes with shots of a dog.
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Film no: 1714 [ST MARK"S CHURCH AND COKE STREET, SALFORD] 1960-61
Producer: Mr Keith Margerison
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 29s
Footage shot around the Coke Street area of Salford. St Mark"s church is seen from various angles as is its graveyard. Some demolition of houses has occurred.
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Film no: 1735 Salford festival 1980 1980
Producer: Manchester Film and Video Workshop and Salford Council for Voluntary Service
colour - sound - 16mm - 37m 38s
A record of some of the 250 cultural, sporting and educational events that took place between August 23rd - September 6th to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the Salford Royal Charter. Includes scenes of the opening ceremony at Swinton Civic Centre; Ordsall Park circus; Hanky Park play; a ladies darts final; a champagne cruise around Salford docks; Buile Hill Park carnival; the Grand Ball; a raft race on the River Irwell; the Peasants" Ball and the Salford Festival Ecumenical Service held at St John"s Cathedral, Salford.
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Film no: 1737 [Salford Festival Trims 2] 1980
Producer: Manchester Film and Video Workshop and Salford Council for Voluntary Service
colour - mute - 16mm - 25m 30s
Miscellaneous trims from "Salford Festival 1980" (final edit accession number 1735). Includes scenes of the festival parade along the Crescent; outdoor stalls and activities taking place at the Cliff; wheelbarrow races and street stalls at Ellor Street; footage of women playing football and throwing frisbees at an all girls" sports day held at the Old Salford Racecourse and scenes of a band and singer performing at the Grand Ball held at the Salford Art Gallery.
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Film no: 1741 [Salford Festival Trims 5] 1980
Producer: Manchester Film and Video Workshop and Salford Council for Voluntary Service
colour - mute - 16mm - 15m 30s
Miscellaneous trims from "Salford Festival 1980" (final edit accession number 1735). Includes interior shots of the foyer and bar at the Phoenix Theatre, Salford - some of the cast of "Hanky Park" are seen acting out scenes of the play. Further footage includes some young girls singing to a group of pensioners at Spring Bank; activities and events taking place at Buile Hill Park and brief shots of "MSC Silver Arrow" casting off from six dock.
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Film no: 1744 [Salford Festival Trims 8] 1980
Producer: Manchester Film and Video Workshop and Salford Council for Voluntary Service
colour - mute - 16mm - 5m 45s
Miscellaneous trims from "Salford Festival 1980" (final edit accession number 1735). Includes activities and events taking place in Ordsall Park. People are seen milling around stalls and watching slap stick performances put on by members of the Ordsall Circus.
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Film no: 1745 [Salford Festival Trims 9] 1980
Producer: Manchester Film and Video Workshop and Salford Council for Voluntary Service
colour - silent - 16mm - 8m 30s
Miscellaneous trims from "Salford Festival 1980" (final edit accession number 1735). Includes various activities taking place on a sports field. A group of children are seen practising stilt walking and two female teams participate in a tug-of-war.
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Film no: 1748 [Salford Festival Trims 12] 1980
Producer: Manchester Film and Video Workshop and Salford Council for Voluntary Service
colour - mute - 16mm - 5m 0s
Miscellaneous trims from "Salford Festival 1980" (final edit accession number 1735). Includes shots of a group of scouts and brownies sitting in a field, around an open fire singing songs with their group leader.
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Film no: 1754 [Salford Festival Trims 18] 1980
Producer: Manchester Film and Video Workshop and Salford Council for Voluntary Service
colour - mute - 16mm - 10m 30s
Miscellaneous trims from "Salford Festival 1980" (final edit accession number 1735). Includes a shot of a poster advertising a "Girls" Day at Old Salford Racecourse". Women are seen having a game of five-a-side football and participating in other sporting activities. Further footage includes celebrations at Little Hulton; shots inside St Johns" Cathedral, Salford; boats on the canal at Worsley and some shots of children playing on scaffolding next to a tower block on the Islington Estate [?].
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Film no: 1769 FUNERAL OF OUR BELOVED CHIEF CONSTABLE ASHTON-U-LYNE 1913
Producer: Gaumont
b/w - silent - 35mm - 2m 16s
Opens with footage of mourners boarding horse drawn carriages. Cuts to pall bearers carrying the coffin of Chief Constable John Snell down a crowd lined street. A clergyman, the Rev. W.J. Parry, is seen leading the cortÅge into the church grounds before the carriages deliver the remaining mourners, who also enter the grounds. An open carriage full of wreaths is seen prior to the funeral procession leaving the church grounds. The coffin is carried by carriage down a street, flanked by crowds, preceded by a marching band and policemen.
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Film no: 1771 [TRIP TO LITTLEDALE] 1927-33
Producer: George Lockhart
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 14m 45s
Footage of a trip to Littledale (?). Opens with footage of a road, shot from a moving car, before a car is seen arriving in a field. Shots of countryside are interspersed with a variety of scenes involving a man, two women and a girl. They are seen walking and running in fields and taking refreshments, there is footage of the girl paddling and swimming in a river and of a woman making a pot of tea. A car is seen driving away from the camera and the group is filmed taking refreshments by the car before a final shot of a motor cycle.
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Film no: 1781 [JEWISH LADS" BRIGADE] 1959-60
Producer: Stanley Rowe [?]
b/w - sound - 16mm - 12m 45s
Promotional film made for the North London Jewish Lads" Brigade in 1959. The first half of the film focuses on activities taking place at the club house, after school. The boys are seen doing physical exercises in the gym; playing table tennis and billiards; reading in the library and having dancing lessons. The second half of the film is shot on the Brigades Annual Camp. Companies from other areas, including a Manchester Battalion, are seen doing various washing up chores and drills. Includes interior shots of the Quarter Masters Store, meal times in the canteen tent and a boy having his knee bandaged in the camp hospital.
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Film no: 1782 [ST MARKS WHIT WALKS AND CHEETHAM HILL SCENES] 1969/72-73
Producer: Mr Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 23m 13s
Opens with scenes of St Mark"s Church Cheetham Hill"s Whit Walk in 1969. Also features footage shot on a late 1960s housing estate in Cheetham Hill which is now demolished. Children are seen in the summer and then the winter, playing in snow, as are a group of young men. Continues with footage from a children"s Christmas party, and of a group of elderly people aboard a boat on the Manchester Ship Canal. The filmmaker"s wife is seen walking in the Croal - Irwell valley and later in a park. Features further shots of children playing, and footage of St Mark"s Church"s 1973 Whit Walk.
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Film no: 1783 [CROAL AT CHRISTMAS, SANTA"S GROTTO AND BONFIRE AT ORDSALL] *1968-69
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 15m 29s
Footage shot in and around Croal House elderly people"s flats in north Manchester. Also features streetscenes and family scenes at Christmas as well as Santa"s Grotto and a toy department within a department store. Continues with footage of children on bonfire night in Ordsall. The film also includes shots of a child washing up, a new housing development and the interior of a Radio Manchester marquee. There is also a brief excerpt from the feature film "Moby Dick" filmed from a television screen.
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Film no: 1786 [GROUP WALKING IN CHEESEDEN VALLEY] *1971
Producer: Mr Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 1m 24s
Brief film of a group on a walk in Cheeseden Valley. The group, containing adults and children, are seen prior to the walk and filing past the camera whilst crossing a footbridge.
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Film no: 1787 [ORDSALL SCENES] *1971
Producer: Mr Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 0m 50s
Streetscenes in Ordsall prior to redevelopment. Features shots of shops, children playing and a horse drawn ice cream van.
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Film no: 1788 [ORDSALL IN WINTER] *1968
Producer: Mr Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 49s
Footage shot during winter in Ordsall before redevelopment. Shots of terraced streets in the snow, children sliding and throwing snowballs in the park. Also includes some shots of Ordsall Hall.
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Film no: 1789 [STONE STREET DEMOLITION] *1968
Producer: Mr Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 0m 43s
Interior and exterior shots of derelict houses in Stone Street, Ordsall shortly before the area"s redevelopment.
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Film no: 1790 [HEATON PARK AND ORDSALL OLD HALL] *1959
Producer: Mr Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 44s
Features footage from Heaton Park; a couple and young children walking, children sitting on a statue of a lion, the filmmaker"s wife and an open air theatre. Also includes footage of excavations in the grounds of Ordsall Old Hall
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Film no: 1792 [ORDSALL SCENES: CHILDREN AND DOCKS] 1963
Producer: Mr Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 21s
Film shot in Ordsall. Children are seen dancing around a makeshift maypole, wearing adults clothes, playing and helping to dig up a pavement. Also features shots of Trafford Road, Ordsall Park and the Manchester Docks. Including buildings, offices and the Pacific Northwest in dock.
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Film no: 1793 [SALFORD CARNIVAL 1966] 1966
Producer: Mr Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 0s
Footage from the 1966 Salford Carnival. Participants are seen prior to the procession, many children are in fancy dress and the uniforms of various youth groups. The Carnival Queen is seen, as is a previous incumbent. Crowds watch the procession of floats as it passes through Ordsall.
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Film no: 1794 [SCENES FROM BLACKPOOL AND SALFORD] *1966
Producer: Mr Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 28s
Footage shot in Blackpool; on the Promenade, by a "lost children" bus, on the beach, at a lifeboat station and a funfair. Two young children and a baby feature prominently in the footage. Also features brief shots of the interior of a newsagents shop as well as footage of Salford University buildings and Salford Art Gallery.
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Film no: 1799 [PORT ST. MARY - ISLE OF MAN] * 1930-31
Producer: Lt. Col. James Fitzwilliam O"Grady
b/w - silent - 16mm - 17m 4s
The film begins with members of the O"Grady family playing in a garden. Two men and two children have a game of ring-a-ring-a-roses. further scenes include a family holiday at Port St. Mary in the Isle of Man. They are seen greeting a man off a steam train and having their photograph taken sitting on the steps of a guest house. Concludes with brief footage of some women gutting fish on the dockside; rough seas and a sermon taking place on the beach.
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Film no: 1803 [THE O"GRADY FAMILY ON HOLIDAY IN THE I.O.M.] *1934
Producer: Lt. Col. James Fitzwilliam O"Grady
b/w - silent - 16mm - 4m 16s
Soldiers from the Manchester Brigade Royal Army Medical Corps are seen landing on a beach and manoeuvring along a wall. The family is seen on board a boat, arriving at a harbour on the Isle of Man. Some children are seen playing in a stream and waterfall in the countryside.
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Film no: 1805 [DANCING DISPLAY] *1934
Producer: Lt. Col. James Fitzwilliam O"Grady
b/w - silent - 16mm - 4m 15s
A crowd of people stand watching two little girls doing a dance display on the lawn of a large hotel [?] in Marple. Includes scenes of them dressed up in Mickey and Minnie Mouse costumes. A group of soldiers from Manchester Brigade Royal Army Medical Corps are seen having their photographs taken at an army camp in North Wales.
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Film no: 1807 [ON BOARD SS ALCA] *1949
Producer: Lt. Col. James Fitzwilliam O"Grady
b/w - silent - 16mm - 2m 8s
Scenes of people relaxing on board "SS Alca" and members of the O"Grady family walking along a seafront and sitting in the garden. Includes shots of two dogs chasing each other.
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Film no: 1808 [THE O"GRADY FAMILY ON THE BEACH] *1932
Producer: Lt. Col. James Fitzwilliam O"Grady
b/w - silent - 16mm - 3m 59s
Members of the O"Grady family are seen on holiday in the Isle of Man. Includes beach scenes and activities; and two elderly men and a woman walking around the gardens of a large house. Also includes shots of some people walking down the steps of a guest house; one man carries a small child in his arms.
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Film no: 1809 [SOLDIERS AND INDIANS] *1931
Producer: Lt. Col. James Fitzwilliam O"Grady
b/w - silent - 16mm - 4m 21s
Members of the O"Grady family are seen sitting outside a large house; one man reads a copy of The Tatler. Some army officers stand in a garden studying a map. A military procession marches down a street accompanied by a brass band. Further footage includes scenes of a group of children playing in the garden. Two of the children wear full Red Indian costumes and sit outside a make shift wig-wam.
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Film no: 1810 [PADDLING IN THE SEA] *1932
Producer: Lt. Col. James Fitzwilliam O"Grady
b/w - silent - 16mm - 4m 2s
Members of the O"Grady family are seen playing in the sea with a large inflatable rubber duck. Includes shots of three children sitting in a car that has been modelled out of the sand.
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Film no: 1811 [21ST BIRTHDAY PARTY AND FAMILY HOLIDAYS] *1933
Producer: Lt. Col. James Fitzwilliam O"Grady
b/w - silent - 16mm - 4m 3s
Family holidays in the Isle of Man and North Wales. Includes a shot of a group of women and girls walking out of a guest house wearing bathing costumes. A man stands in a garden with six children clambering on top of him, they are then seen laying down on the grass doing leg exercises. Concludes with scenes taken at a 21st birthday party. A girl is seen cutting the cake.
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Film no: 1816 [ON THE SHIP"S DECK AND IN THE GARDEN] *1934
Producer: Lt. Col. James Fitzwilliam O"Grady
colour - silent - 16mm - 1m 8s
Features a group of people sat relaxing on board a cruise ship. Concludes with brief scenes of the O"Grady family sitting in the garden with a baby.
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Film no: 1819 [FAMILY ACTIVITIES; BLACKPOOL STREETSCENES AND WOMEN EXERCISING] c1930s
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 19m 51s
A compilation reel of family footage. A group of children are seen having a picnic in the back garden of their house in Longhill, Rochdale. Holiday footage includes shots of suburban streets and boarding houses taken from an open-top balcony car in Blackpool. Also includes a shot of Central Station, scenes inside Stanley Park and trams travelling along the promenade. Further footage includes a family"s visit to Hollingworth Lake and various shots of aeroplanes taking off and landing in a field. The film concludes with three women doing an exercise routine and some folk dancing in their back garden.
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Film no: 1820 [WHIT FRIDAY; ST. LUKE"S BAPTIST CHURCH] *1936/39
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
colour - silent - 16mm - 1m 58s
Scenes of a whit walk procession through the streets of Rochdale. Includes shots of people carrying banners for St. Luke"s Baptist Church and Sunday School.
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Film no: 1822 [BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY] c1930s
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 9s
A compilation reel of family footage. The film begins with holiday scenes shot at Blackpool - includes the Pleasure Beach, fairground rides, amusement arcades, various side shows and refreshment stalls. Further footage features some children playing in a garden at 32, Worcester Street, Hartley. Three boys are seen playing with a model railway while a couple of young girls have a pretend "washday". Film concludes with a couple walking along a road pushing a pram and some children playing on a beach on a cold winters day.
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Film no: 1823 [EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN ROCHDALE ON WHIT FRIDAY] c1930s
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 13m 5s
Film featuring a large whit walk through the streets of Rochdale. Includes shots of the procession walking past the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society building, on Eastfield Road. After the procession people are seen chatting and relaxing in a field. Band members sit on the grass next to their instruments, eating sandwiches and drinking; a vicar talks to a group of elderly people and some children participate in running races. The film concludes with brief shots of a bowling match.
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Film no: 1824 [FAMILY HOLIDAYS, HAYMAKING AND CARNIVAL PROCESSION] c1930s
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 38s
A compilation reel of family holidays and events taking place in Rochdale. The film starts with a group of children and adults building sand castles on the beach. Further scenes include two labourers harvesting a crop. One man uses a scythe while the other guides a horse drawn plough across the field. Also features a street procession with horse drawn floats and people wearing fancy dress costumes. Concludes with travelling shots of the surrounding Welsh countryside.
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Film no: 1825 [THE CRABTREE FAMILY- SPRINGFIELD PARK AND FLEETWOOD BEACH] c1930-35
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 12s
The Crabtree family are seen walking in the countryside and through Springfield Park. Includes shots of children playing in a crowded playground and on the beach at Fleetwood.
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Film no: 1826 [WOMEN BATHING AND CHILDREN EXERCISING] c1930s
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 12s
A family holiday by the sea. The film opens on a 360· pan of the surrounding coastline, taken from the end of a pier. A group of children are seen doing stretching exercises and star jumps, outside in front of a large audience. Concludes with two women putting on their bathing caps before going into the sea for a swim.
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Film no: 1828 [A WHIT WALK IN ROCHDALE ] c1930-35
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 3m 2s
Scenes of a procession taking place in Rochdale on Whit Friday. Crowds line the streets as brass bands and sunday school children file past.
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Film no: 1829 [PADDLING IN A STREAM] 1929
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 48s
A group of people are seen walking in the countryside. Further footage includes three children paddling naked in a stream.
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Film no: 1831 [A WALK IN THE COUNTRY] c1930s
Producer: Mr Thomas Eggles
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 19s
Brief shots of people walking in the countryside. Two children are seen paddling in a stream.
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Film no: 1833 [MAY QUEEN AND WHIT WALK] c1950s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 3m 40s
Women and children are seen carrying flowers in a whit walk procession. Also includes various scenes of the May Queen and her attendants.
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Film no: 1836 [WOODLEY, WHIT WALK] c1950s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 3m 40s
Footage of a parade shot in, or around, the Stockport area. Tractors pull decorated floats with children on. Various groups, including nurses and scottish pipers, walk behind the procession. Further footage includes shots of a dog display taking place in front of a large crowd.
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Film no: 1837 [PARADE AND DISPLAYS] c1950s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 3m 40s
Various scenes of a whit walk parade in, or around, Stockport. A pack of cubs are seen carrying a banner with the word "Woodley" printed on it. Further footage includes brief shots of a May Queen with her attendants.
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Film no: 1838 [STOCKPORT SPASTIC SOCIETY] c1950s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 16mm - 5m 40s
Footage shot at the Stockport Spastic Society"s head quarters in the 1950s. Includes interior shots of "Granville House" and further footage of Lady Derby opening the Stockport Clinic for Spastic Children. The film concludes with interior scenes of Lady Derby talking to some of the children and staff.
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Film no: 1858 [MOTOR CYCLE, HORSES AND MILITARY DISPLAYS] c1930s
Producer: Mr Frederick Grime
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 9m 19s
Compilation reel of various activities and events attended by the Grime Family in Lancashire during the 1930s. Includes scenes of the family larking about in their back garden; visiting the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool; swimming in a lido pool and watching a cross country race through suburban streets. Concludes with shots of the Royal Lancashire Show. Large crowds watch performances and displays put on by the Royal Marines gunteam, band and a motor cycle club.
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Film no: 1859 [FAMILY HOLIDAYS IN THE COUNTRY AND ON THE BEACH] c1950-51
Producer: Mr Frederick Grime
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 29s
Scenes of the Grime Family walking in the countryside and playing on the beach. Includes shots of some children picking flowers in a field; women folk dancing and family members playing leapfrog. A woman is also seen walking down a street, pushing a pram, with a toddler riding alongside her on a tricycle. Concludes with children paddling in a stream and playing on the banks of a river.
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Film no: 1861 [A FAMILY CHRISTMAS AND BIRTHDAY PARTY] c1964
Producer: Holman Family
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 9s
Interior shots of a family home at Christmas. Three children are seen undoing their christmas presents in bed. The camera pans around the living room. Two women sit at a table laden with food, watching a man and girl playing a game of draughts. The film concludes with footage taken at a 21st [?] birthday party. Guests are seen enjoying themselves - drinking, smoking and dancing.
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Film no: 1863 LIVERPOOL SOUNDING c1963-67
Producer: West of England Film Unit Ltd Bristol in cooperation with The City of Liverpool Public Relations Office
colour - sound - 16mm - 19m 30s
Film footage of streetscenes, events and activities taking place in Liverpool in the 1960s. Includes shots of various civic buildings and statues, Otterspool Promenade, Speke Hall, the university refectory and campus, Liverpool Town Hall and several parks and gardens. Also includes interior shots of the Philharmonic Hall, Walker Gallery and Museum, Picton Library and the Cavern club.
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Film no: 1874 [SEASIDE SCENES AND COASTLINE] *1966
Producer: Eckersley Family [?]
colour - silent - std8m - 2m 0s
Scenes from a family holiday - includes children paddling in the sea; shots of pleasure cruises on the water and boys fishing off the quayside. Also includes shots of a rocky coastline and people standing on the shore of a cove.
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Film no: 1876 [FAMILY SCENES; CHURCH PROCESSION] *1966
Producer: Eckersley Family [?]
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 50s
Miscellaneous family footage - includes shots of birds feeding on a piece of bread; people walking in a park; town streetscenes; close up shots of a poodle; brief shots of a church procession of young girls wearing white dresses and a shot of a man holding a rat while children stroke it.
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Film no: 1878 [SCENES FROM DAVID AND DAUD] *1977
Producer: Pleckgate School
colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 44s
Scenes from the film "David and Daud" (accession number 1219). The two boys and their parents arrive at Pleckgate School in Blackburn, for their first day. They are introduced to other pupils, teachers and the school headmaster.
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Film no: 1879 [HOLIDAY IN IRELAND] *1945-47
Producer: Unknown
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - c15m 0s
Film consisting mainly of footage from a holiday to Southern Ireland. Opens with footage of people in a garden and and loading luggage into a car. Contains footage of countryside intercut with shots of small towns and villages. There is also footage of the port at Holyhead (Anglesey), shots from a ferry and some scenes from the North Wales coast. There is footage from Dublin, including the River Liffey and busy streetscenes, shots taken outside a wedding and children in a variety of situations, mainly rural. A group of adults and their car feature regularly. The second half of the film is in colour.
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Film no: 1880 [CATS AND GARDEN] *1946-52
Producer: Unknown
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 22m 30s
Family footage shot in and around a large garden in Cheshire. Cats are seen playing in a variety of situations, there are shots of horses and women in a field. People take refreshments in the garden and a man with a hearing aid is seen. Also includes footage of the road outside the garden and a building site where new houses are being built.
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Film no: 1881 VISIT TO U.S.A. AND CANADA, JUNE 1947 1947
Producer: Unknown
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 36m 30s
Film of a visit to the USA and Canada. There is footage from on board a ship leaving Southampton and in the Atlantic and of New York Harbour and skyline. There are shots of New York both from the ground and from a skyscraper. The film continues in Hartford, Connecticut with footage in a garden and of suburban streets and parks. There are also shots of a forest, a lake and a church. Children are seen playing. A bridge is seen before footage from Quebec, Canada, including shots from a native Canadian settlement. There is footage of a family(?) in a garden before further shots from New York Harbour as the boat departs and Southampton Docks as it reaches England.
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Film no: 1887 [WHIT WALKS, ROSE QUEENS AND] WRIGHTS HOLIDAYS GREAT YARMOUTH *1966-69
Producer: Mr Fred Wright
colour - silent - std8m - 22m 58s
Film featuring footage shot at various Whit Walks around Swinton. Rose Queens are seen being crowned and a variety of banner bearing groups march the streets. Children are seen dancing at the crowning ceremonies and crowds watch the festivities. The film continues with footage from the Wright family holiday to Great Yarmouth. The family is seen on a beach and in the sea. The film closes with a close-up of a flower bed.
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Film no: 1888 [WHIT WALKS AND WEDDINGS] *1966-71
Producer: Mr Fred Wright
colour - silent - std8m - 14m 38s
Film including footage of various Whit Walks. Features shots of boy scouts, Failsworth and District Brass Band, a rose queen and her attendants and a variety of banner carrying groups. There follows footage of three weddings. Guests are seen arriving and mingling with the wedding parties outside the churches. There are brief shots of children in fancy dress and floats. The film finishes with footage of a reception. There are close-ups of the food and shots of people dancing.
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Film no: 1896 [HOLIDAY SCENES; BOURNEMOUTH] *1949-50
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 47s
Members of the Preston family on holiday in Bournemouth. The film begins with scenes of the family sitting in a garden. A little boy turns somersaults on a rope hanging from a tree. They are then seen playing on a crowded beach, paddling in the sea and watching a Punch and Judy Show. The film concludes with shots of the seafront taken from on board the "Bournemouth Queen".
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Film no: 1900 [PRESTON FAMILY ON HOLIDAY IN FRANCE] *1930-31
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 23s
Preston family holiday scenes. Includes shots of the family sitting on a beach playing with a puppy; walking through the streets and along the promenade; visiting Cabourg and other tourist attractions in France. Further footage includes scenes of Mrs Preston playing a game of traditional skittles and darts and a close up shot of a man filming on the beach.
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Film no: 1902 I.O.M. STEAMER "RAMSEY TOWN" APPROACHING DOUGLAS *1931/33-34
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 10m 30s
Members of the Preston family on holiday in the Isle of Man. Includes various scenes of the family on board a steam cruiser; disembarking at Douglas Docks; visiting a trades exhibition and walking around a carnival. Also includes various shots of trams and buses travelling along the seafront.
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Film no: 1921 GLENGARRY CINEMA FILM PRODUCTION OF COLCHESTER CARNIVAL JULY 19TH 1928 1928
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 15m 17s
Mr Joshua Preston, Mayor of Stockport, attends Colchester Carnival on the 19th July 1928. Includes high angle shots of the procession and close up shots of various entries for the children"s fancy dress competition.
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Film no: 1926 STOCKPORT CARNIVAL 1932 1932
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 17m 35s
Scenes of Stockport Carnival in 1932. Decorated floats and fancy dress competitors gather at an assembly point before the procession starts. A group of young girls perform various acrobatic displays as they walk along the procession route. High angle shots of the parade show the crowd lined streets. At the festival ground Miss Marjorie Bradley is crowned Carnival Queen.
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Film no: 1931 TRAVEL BY THE PINES EXPRESS TO BOURNEMOUTH *1934-35
Producer: Preston Family
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 18m 28s
Members of the Preston family travel to Bournemouth on the "Pines Express" steam train. Includes interior shots of Mr and Mrs Joshua Preston drinking in one of the carriages. The family are also seen taking a trip along the river, swimming in the sea and relaxing in front of a beach hut. Includes shots of some children paddling in a shallow moat encircling the park and concludes with a shot of a paddle steamer.
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Film no: 1935 [GREEK STREET BAPTIST ROSE QUEEN CELEBRATIONS] *1934-35
Producer: Preston Family
b/w - silent - 16mm - 2m 58s
Scenes of a childrens sports day and prize giving ceremony. Includes scenes of Miss Nora Turner as the Greek Street Baptist Rose Queen.
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Film no: 1969 THE SCHOOL FILM [HOLY INFANT"S SCHOOL] *1944/47
Producer: J H Southern
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 3m 55s
Activities taking place at the Holy Infant"s School in Bolton. A school master is seen showing a group of young boys how to correctly hold a cricket bat, during a games lesson - outside in the playground. Miss Cowen teaches a new dance to a group of senior girls - they all lock hands and dance around the school field, in a large circle. Concludes with brief close up shots of final year students, prior to them leaving the school.
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Film no: 1970 [HOLY INFANT"S SCHOOL SPORTS DAY] *1951
Producer: Holy Infants School - Ethel Ogden Film Studios
colour - silent - 16mm - 6m 21s
Children of the Holy Infant"s School in Bolton are seen taking part in a school sports day. Features several track and field events, as well as a few novelty races such as - egg and spoon, balancing a book on their heads and a slow bicycle race. A close up shot of the score board at the end of the film, reveals that "Our Lady"s" won the competition overall; with 233 1/2 points.
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Film no: 1971 FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES 1949-50 1949-52
Producer: Holy Infants School - Ethel Ogden Film Studios
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 12m 39s
Film commemorating the Holy Infant"s School football achievements, in Bolton between 1949-50. Junior and senior schoolboy teams are seen practicing outside on a muddy pitch. Mr Lomax, the games teacher, discusses tactics and poses with the team for a group photograph. The second half of the film features scenes from a football match held at Burnden Park Stadium on the 5th April 1952. The Holy Infant"s senior team win the George Fell cup, by beating Sunning Hill 3 : 2. Jimmy Ginty scores the winning goal ten minutes before the end of the match. Includes interior shots of Bolton Wanderers dressing room, where Councillor George Fell presents the trophy to the winning team.
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Film no: 1972 MAY SUNDAY PROCESSION *1949
Producer: Holy Infants School - Ethel Ogden Film Studios
colour - silent - 16mm - 6m 21s
A church choir leads a procession through the streets of Bolton [?]. The rest of the congregation follow on behind. A number of young girls are seen wearing their white confirmation dresses. Includes interior shots of the church - one of the girls places a garland of flowers and a set of rosary beads on a statue of the Virgin Mary.
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Film no: 1973 THE SCHOOL FILM [HOLY INFANT"S SCHOOL ACTIVITIES] *1949
Producer: Holy Infants School - Ethel Ogden Film Studios
colour - silent - 16mm - 13m 52s
A glimpse of school life at the Holy Infants School in Bolton. Includes footage of various lessons attended by the senior years, such as technical drawing, bookbinding, model making, needlework and weaving. The infants class is seen playing games with their teacher in a nearby park. The film also features scenes from a school play produced entirely by the children. Includes "behind-the-scenes" footage of the costume designers, stage carpenters, sound engineers and the percussion band.
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Film no: 1974 [HEYSHAM; CHRISTMAS 1956; MANCHESTER PARKS] c1950s
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 9m 14s
A variety of footage. Includes shots of a church at Heysham; Southport streetscenes and lido; interior shots of a family meal at Christmas; two woman walking through the grounds of Alexandra Park in Manchester and brief footage of a pageant day procession.
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Film no: 1982 WIGAN CARNIVAL 1929
Producer: Unknown
b/w - silent - 35mm - 9m 25s
Scenes from Wigan Carnival in July 1929. Brief views of a brass band, followed by Wigan on Wheels Pageant, a procession along Wallgate Street featuring numerous horse-drawn vehicles, bicycles (including a bone-shaker) and carnival floats. Many of the participants are in fancy dress, and others collect money from the watching crowds. The film ends with views of the fun fair at Bull Hey, showing the different rides and stalls, including a merry-go-round and a Test-Your-Strength machine.
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Film no: 1983 THE TRIPE COLONY 1994
Producer: Mark Westcott
colour - sound - Beta - 4m 30s
This video was entered into a competition run by Granada / Boddington"s Festival in 1994. It focuses on Manchester City Council"s decision to demolish an area of Miles Platting, known as "Tripe Colony" on 25th July 1994. Former residents return to the estate and discuss their reaction to the city council"s compulsory purchase order, issued in 1993, deeming the houses structurally uninhabitable. Includes shots of deserted streets, boarded up windows and derelict buildings. They describe a thriving community destroyed by a decision they believe to be rooted in Manchester"s bid for the Olympics.
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Film no: 1985 [THE TRIPE COLONY - UNEDITED 2] 1994
Producer: Mark Westcott
colour - sound - Beta - 16m 37s
Unedited footage relating to accession no. 1983 The Tripe Colony. Includes exterior footage of the Colony Community Centre, boarded up and in a state of disrepair. Travelling shots through the estate show deserted streets and derelict buildings. Also features close up shots of a Homewatch sign, burglar alarm, For Sale sign and the Compulsory Purchasing Order issued to the Tripe Colony residents in 1993; by Manchester City Council.
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Film no: 1989 [DEAN ROAD HASLINGDEN] 1940
Producer: Mr S Moorhouse [?]
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 36s
Various scenes and activities taking place on Dean Road in Haslingden in 1940. Includes shots of the street in winter - men are seen shovelling snow from the pavement and roads. Further scenes include children playing with a skipping rope and having a game of ring-a-ring-of-roses in the middle of the road. The film also includes brief shots of a woman feeding a goat over a garden gate; a group of children lined up outside a house waiting to see a film show at Mr Moorhouse"s Cinema; a young boy filling a car with petrol outside a garage and a family group attending a wedding and standing in their back garden.
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Film no: 1991 [HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE 1969] 1969
Producer: BBC
colour - sound - 16mm - 3m 57s
Footage shot in November 1969 as part of the BBC Chronicle series. Features restoration work taking place at Higher Mill in Helmshore. A group of volunteers led by Derek Pilkington are seen converting the mill into a textile museum. Includes scenes of school children being shown around the site and close up shots of the restored water wheel. (The film was broadcast in March 1970 as an entry for Chronicle"s Industrial Archaeological prize)
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Film no: 1997 [HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE - TRIMS 5] 1972
Producer: BBC
colour - sound (sep) exts - 16mm - 10m 26s
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC "Chronicle" programme, shown as part of the "Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain" series. Includes interior and exterior shots of Higher Mill. Derek Pilkington is seen talking to a group of children as they stand next to a working water wheel. [There is no final edit of the finished programme see 1993 - 2001 for related material].
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Film no: 2003 CARNIVAL "78 1978
Producer: Mr J N Newton / Stockport Cine & Video Society
colour - silent - std8m - 14m 0s
British Telecom staff help to prepare their float for the 1978 Altrincham Carnival. Includes scenes of the design/construction of a globe, making/attaching paper flower decorations and constructing a Busby mascot. Also the procession with views of the crowds and Altrincham streets.
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Film no: 2009 CATERING FOR WHO? 1992
Producer: Bengalis With Attitude Youth Group
colour - sound - Hi-ba - 30m 24s
Video centred on Mossley"s Bangladeshi community, dealing with the problems of young Asians in Britain. The video focuses primarily on their limited career options, with boys being steered towards the catering trade from a young age. Featuring interviews and group discussions the video stresses the importance of education and includes shots of Mossley and Rusholme as well as classroom footage.
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Film no: 2020 DANCE IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL 1974
Producer: Derek Monk for the Schools Council
colour - sound - 16mm - 19m 34s
Film showing how dance is taught in four schools in Preston. Shows the framework of a lesson and the development of a simple group dance.
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Film no: 2026 EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS FOR LOWER JUNIORS 1969
Producer: Attico films in association with EFVA
colour - sound - 16mm - 14m 18s
Training film for teachers. Shows a class of first year junior school children from Scotforth C of E Primary School Lancaster during a P.E. lesson. Using floor mats, small and large apparatus the children develop skills in co-ordination, movement and imagination.
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Film no: 2032 ALONG THE BOLLIN *1972-75
Producer: Ashgate Films (Maurice Sugden Magson)
colour - silent - std8m - 30m 25s
Film following the course of the River Bollin through Cheshire. Opens with shots of hang-gliders gathered on a hillside and airborne. Continues with footage of the river as it passes through Langley, Macclesfield, past the Trentabank Reservoir, through Prestbury, Bollin Bridge, Wilmslow and Styal, where Quarry Bank Mill is seen. The river crosses the Bridgewater Canal near Lymm and joins the Manchester Ship Canal. The film features the canal from this point to Liverpool. Intercut with footage of the River Bollin are shots of the surrounding countryside and various activities, settlements, wildlife and buildings found near its banks. Includes streetscenes from Macclesfield and Wilmslow, a conglomeration of boats and people near Lymm and children playing at a variety of locations. There is footage of Castle Mill open air swimming pool and of people playing tennis, golf and rugby union. A helicopter is seen lowering a girder into a forest clearing for the construction of a bridge and there are scenes from Manchester airport, including shots from a plane landing. Aerial shots feature at various points of the film.
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Film no: 2033 LIVING IN STYAL *1966-69
Producer: Ashgate Films (Maurice Sugden Magson)
colour - silent - std8m - 35m 50s
Film about life in Styal. Opens with footage from Manchester, ten miles from Styal, showing heavy traffic and busy shopping areas. Continues with shots of the countryside around Styal, the village and farmland. Places of worship, businesses, a school, the police station and Styal railway station are all seen as is the interior and exterior of The Old Ship Inn. A released prisoner (?) is seen leaving Styal Womens Prison, pursued by camera crews and journalists she, and the man driving her, are seen being interviewed. Various activities are featured inluding farming, a cricket match, a football match, a play and an artist at work. A brass band, majorettes and children in fancy dress are seen at a fete and Rose Queen celebrations are featured. There is footage from a jumble sale, Bonfire Night and Remembrance Sunday as well as a Christmas dinner. The film progresses from one summer to the next spring with shots of the area illustrating the seasons, a snowbound Styal is seen prior to shots of recently hatched birds. The film closes with footage of Manchester Airport.
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Film no: 2037 NORFOLK WHITSUNTIDE 1934 1934
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 34s
Film of a family holiday to Norfolk. Includes footage of Kings Lynn, Skegness, Cley, Cromer, Sandringham, Boston, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. Much of the footage is shot from a moving car, windmills feature prominently and livestock is seen on several roads.
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Film no: 2052 [CHILD AND PUPPY] c1930s
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 39s
Film featuring footage of a child at various ages from birth. She is seen with a nurse, her parents, learning to walk and playing in various locations. The child is also seen playing with a puppy. The film closes with footage of the puppy at various ages and locations, including snow covered fields.
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Film no: 2053 [FAIRGROUND, CIRCUS AND DANCING IN THE PARK] c1940s
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 15m 14s
Film including footage of children playing on beaches, in a field and in a garden and small swimming pool. Also includes shots of children on a miniature railway and various fairground rides (possibly at Blackpool or Southport). There is footage of a procession, maypole dancing and crowds dancing in a park. The performers and animals of Chipperfield Circus are seen arriving in a town, watched by crowds. The film continues with footage from a zoo, including children riding on an elephant. Runcorn Transporter Bridge is seen in operation before brief footage of a bus and two trains. The film closes with shots of people in a garden.
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Film no: 2062 COCKERSANDS 1934 [AND 1935] c1934-35
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 48s
Film of two camping holidays at Cockersands. Features coastal views and footage of; people fishing, with rods and nets; farm animals; a game of tennis in a field and people in the sea.
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Film no: 2066 PRESTON SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY c1937
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 4m 7s
Footage from the Preston Scientific Society"s trip to Scotland. Includes scenes of hillwalking and rockclimbing as well as brief shots from a farm.
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Film no: 2069 ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER AUDE c1930s
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 10s
The film opens with shots of a town and a marble quarry on the banks of the River Aude. It continues with footage from the Alhambra of Granada, a palace. There is also footage from Athens with tourists seen at prominent buildings and amongst ruins, from Sfax in Africa and from Constantine. Footage from the latter two locations includes shots of tribal musicians, a netmaker, a flute maker and a muslim woman praying.
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Film no: 2072 [PORT LOGAN AND ENVIRONS] 1949
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 15m 43s
Film of a holiday to the Port Logan area of South West Scotland. Adults and children are seen at various beaches and areas of countryside. There is also footage of a carnival, a miniature railway and a playground.
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Film no: 2073 [PRESTON GUILD 1952: PROCESSION AND PAGEANT] 1952
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 12m 59s
Film of the 1952 Preston Guild. A procession is seen, including civic groups on foot and on floats, religious groups and children, many in fancy dress. Crowds line the streets. Continues with footage of a mock medieval tournament in a park and displays of dancing and gymnastics by children.
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Film no: 2075 [MAY QUEEN AND DANCING] 1950s
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 4m 35s
Film featuring May Queen celebrations in the grounds of Samlesbury school. The May Queen and her attendents are seen , watched by a crowd, before children are seen dancing around a Maypole and engaged in Scottish dancing. The film closes with brief footage, in black and white, of a church and its grounds.
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Film no: 2076 [MISCELLANY AND SPORTS] c1940s
Producer: Reginald Rigby
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 14m 45s
The film opens with footage of the wedding party and guests outside a wedding. It continues with footage of an agricultural show, featuring livestock and show jumping. There is also holiday footage from the Isle of Man and the Lake District, including shots of countryside, coastal areas and a steam railway. The film includes footage of a military parade and brief shots of soldiers training as well as footage of children dancing in a park. The film closes with a section entitled "sports" featuring brief footage of Preston North End Football Club"s matches against Derby County, Newcastle United, Arsenal, Blackburn (?) Rovers and unspecified opponents as well as diving at the South Shore Baths in Blackpool.
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Film no: 2078 [CHILDREN - THE BEECHES, WEST DIDSBURY; APRIL 1925] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 48s
Family footage shot in the garden of a house situated on The Beeches in West Didsbury; April 1925. Includes various scenes of a baby and child, sitting in a pram and playing with their nanny.
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Film no: 2080 [BEHRENS FAMILY AT HOLLY ROYDE & THE BEECHES; MAY 1925] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 53s
Various family scenes shot in the Behrens" garden at Holly Royde in Withington; May 1925. Includes a brief shot of a nanny playing with a baby and child on the lawn - two maids, carrying trays, are seen walking past in the background. Also features a family group - mum, dad, and two young children - exiting a garden gate and walking down a suburban street (The Beeches) in West Didsbury.
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Film no: 2081 [SANDSEND, 1ST-6TH JUNE 1925] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 45s
Footage of the Behrens family on holiday in Sandsend; June 1925. Includes various scenes of the family on the beach - Two men are seen wading through the sea, carrying a man and a boy to dry land. A large rowing boat is seen anchored in the background. - Three little girls stand on top of a sand castle, trying desperately to keep their feet dry, while a young boy shovels sand around them in an attempt to keep the in coming tide at bay. - A group of women are seen standing on a breezy hillside, dressed in outdoor clothing, carrying rucksacks and walking sticks. The film also features a brief shot of a London North Eastern Railway (L.N.E.R.) steam train departing from a platform.
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Film no: 2082 [SKERRIES, JUNE/JULY 1925] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 56s
Various scenes of the Behrens family on holiday in Skerries in the summer of 1925. Includes nice footage of a group of toddlers and babies playing with bouncy balls, in a cliff top garden overlooking the sea. One of the children is seen pushing a very ornate push chair backwards and forwards across the grass - lots of toys litter the ground around them. Further scenes include some children in bathing costumes and caps, paddling along the waters edge; a family group sitting on a rocky shore smiling at the camera and a couple of adults swimming in the sea and drying themselves on the beach.
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Film no: 2083 [SOMERSAULTS MOORSIDE, AUGUST 1925] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 50s
Family footage shot in the grounds of a large house in Moorside; 1925. Some children and their nanny play on the lawn. A group of adults are seen having afternoon tea outside in the garden. Also includes shots of a young boy doing somersaults on a set of gymnast"s rings. The camera remains stationary and several adults run into shot, in quick succession, and do a forward somersault using the rings. Even the nanny, who is in full uniform, has a turn.
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Film no: 2084 [DERRICK, MARY AND RUTH; ILKLEY 16TH AUGUST 1925] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 56s
Family footage of two children and a toddler running around a garden naked. Includes a shot of the older children sat in the undergrowth and paddling in a pond with a man who has his trousers rolled up.
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Film no: 2087 [MAY 1926; BRASTED] 1926
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 47s
Various members of the Behrens family are seen standing outside a house in Brasted. Miscellaneous shots include a woman walking through a gateway, arms interlinked with a maid (in uniform); a young child walking down a garden path towards the camera and a convertible car travelling slowly down a country lane.
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Film no: 2090 [PENSARN; JULY/AUGUST 1926] 1926
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 3m 53s
Members of the Behrens family on holiday in Pensarn, North Wales, in 1926. Two little girls are seen digging a huge hole on the beach. They wear dresses and are covered in wet sand. Concludes with a shot of the family group sitting on the beach, some in deckchairs and one man in the hole the girls have made.
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Film no: 2091 [HOLIDAY IN ITALY; SEPT/OCT 1926] 1926
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 5m 45s
Members of the Behrens family on holiday in Italy; 1926. Includes scenic views of the surrounding landscape and various buildings and boats situated along a riverbank. Also features brief shots of two Italian women carrying their clean laundry and washing equipment back from the rivers edge; a moving shot of a train travelling along the railway line towards the camera and a farmer sitting on a trailer that is being pulled along the road by two oxen.
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Film no: 2092 [BOUNCING BABY] 1927
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 48s
A man stands in the garden at the Beeches holding a baby. He bounces the child up and down in front of the camera. Other family members are also seen standing on the garden path next to them.
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Film no: 2093 [CHILDREN AT "THE BEECHES"; MAY 1927] 1927
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 53s
Mary and Ruth Behrens are seen playing in the garden of a house situated on The Beeches in West Didsbury; May 1927. Includes brief scenes of the children, and their nanny, digging in the vegetable patch and having a game of croquet on the lawn.
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Film no: 2097 [MARY AND RUTH IN THE GARDEN] 1928
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 18s
Two children, Mary and Ruth Behrens, are seen running up and down a garden path, wearing bonnets and coats. A couple of adults stand watching in the background.
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Film no: 2098 [ST ANNES; APRIL 1928] 1928
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 53s
Two children, Mary and Ruth Behrens, are seen building sand castles on a deserted beach at St Annes; April 1928.
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Film no: 2099 [NIXONS : EALING; APRIL 1928] 1928
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 57s
Members of the Behrens family visit friends in Ealing; April 1928. Two little girls, a boy and a woman are seen playing in a garden - The children run around trying to find paper bags containing toys and sweets finds a bag with a large bouncy ball inside. Further scenes include a walk in the park and shots of some seals swimming in an enclosure surrounded by spectators.
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Film no: 2103 [MARK ARNOLD-FOSTER; SEPT 1928] 1928
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 45s
Three adults and a young boy are seen having a picnic in the countryside. The boy tries to drink some water from a pipe delivering supplies to a cattle trough in the middle of a field. His attempts to catch the water in his mouth fails to quench his thirst and he resorts to holding his cupped hands under the waters flow.
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Film no: 2105 [THE BEHRENS FAMILY, HOLLY ROYDE] c1929 - 30
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 2s
A group of adults are seen standing on the steps of Mr and Mrs Behrens house, "Holly Royde" , in Withington. A car is parked in the driveway. Somebody gets into the passengers seat and it drives off. Also includes shots of individual family members walking around the garden.
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Film no: 2106 [BARNARD CASTLE; MARCH 1929] 1929
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 5m 25s
Various scenes of the Behrens family, and friends, during their stay at Barnard Castle; March 1929. Includes footage of the children playing in the back garden. Mr Behrens stands up on a see-saw, balancing himself and another child in the middle. The other two girls stand either end, rocking the see-saw backwards and forwards. Also features Mrs Behrens dressed up in an elaborate chinese costume. She twirls around in the middle of the garden and is joined by the three girls, who are also seen wearing chinese style clothing. Concludes with shots of the family walking through a wood.
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Film no: 2111 [BEHREN FAMILY HOLIDAYS; AUGUST 1929] 1929
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 25s
Members of the Behrens family on holiday in Skerries; August 1929. Opens on a shot of some swimmers being dragged along through the water, behind a rowing boat full of people. Includes scenes of the family and their friends relaxing on a stony, isolated beach. The children are seen paddling and playing at the waters edge. One of the little girls, Ruth Behrens, is shown being taught how to swim in the sea by her mother.
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Film no: 2112 [BEHRENS FAMILY; HOLE IN THE GARDEN] 1929
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 58s
Mary and Ruth Behrens are seen playing in the garden with their mother and father. The two young girls take it in turns to jump on to a high mound of soil in the middle of a large hole. The adults join in the fun by linking hands with children and pulling against them to try and make them topple over. At the end of the film they all take it in turns to jump over the hole.
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Film no: 2113 [THE BEHRENS FAMILY - CHILDREN IN THE GARDEN] 1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 58s
Several adults and children are seen standing about in the garden of a large house (location unknown). Includes shots of a couple of woman sitting in chairs in the porchway and two little girls. Mary and Ruth Behrens, playing ring-a-ring-a-roses with some other children outside on the grass.
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Film no: 2115 [HOLIDAY IN SKERRIES : SHINAIG] 1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 45s
Members of the Behrens family on holiday in Ireland; 1930. A group of adults and children are seen paddling in the sea and running along the beach doing strange dances and walks.
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Film no: 2117 [THE BEHRENS FAMILY AND FRIENDS; SKERRIES 1930] 1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 50s
Scenes of the Behrens family on holiday in Ireland; August / September 1930. Includes shots of a group of individuals sat on a blanket in a garden. Two women, a man and a young boy chase one another up and down a garden path. A house is visible in the background with a set of wooden steps leading up to a door on the first floor. The man walks down these backwards.
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Film no: 2118 [THE BEHRENS FAMILY ON HOLIDAY IN SKERRIES; 1930] 1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 27s
Various scenes of the Behrens family on holiday in Ireland; 1930. Includes shots of a group of adults and children standing in the driveway of a large house (location unknown). A convertible car is seen parked in front of the steps leading up to a porchway where several people are sitting. Concludes with a shot of a young girl wearing a bathing cap and dressing gown. She runs across the lawn towards the camera and sticks out her tongue.
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Film no: 2119 [BEHRENS FAMILY HOLIDAY, IRELAND 1930] 1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 30s
Various scenes of the Behrens family on holiday in Ireland; 1930. Mr Leonard Behrens (wearing a bathing costume) is seen hitting a tennis ball in a garden. The ball bounces backwards and forwards attached to a piece of elastic.
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Film no: 2120 [BEHRENS FAMILY ON HOLIDAY IN IRELAND; SKERRIES 1930] 1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 2s
Various scenes of the Behrens family on holiday in Ireland; 1930. Includes shots of Mr and Mrs Behrens sitting in a garden with another couple of women. They are seen laughing and smiling - Mr Behrens tries to kiss his wife in front of the camera; she resists and he ends up pushing her away. Further scenes include a man standing up in the middle of a rowing boat, rocking it from side to side. The passengers, a small group of adults and children, stand close by on a rocky shore.
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Film no: 2121 [HOTEL IN CANNES] 1933
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 4s
Mr and Mrs Behrens on holiday in Cannes. Includes panning shots of the surrounding landscape, taken from the balcony of their hotel. The film also contains footage of two children playing in the garden at Netherby, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury. The little girl and boy stand either side of a hammock, throwing cushions at each other. Concludes with a brief shot of a line of sailors [?], on their hands and knees, scrubbing the deck of a ship.
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Film no: 2125 [FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; "HOLLY ROYDE"] c1931
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 2s
Family footage of four young children, dressed in hats and coats, standing on the steps of their grandparents house "Holly Royde" in Withington. Two of the children are Mary and Ruth Behrens.
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Film no: 2129 [BEHRENS FAMILY : PARTY FUN] c1935
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 5s
Friends and family of Mr and Mrs Behrens are seen running around the garden, chasing one another. Some of the adults and children wear party hats. The atmosphere is very light hearted and jovial - all the party goers appear to be enjoying themselves.
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Film no: 2139 [RELAXING IN HAMMOCKS] 1940
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 4s
A man and a woman are seen relaxing in hammocks in the Behrens family garden; May 1940. The adults, including Mrs Behrens take it in turns to ride a child"s bicycle. The bike has four wheels and is propelled forward, by a quick push/pull movement on the handle bars, known as the push-me-pull-you.
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Film no: 2142 [TWO LITTLE BOYS] 1947
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 5s
Two little boys are seen playing in the Behrens family garden. One of the boys sits in a small trolley and is pulled across the lawn by the other child.
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Film no: 2143 [BEHRENS FAMILY - NETHERBY GARDEN] 1947
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 5s
Scenes of Mr and Mrs Behrens with their daughter Ruth, and her three children, in the family garden; 1947. Includes shots of a summer house in the background.
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Film no: 2144 [CHILDREN"S SPORTS - FATHER"S RACE] c1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 59s
Scenes of a sports day. Boys and girls are seen participating in a variety of races. A group of fathers are cheered on by a crowd of spectators as they run a lap of the course. Concludes with the prize giving ceremony.
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Film no: 2145 [SKERRIES; SUN-SUITS] c1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 1s
Two little girls are seen playing leap frog in a garden, wearing just their underwear. One of the girls, Ruth Behrens, puts on her dress and then walks over to an elderly woman who sits in a deckchair knitting. Concludes with a brief shot of four girls standing next to a garden gate, looking shyly towards the camera.
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Film no: 2146 [SKERRIES; SWIMMING AND TEA IN GARDEN] c1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 11s
The Behrens family on the beach at Skerries. A group of adults and children are seen swimming in the sea with rubber rings. Also includes a high angle shot of two women and a little girl having tea in the garden.
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Film no: 2148 [NETHERBY - ROSE GARDEN] c1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 3s
Mrs Behrens and her two young daughters, Ruth and Mary, are seen picking roses in the garden. Concludes with shots of the two girls cartwheels and handstands on the lawn.
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Film no: 2149 [RUTH AND MARY - TENNIS IN THE GARDEN] c1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 37s
A young girl, Ruth, is seen running around the garden with no clothes on. She picks up a tennis racket and hits a ball that is attached to a piece of elastic. The ball bounces wildly and she has to keep ducking to avoid being hit. Her older sister, Mary, is also seen practicing with the tennis racket. The film concludes with both girls skipping around the town, holding hands.
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Film no: 2152 [GARDEN - BEHRENS FAMILY] c1929
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 19s
Two young girls, Mary and Ruth Behrens, are seen digging a hole in a garden.
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Film no: 2156 [RICHARD ZIMMON AND RUTH BEHRENS PLAYING IN THE GARDEN] c1929-30
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 30s
A girl and boy are seen playing in a hammock, in the Behrens family garden. They both try to push each other out by rocking the hammock side to side.
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Film no: 2159 [TEA PARTY WITH DOG] c1934
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 5s
A group of adults and children are seen having a picnic in the country. The camera pans around the group as they sit on the grass eating and drinking. Includes a shot of Ruth and Mary Behrens, walking down a tree-lined lane with three teenage boys. One of the boys is accompanied by a small dog on the end of a lead.
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Film no: 2165 [HOLIDAY SCENES; SAMSONS] c1930s
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 59s
Holiday scenes - passengers are seen boarding a boat. Includes various shots of family members standing together smiling at the camera. Concludes with a group of young boys swinging on metal bars on the beach.
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Film no: 2166 [MR & MRS BEHRENS AND CHILDREN IN NETHERBY GARDEN] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 4s
Mr and Mrs Behrens are seen walking along a driveway, outside their family home. Includes footage of two young children and a toddler, kicking inflatable ball in the garden.
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Film no: 2167 [CHILDREN AND TODDLER IN NETHERBY GARDEN] c1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 55s
Children playing in the Behrens family garden. Includes shots of two little girls sitting on a small wooden horse and a toddler wearing a knotted handkerchief on its head.
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Film no: 2170 [CHURCH STRETTON I] 1928
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 58s
Scenes of a woman and two small children sitting near a brook in the countryside around Church Stretton. The woman watches the two children as they fish in the brook with nets.
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Film no: 2184 [CHILD ON A BICYCLE] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 25s
Interior shots of a woman with a young child sat on her knee. Cuts to a shot of a woman and child playing in a field. The child sits on an adult"s bicycle and the woman pushes it across the field towards the camera. A dog follows on behind.
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Film no: 2187 [BEHRENS - BEACH SCENES] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 56s
Mr and Mrs Behrens are seen on a beach with two young children and a toddler. The three youngsters climb on top of a large pile of sand. The tide is out and the rest of the beach is deserted. Location Skerries.
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Film no: 2193 [CHOPPY SEA] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 4s
Miscellaneous scenes of the sea. Includes brief shots of some boats moored in a foreign harbour and various travelling shots of the sea, taken from on board ship. Concludes with family footage of a young girl walking along a garden path, holding hands with two women and a brief shot of a couple of children playing on a swing.
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Film no: 2194 [FAMILY SCENES; GARDEN & ROADSIDE] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 57s
Family footage shot in a back garden. A woman holds a young girl in her arms and kisses her on the cheek. Also features five children and two women walking along a quiet country road on a windy day. They hold hands and form a circle to have a game of ring-a-ring-a-roses.
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Film no: 2195 [BEHREN FAMILY - SEVERAL GENERATIONS] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 56s
Various members of the Behrens family are seen walking out of the front door of a house. They are all wearing hats and coats and gather in groups on the driveway. There appears to be several generations of the family present. An elderly man and woman descend the front door steps, with a baby and two children. Concludes with everyone running around the driveway, larking about in front of the camera.
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Film no: 2196 [BEHRENS FAMILY GATHERING] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 58s
Scenes of a Behrens family gathering. Various family members are filmed as they walk down a set of steps leading from the front door of a large house. They stand around talking to each other on the driveway. One of the men, holds hands with a young boy and they dance around in a circle.
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Film no: 2197 [BEHRENS FAMILY - CHILDREN & ADULTS] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 8s
Various members of the Behrens family are filmed as they walk down some steps, leading from the front door of a large house. A small group of children and a couple of the women are also seen standing on the pavement next to a parked car. One of the boys takes his cap off and throws it in the air. The car drives off and they wave.
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Film no: 2198 [BEHRENS FAMILY SCENES] 1925-26
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 4s
Three young girls are seen having a game of ring-a-ring-a-roses on the driveway, in front of a large house. Includes a group shot of the girls standing with three women and a toddler. One of the girls has an inflated car inner tube, which she throws into the air and catches. Concludes with a brief shot of a man standing infront of a car cranking the handle to start the engine. Two women open the car"s doors and get into the vehicle.
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Film no: 2199 [BEHRENS FAMILY - WALKING IN THE GARDEN] 1925
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 39s
Behrens family footage - includes several shots of a group of adults and children, walking along a garden path towards the camera. Also includes separate shots of Mrs Behrens and Mr Behrens, walking and talking with a man on the lawn.
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Film no: 2200 [WIGWAM ON THE LAWN] 1926-27
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 59s
Two young girls are seen running and dancing around a garden. They sit on a blanket playing with their dolls. A homemade wig-wam is situated in the middle of the lawn. Two women sit in deckchairs watching the children play.
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Film no: 2202 [CHILDREN PLAYING GAMES - BEHRENS FAMILY] c1930s
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 56s
Opens on a shot of a car parked in the driveway of a large house. A young girl sits on the bonnet while another girl stands on the footplate. They both clap and wave out at the camera. Further scenes include four children holding hands in a line and skipping along the driveway. Concludes with shots of the children having an egg and spoon race on the lawn.
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Film no: 2203 [BEHRENS FAMILY - DEPARTURE SCENES] c1930
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 58s
Various members of the Behrens family stand outside their house in Didsbury, bidding farewell to a couple of well dressed ladies. Both women wear hats and stoles. They say their goodbyes and get into a car that is parked on the driveway. Includes a shot of a chauffeur shutting the car door and two young girls sitting on the car"s rear bumper.
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Film no: 2206 [BEHRENS FAMILY - GIRLS IN THE GARDEN] 1928
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 58s
Family footage of two young girls playing in a garden. A woman in a deckchair adjusts the hat of one of the children before they run off to play on the lawn.
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Film no: 2207 [HOMEMADE WIG-WAM] c1930s
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 55s
Two young girls are seen playing with their toys in the back garden. Includes shots of the children running around the lawn and sitting inside a homemade wig-wam.
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Film no: 2208 [SUMMER HOUSE] 1928
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 58s
Family footage - two young children are seen holding hands with an elderly woman as they walk across the lawn towards the camera. Also includes a shot of two women sitting in a summer house.
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Film no: 2209 [GARDEN SCENES; CHILD"S WHEELBARROW] 1928
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 47s
Two well dressed women are seen playing with a young girl on the back lawn. One of the women runs around in circles, pushing a teddy bear in a child"s wheelbarrow. The same woman is also seen chasing the other woman around the garden, holding a worm in her out stretched hand.
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Film no: 2210 [MISCELLANEOUS SCENES - BEHRENS FAMILY] c1930s
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 0s
Miscellaneous scenes - including a man wheeling a bike infront of a house; two train engines moving along a toy track in the middle of a lawn and a group of adults walking along a rocky shore and two young girls paddling in the sea.
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Film no: 2211 [CHILDREN PADDLING IN A STREAM] c1927-28
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 59s
Behrens family footage - includes scenes of various family members walking in the countryside. Two young girls paddle in a stream, under a footbridge. They both wear wellington boots and splash around in the water throwing stones.
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Film no: 2213 [BEHRENS FAMILY - SCENES IN THE GARDEN] 1928
Producer: Leonard F Behrens
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 0m 58s
Scenes of some adults and children in a back garden. Includes various close up shotss of the children and a shot of one of the women taking a photograph of the person that is filming her.
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Film no: 2215 [DISLEY SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS] 1935
Producer: Mr Eric A Smith
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 32s
Film of a procession through the crowd lined streets of Disley in Cheshire. Includes scenes of celebrations and events marking the Silver Jubilee. Large crowds stand in the town square[?] which is festooned with buntings and flags. Also features footage of some children participating in a running race. A group of spectators are seen standing in the middle of a field watching the activities in the rain. Concludes with shots of Southampton Dock taken from onboard a ship and scenes of a group of young men larking about on a beach; wearing bathing trunks.
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Film no: 2216 [SMITH FAMILY - HOLIDAY & MINIATURE RAILWAY] 1954-55
Producer: Mr Eric A Smith
colour - silent - 9.5mm - 2m 2s
Scenes of the Smith Family on holiday in North Wales. The three children and their parents are seen getting into a car at a caravan site and visiting Portmeirion and Morfa Bychan beach. The family are also seen having a ride on a miniature railway. Concludes with shots of aircraft on the runway at R.A.F. Tangmere; Chichester.
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Film no: 2217 [SMITH FAMILY - HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES] 1954-55
Producer: Mr Eric A Smith
colour - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 6s
Scenes of the Smith family on holiday at Climping beach near Littlehampton.. The three children and their parents are seen having a ride on a miniature train and watching boats on a lake. One of the boys is seen standing next to a corn field, launching a toy helicopter into the air. Also features footage of the young daughter playing with a shoe on the beach.
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Film no: 2218 [SMITH FAMILY - BEACHES & BATHING] c1950s
Producer: Mr Eric A Smith
colour - silent - 9.5mm - 1m 8s
Scenes of the Smith family on holiday at a seaside resort in Southern England. Includes shots of the children playing with inflatable rings in the sea and on a fairground ride on the seafront.
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Film no: 2220 [BLACKPOOL, POULTON-LE-FYLDE, WINDSOR, ISLE OF MAN] 1936-39
Producer: Dr F J Edwards
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 10m 33s
Members of the Edwards family are seen on various day trips to Poulton-Le-Fylde, Windsor and Blackpool. Includes a shot of two large sail boats leaving Blackpool shore on a windy day. Both boats are packed with passengers who are tossed to and fro in the rough sea. The family are also seen relaxing on a crowded beach, making sandcastles and paddling in the sea. Further scenes include a Prescot Parish Church parade; aerial shots of the River Mersey; a civic procession through the streets of Prescot; holiday scenes in the Isle of Man; and footage of employees (from Prescot Gas Company), smiling at the camera prior to their 1938 works outing.
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Film no: 2221 [ISLE OF MAN HOLIDAY, HOUSE AND GARDEN] 1951-53
Producer: Dr F J Edwards
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 5m 27s
Members of the Edwards family on holiday in the Isle of Man. Includes scenes of the Manx Grand Prix motor cycle race; landscape shots of the coastline at Port Erin and scenes of the boat journey home. Domestic scenes include a man and woman mowing the lawn and tending to a garden (located in Wimbledon). Also features brief shots of a wedding; a family group standing around a motor bike in the country; Mrs Edwards sitting on a static stage coach in Snowdonia and various shots around a holiday cottage in North Wales.
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Film no: 2222 [EDWARD FAMILY - DOMESTIC SCENES AND HOLIDAY] 1954-56/58-60
Producer: Dr F J Edwards
b/w & colour - silent - 9.5mm - 8m 39s
Various family holidays in North Wales; 1954-1960. Members of the Edwards family, from Prescot, are seen playing on the beach at Llanbedrog. Includes footage of the family picnicking on the sand dunes, scuba diving and paddling in the sea. They are also seen walking, with relatives, along Otterspool Promenade in Liverpool; 1958. Further scenes include a shot of a woman pegging out some washing and two men riding a scooter (Lambretta?) across a field. Concludes with footage of the family at Hell"s Mouth beach, near Abersoch, in 1954. Features various shots of Mr and Mrs Edwards sitting on the beach with their baby daughter.
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Film no: 2225 [SCOUTS SUMMER CAMPS] *1945/48-52/55-57
Producer: Unknown
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 16m 41s
Members of a Cheshire Scout Troop are seen enjoying summer camp activities in Eire, Scotland and the Channel Islands. Includes scenes of the boys making a fire; peeling potatoes; cooking their dinner; washing up; having their kit and tents inspected and swimming in the sea. The film also includes the opening of Lymm Grammar School"s, new outdoor swimming pool, which was built in memory of all the ex-pupils killed during the first and second world wars.
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Film no: 2226 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORTS TEAMS] *1945/48
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w - silent - 16mm - 5m 18s
Members of Lymm Grammar School"s hockey, football, tennis and cricket teams; pose for the camera outside the school building. Also includes footage of a group of school girls doing country dancing at a Garden Fete; scenes from a school play and various close up shots of individual staff members and prefects.
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Film no: 2227 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - NEW PUPILS, GOVERNORS AND STAFF] *1947/48
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 10s
Various scenes and activities at Lymm Grammar School; 1949-50. Includes footage of staff and pupils filing out of the church on Founders" Day; a group of school girls performing a country dance display at a garden party and sporting scenes of the children competing in various track and field events. Also features close up shots of the Head boys and girls; teachers; governors and new pupils attending the school. Concludes with footage of the 2nd Lymm guides group, parading around a field. Includes the investiture of a new girl guide.
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Film no: 2228 1950-51 MANCHESTER SCHOOLS CHALLENGE SHIELD 1950-52
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 14m 28s
Various activities and events attended by pupils of Lymm Grammar School; 1950-52. Includes a visit to London, for the 1951 Festival of Britain and a school holiday to Brunmen in Switzerland. Staff and pupils are also seen filing out of a church, after celebrating 50 years of co-education on the special Founders" Day and a large group of school boys are seen competing in a cross country race. Also features close up shots of the girls hockey team, who won the 1950-51 Manchester Schools Challenge Shield; school governors for the year 1951-52; and members of the sixth form and staff.
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Film no: 2229 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - VISIT TO LONDON / SPORTS DAY] *1950-52
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 3m 41s
Staff and pupils from Lymm Grammar School are seen visiting London for the Festival of Britain; 1951. Also features scenes of a school sports day - school girls and boys are seen participating in various track and field events. Parents spectate from seats situated around the running track. Concludes with shots of teacher and children filing out of a church on Founders" Day.
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Film no: 2230 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - HOLIDAYS, TRIPS AND SCHOOL EVENTS] *1959
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 22m 16s
Pupils and staff from Lymm Grammar School are seen hiking in the Lake District; camping in North Wales and enjoying a skiing holiday in the Swiss Alps. Includes scenes of the children as they wait at London"s Victoria Station for a train/boat to Calais. Also features scenes of a school sports day; a Christmas fayre and pantomime; a prize - giving ceremony held in the school hall and footage of some sixth formers showing a party of overseas guests around the school grounds.
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Film no: 2231 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORTS EVENTS AND TRIPS ABROAD] *1952-54
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 22m 24s
Sports events and activities at Lymm Grammar school. Includes shots of a girls v boys hockey match; a cross country run; a school sports day and a game of tennis. Also features a group of school leavers, first year pupils and prefects standing infront of the school building; scenes from a school play and an excursion to Derbyshire. Concludes with landscape scenes of Switzerland and Italy shot during a school trip abroad. Includes footage of the journey, architecture and historical sites visited during the pupils stay.
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Film no: 2232 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORT, LESSONS AND EXCURSIONS] *1954-57
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 51m 26s
Pupils from Lymm Grammar School are seen participating in woodwork and needlework lessons; competing in various sports events and enjoying a geology excursion to the Lake District and a holiday in Switzerland. Also features some new classrooms being built; the opening of the school"s new outdoor swimming pool and shots of a group of teachers and kitchen staff standing infront of the school building. Concludes with footage of a school camping trip to North Wales. Pupils are seen pitching their tents; serving up food; eating a meal and hiking across streams and fields.
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Film no: 2233 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - DIGGING FOR VICTORY; CAMPING AND SPORTS] *1939-40/46/48/50/52-59
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 45m 23s
Pupils from Lymm Grammar School are seen competing in a cross country run; a boys v girls hockey match; various field and track events and a game of netball. Also features construction work on the new block of classrooms; a boy scout camp; the opening of the new outdoor swimming pool; a skiing holiday and interior shots of a boys woodwork class. Staff and pupils are also seen "Digging for Victory" in the school grounds. The film concludes with scenes of a camping trip - the children are seen getting off a bus with their camping gear and sleeping bags; pitching the tents; preparing a meal; washing up and clearing away the rubbish.
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Film no: 2234 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - HIKING, SPORT & HOLIDAYS] *1959/61
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 25m 2s
Pupils from Lymm Grammar School are seen hiking in the country and having a snowball fight on a hillside in the Lake District. Also features footage of a school sports day and prize giving ceremony. Includes shots of the children participating in sprint races, long jump, javelin and relay. Two school boys are also seen demonstrating capsizing techniques in a canoe, in the outdoor swimming pool. Further footage includes a staff retirement [?] party; a group of men and women walking through the corridors of the new school block [?] and scenes of the pupils on holiday in Anglesey and skiing in Switzerland.
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Film no: 2236 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SNOW, SPORTS AND EXCURSIONS] *1953-54
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 17m 48s
Pupils from Lymm Grammar School are seen building snowmen and having a snowball fight in the school grounds. Also includes scenes of a girls v boys hockey match and a large cross country race through woodlands and streets. Staff and pupils are also seen enjoying a camping trip - includes shots of the school children walking through the countryside and peeling potatoes for dinner. Further footage features the school fete and a line up of children wearing their costumes for the school play.
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Film no: 2237 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - FOUNDERS" DAY AND LEAVERS" DAY] *1945/48/51-53/56
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 20m 46s
Pupils are seen arriving at Lymm Grammar School on a winters day. Snow covers the school buildings and a group of boys are seen sliding on a patch of ice. Members of the Geographical Society are seen on a school trip to the seaside. Also features footage of a school sports day; a cross country run; a girls v boys hockey match and scenes of people diving in the school"s outdoor swimming pool. Concludes with scenes of school children and staff leaving the church on Founders" Day and school leavers playing bowls and tennis to celebrate Leavers" Day.
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Film no: 2238 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL] 1950-51 1950-51
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 7m 57s
School girls and boys, from Lymm Grammar School, are seen walking across the school playground in pairs. Also features footage of the School Sports day and prize giving ceremony. Includes shots of the competitors participating in the high jump, long jump, sprint and relay events. Concludes with team shots of the school hockey, football, tennis and cricket teams.
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Film no: 2239 [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORTS TEAMS AND PUPILS] *1943/45-49
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 34m 11s
Various events and activities attended by the pupils and staff of Lymm Grammar School 1946-49. Includes scenes of a school cross country run; a school sports day; children leaving the church on Founders" Day and the cast of the school play dressed up in their costumes. Concludes with various shots of the 1948-49 school sports teams; prefects; school leavers; new pupils and the head boy and girl.
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Film no: 2240 WARRINGTON GREETS HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI *1945
Producer: Kirkham Film Service
colour - silent - 16mm - 7m 6s
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are seen visiting the people of Warrington on 7th March 1945. School children line the streets and wave flags as the royal cavalcade travels slowly past. The Mayor of Warrington and other civic dignitaries, greet the King and Queen as they get out of the car. The royal party stand on the steps outside the town hall address the crowd. Also features footage of a military parade including shots of a brass band, troops and nurses.
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Film no: 2241 PENKETH. A FILM OF LIFE AT A QUAKER SCHOOL 1932
Producer: Penketh School John Maltby
b/w - silent - 16mm - 45m 40s
Activities and events attended by staff and pupils of Penketh school, near Warrington, in 1932. Includes scenes of the children having their breakfast in the school hall; attending maths, chemistry, woodwork, music and cookery lessons; participating in various track and field events and enjoying a school excursion to Pendle Hill.
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Film no: 2242 LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1952-53 1952-53
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 13m 4s
Footage of sports events and activities attended by pupils and staff of Lymm Grammar School in 1952-53. Includes scenes of a school holiday in Italy; a school sports day; the playground covered in snow and a group of school children sailing a variety of boats on a lake.
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Film no: 2243 SUMMER IN SWITZERLAND *1950
Producer: Lymm Grammar School
b/w & colour - silent - 16mm - 7m 16s
Staff and pupils from Lymm Grammar School are seen on holiday in Switzerland. Includes landscape shots of the surrounding countryside and snow capped mountains. The children are seen having a ride in a large rowing boat; travelling up the side of a mountain in a chair lift; eating outside a cafe and having a group photograph taken outside the hotel.
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Film no: 2250 WORK AND PLAY [CROSSLEY ROAD DAY NURSERY] *1966-1968
Producer: Mrs H. Daley
colour - silent - std8m - 15m 13s
Film of a day at Crossley Road Day Nursery, Burnage. The film open with views of the nursery"s pre-fabricated buildings before footage of children playing in and around a paddling pool, being hosed down by staff. Children are also seen on a swing and a slide as well as in a sandpit and a playpen. There are shots of children playing and eating and of the staff having a cup of tea and preparing food. The film continues with a lesson in a picture festooned classroom before some of the children are seen leaving. The film closes with animated footage of the moon snoring.
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Film no: 2255 [GUERNSEY AND MISCELLANEOUS] *1959-66
Producer: Leslie Sunsbury
colour - silent - std8m - 15m 50s
Miscellaneous footage including two girls seen on holiday in Guernsey and Weymouth. A whit walk is seen as are a group of elderly men on a visit to Chatsworth House. Continues with a pipe band at a fete in Grasmere and a family with their car in Blackpool. The film closes with a brief shot of a child running along a ridge and children playing with a hula-hoop.
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Film no: 2258 [HEATON PARK AND MISCELLANEOUS] *1952/59/61
Producer: Leslie Sunsbury
colour - silent - std8m - 16m 17s
Miscellaneous footage, with a young girl featuring prominently, from various locations. Includes footage shot in Heaton park, Chessington Zoo, Chester, a boat on a river and a village. The film also features coastal scenes. Domestic animals feature in many shots. The girl is seen playing alone, with other children and in a playground.
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Film no: 2260 [WALES AND WORSLEY] 1975
Producer: Leslie Sunsbury
colour - silent - spr8m - 16m 16s
The film opens with footage of a toddler sat in a garden playing with a watering can and a washing up bowl. It continues with footage from a holiday to Tenby and Pembroke, including coastal scenes and shots of Pembroke Castle. The film closes with shots of boats on the recently restored Bridgewater Canal at Worsley.
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Film no: 2262 [ON A WELSH BEACH] *1937
Producer: Mr Robert Howard Buckley
b/w - silent - 16mm - 3m 39s
Film of a family holiday to Wales. Much of the footage is shot on a beach, people are seen relaxing and playing around a tent. A model "plane is seen in flight, the family is seen leaving a house and walking near the beach.
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Film no: 2263 [WEDDING - DUBE FAMILY] *1937
Producer: Mr Robert Howard Buckley
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 53s
The film opens with close ups of wedding guests and continues with footage shot outside a church. The bride and groom are seen being showered with confetti as they leave and various people pose outside the church door. The film closes with a woman and young child standing in a garden.
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Film no: 2264 [DUBE FAMILY IN THE GARDEN] *1937
Producer: Mr Robert Howard Buckley
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 50s
A very young girl is seen running around in a garden. She plays with a teddy bear and a small trolley whilst two women sit in deck chairs. She is also seen playing with her father in the garden.
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Film no: 2265 [PRAM IN THE GARDEN] *1936
Producer: Mr Robert Howard Buckley
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 48s
Film shot in a garden. Opens with shots of a woman and a man taking alternate turns carrying a baby. A group of adults are seen with a child and a baby in a pram. The film closes with two uniformed schoolboys flanking the pram and playing with the baby.
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Film no: 2266 [BABE IN ARMS] *1937
Producer: Mr Robert Howard Buckley
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 45s
The film opens with a group of adults and children gathered around a pram in a garden. A baby is featured in close up and being held by various adults. There is a brief shot of a man lighting a pipe before footage of the family at a coastal resort. The film closes with a very dark shot of the interior of a room.
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Film no: 2267 [BABIES AND GARDENS] *1937
Producer: Mr Robert Howard Buckley
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 44s
A very young girl is seen walking in a garden. Continues with two babies being carried by adults in the same garden. The film closes with a shot of the same group of people in front of a house.
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Film no: 2268 [GIRL THROWN IN GARDEN] *1937
Producer: Mr Robert Howard Buckley
b/w - silent - 16mm - 1m 49s
Opens with a brief shot of family members gathered outside a terraced house. Continues with close ups of two men smoking pipes and a man giving a young girl a piggy back. The same young girl is seen being thrown between two men. Also features wedding footage. The wedding party is seen leaving a church and the film closes as they pose outside the church door.
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Film no: 2275 GROW WITH SKELMERSDALE *1977
Producer: John M Gresty for Cinephoto Film Productions
colour - sound - 16mm - 18m 15s
Film promoting Skelmersdale as a location for industry and families. A variety of factories are featured, their interiors and exteriors being seen. The film then focuses on the Bloor family. Their house and their leisure pursuits are featured, the school the children attend is also seen as are Skelmersdale"s shopping options. Towards the close of the film their are montages of clips of sports and hobbies being played and of buildings in the area. The film includes many aerial shots of Skelmersdale.
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Film no: 2277 ROYAL START AT HAYDOCK 1969
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions
colour - sound - 16mm - 15m 38s
Film of the royal opening of the Shell Mex and BP terminal at Haydock on 12th June 1969 by Princess Alexandra. A crowd of children are seen outside the site awaiting her arrival. The Princess and Mr Greave, the site director, are seen giving speeches in front of a crowd in a temporary grandstand before the Princess opens the terminal by switching on the traffic lights allowing the oil tankers to leave. The Princess tours the site, on foot and in a car, and the various processes involved in oil storage and delivery are seen. The Princess visits the canteen before leaving in the Royal Car.
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Film no: 2278 [LITTLE LEVER EVENTS 1939-1941] 1939-41
Producer: Dr William Mottershead
colour - silent - 16mm - 8m 39s
A variety of events in Little Lever 1939-41. Includes the opening of a new library 17-8-40, soldiers putting on a display for the crowds, a Whit Friday procession 1939 and snow scenes around the village. Also ARP exercises in the village, such as firefighting and first aid and a procession of servicemen, women and firefighters for Weapons Week, Feb 1941.
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Film no: 2279 [BIG DIPPER] *1973
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions
colour - silent - 16mm - 1m 25s
Film shot with a camera mounted on the first car of the Big Dipper ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Also includes shots of the ride from ground level. Closes with a shot of children disembarking from the ride
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Film no: 2283 [AGE] 1973
Producer: John Gresty and Mike Goodger (Salford University Film Course)
b/w - sound - 16mm - 4m 29s
Film featuring children playing and standing around in a park, in the street and in shopping precincts. An elderly woman and man are heard, separately, commenting on their youth compared with childrens experiences in the 1970s. After concluding that they were happy days the woman leaves the park in which she has been sitting. The film concludes with a shot of her knitting in her flat.
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Film no: 2299 AN OLD WIVES TALE 1972
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - sound - 16mm - 14m 39s
Film to promote relocation to Central Lancashire. Two genteel ladies, a mother and her daughter, are seen discussing the horrors of the slum-ridden, rain drenched cultureless North. A man interjects and is heard dispelling the various myths about the North. The voice over is illustrated by footage of Preston, Chorley and Leyland as well as of Manchester, Liverpool and Southport. Housing , leisure, shopping, sport, education, entertainment and transport options are all featured. The two women are completely won over. The man tries to dissuade the mother from coming to the North, he is seen running along a railway line into the distance, his arms waving frantically, as the film finishes.
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Film no: 2309 [ORDSALL SCENES; WEDDINGS AND BELLE VUE ZOO] *1968
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 20m 43s
Miscellaneous footage shot by Mr Ralph Brookes, a newsagent from Ordsall in Salford - scenes of a day trip to Sheffield include travelling shots of the train journey taken through the carriage window; high angle shots of shoppers and pedestrians walking along the pavement; various streetscenes and close up shots of sausages, hams and pigs trotters on display in a butcher"s window. The film also includes scenes of people sitting on benches in Piccadilly Gardens; stall holders and shoppers at Cross Lane Market in Salford and various animals in their compounds at Belle Vue Zoo. Also features three weddings; local children playing on the swings and roundabouts in Ordsall Park and a shot of a man selling ice creams from the back of a horse drawn cart in the middle of a terraced street.
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Film no: 2310 [MANCHESTER AND ORDSALL SCENES] *1959/65-66/68
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 21m 52s
Miscellaneous scenes in and around the Ordsall area of Salford. Includes panning shots of terraced streets and back alleys covered in snow; local children standing outside Mr Ralph Brookes" newsagents on New Park Road; interior shots of a wedding reception at the Salisbury Hotel, Ordsall (including a group shot of all the wedding guests) and scenes of two whit walk processions - St Josephs and St Bartholomews. The film also features shots of the Blackpool lights and tower; an exterior shot of the Granada Television Centre on Quay Street; shots of the docks, empty and deserted, during one of the dockers" strikes. Pedestrians and shoppers are also seen walking along Commercial Street and Cross Street in Manchester City Centre - includes a shot of Marks and Spencers and the Old Wellington Inn in Shambles Square.
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Film no: 2312 [NEW BRIGHTON; ZOOS; AMERICA] c1960s
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 26m 30s
Scenes from various locations visited by the Brookes family. Features footage of New Brighton - including travelling shots of the journey there; ships anchored in Birkenhead docks; the children having a donkey ride across the sands; picnicking by the seawall; wandering around the ruins of an old fort and riding a brightly coloured Merry-go-round at the fair. Further scenes include a day trip to Chester and Belle Vue Zoo; a woman standing outside Mr Brookes" newsagents in Ordsall and interior and exterior shots of a suburban house in America.
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Film no: 2313 [SALFORD CARNIVAL; BLACKPOOL; DERBYSHIRE] *1966
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 24m 35s
Miscellaneous scenes - includes footage of the 1967 Salford Carnival. Floats are seen lined up along Taylorson Street and a dancing troupe is seen practicing in Ordsall Park before the parade starts - Travelling shots of a journey through Derbyshire includes footage of Tissington Wells and Dovedale - Ordsall streetscenes include a shot of a Chinese family walking out of Mr Ralph Brookes" newsagents, off New Park Road. Ann Howard is also seen sweeping the pavement with a birch brush - Scenes of Blackpool Pleasure Beach includes shots of the Brookes family enjoying a day"s outing to the fair. Features shots of Noah"s Ark, a chairlift ride, the Big Wheel, a rollercoaster and the Mouse Trap ride -The film also has footage of a christening held at St Martin"s Parish Church in Ashton-upon-Mersey. Includes shots of family and friends standing in the churchyard and enjoying a meal back at the house afterwards.
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Film no: 2314 [BLACKPOOL SCENES; DOMESTIC INTERIORS; GLOSSOP PARK] c1961-64
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 17m 27s
Scenes of the Brookes family on holiday in Blackpool. They are seen sunbathing on a crowded beach, having a donkey ride and paddling in the sea. Also features interior shots of a department store"s self service cafeteria - Mrs Brookes is seen queuing up with a tray full of food and drink at the cashiers till. She then joins the rest of the family who are sat at one of the tables. Further scenes include interior and exterior shots of a semi detached house at No. 9 Romford Road; Sale. The camera pans around various rooms in the house, including the kitchen, sitting room and bathroom. Concludes with shots of Mrs Brookes and her eldest grandson, Philip, walking around Glossop Park. They are also joined by the boys mother and father when they play on the swings and see saws in the park playground.
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Film no: 2315 [ORDSALL SCENES; HOLIDAY VISITS AND OUTINGS] c1960s
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 33m 41s
The film opens on a shot of a sign publicising the closing service of St. Cyprian"s church in Ordsall; on March 3rd 1963. Includes scenes of clergymen, choirboys and girls, walking in a procession through the terraced streets. Further scenes of the locality includes shots of a Chinese family standing outside Mr Ralph Brookes" newsagents on New Park Road in Ordsall. Also features footage of Skipton market and street scenes around Cheesden Valley and Prestwich. The Brookes family are also seen on holiday in Devon, Cornwall and Blackpool. Includes shots of the family walking along the clifftops at Lands End; relaxing on the beach; and sitting in the garden of a hotel. One of Mr Brookes" grandsons is seen riding along Blackpool beach on the back of a baby donkey.
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Film no: 2316 [ORDSALL SCENES; ST CLEMENTS WALK AND DOCKS] c1960s
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 27m 33s
Various scenes around Ordsall in 1966. Includes footage of St Clements" church walk; shots of Salford Carnival procession; interior and exterior shots of the Ordsall Secondary Modern Schools on Trafford Road and shots of people walking past Mr Brookes" newsagents, on New Park Road, in the rain. The film also features shots of the docks, desolate and empty, during the dockers" strike - includes shots of the buildings and shipping vessels moored around the quayside. Concludes with travelling shots of a journey through the Welsh countryside. The filmmaker"s wife is seen wandering around the grounds of Portmeirion.
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Film no: 2317 [CORONATION STREET WEDDING; SALFORD PAGEANT 1965] c1965
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 30m 4s
A Granada television crew are seen filming a Coronation Street wedding, outside St. Clements church in Ordsall. Police are seen clearing away crowds from the set. Members of the local community watch the cast and crew from the far side of Brighton Street. Also features scenes of the Salford Pageant procession held on 29th May 1965. Includes shots of various dance troupes and floats lined up along Taylorson Street. Also features scenes of Ordsall Park covered in snow. A group of young boys are seen sliding along a patch of ice.
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Film no: 2318 [MORECAMBE; ORDSALL; BUXTON] c1960-65
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 19m 9s
Miscellaneous scenes of the Brookes family watching a dolphin display at Morecambe; having a picnic on the salt marches; standing outside the Brunswick hotel at Southport; on a train journey through the peak district and walking around the streets and shops of Buxton. Also features scenes of a family playing in a suburban garden and footage of Ordsall Park in Salford. People are seen buying ice creams from Burgon"s horse drawn ice cream cart; outside Mr Brookes" newsagents on New Park Road.
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Film no: 2319 [PEOPLE AND PLACES AROUND ORDSALL] c1960s
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 24m 56s
Scenes around Ordsall in Salford. Includes shots of local children playing outside Mr Brookes" newsagents on New Park Road; paper boys unloading newspapers from a delivery van; interior and exterior shots of a nursery school in Taylorson Street and footage of St Cyprians" church being demolished. A Granada television crew are seen filming tug-of-war scenes, in Ordsall Park, for an episode of Coronation Street. Includes an off-air recording (of the scenes shot in Ordsall), filmed straight from Mr Brookes" television screen. Also features scenes of streets that have been demolished and cleared for redevelopment - includes a close up shot of the purchasing order issued by Salford County Council for Mr Ralph Brookes" property on 32/34 New Park Road in 1969 and footage of the site where the newsagents once stood. Concludes with scenes of a child"s birthday party.
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Film no: 2320 [CHRISTMAS STREETSCENES; MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL] c1960-65
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 20m 54s
Mrs Brookes, from Ordsall in Salford, is seen on a shopping trip in Liverpool and Manchester city centres. Includes busy steetscenes with shots of the Christmas lights and window displays. Features interior shots of a department store; including scenes of the furniture, lighting, haberdashery and toy departments. Children are seen visiting Santa"s grotto and a young boy has his photograph taken with a chimpanzee. Manchester streetscenes include footage of St Peters Square, with shots of the Central reference library and the Odeon Cinema; Deansgate; Bridge Street and shots of Piccadilly gardens during the construction of Piccadilly Hotel and Plaza. The film also features interior shots of Mr Brookes" living room, with shots of the Christmas tree and dining table laid out with food and drinks. Further scenes also includes footage of Ordsall Park and exterior shots of Mr Brookes" newsagents, on New Park Road, on a frosty day.
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Film no: 2321 [SALFORD SCENES; MORECAMBE; ALTON TOWERS] c1960s
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 16m 4s
Miscellaneous family footage and streetscenes around Ordsall. Members of the Brookes family are seen on holiday in Morecambe. Includes shots of dolphins performing at Marine Land and the family feeding seagulls and building castles on the beach. They are also seen visiting Alton Towers - includes shots of the miniature railway and cable cars. Further scenes feature shots of Mr Brookes" newsagents, and Willescroft butchers shop, on New Park Road in Ordsall. Local children are seen playing in the street. One boy rides a homemade go-kart along the pavement. Mrs Brookes is also seen walking around Heaton Park in the snow. Includes panning shots of the winter landscape and scenes of a group of children playing on a sledge.
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Film no: 2323 [CHRISTMAS SCENES WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS; 1964] 1964
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 21m 6s
The Brookes family, from Ordsall in Salford, are seen visiting various family and friends over the Christmas period; 1964. Guests are seen arriving and departing from the Brookes house during a snowstorm. Includes scenes of the children playing with their new toys, the family opening up their presents, eating their Christmas dinner and watching television and chatting to their friends. The film also features a number of different house interiors, including shots of kitchen and bedrooms.
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Film no: 2324 [TORQUAY HOLIDAY; AUGUST 1970] 1970
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 17m 24s
Members of the Brookes family, from Ordsall in Salford, are seen on holiday in Torquay; August 1970. The film features various scenes of the family sight seeing - including travelling shots of the coastline, taken from on board ship and through the front window screen of a car. The family are seen relaxing on the beach, watching children fish for crabs off the quayside and visiting Shippy"s Cider Farm.
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Film no: 2330 [CHILDREN LEAVING SCHOOL; HEATON PARK CONCERT] *1969
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 36s
Mrs Brookes, from Ordsall in Salford, is seen collecting her two eldest grandsons from school. Includes shots of other parents waiting at the school gates for their children. Also features scenes of some children playing on their bicycles in the middle of a suburban street. One of the boys is seen wearing a boy scout uniform. Concludes with scenes of the Brookes family sitting on the grass, in Heaton Park, listening to an open-air choral recital.
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Film no: 2331 [HEATON PARK FUNFAIR] 1969
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 9s
Mrs Brookes, from Ordsall in Salford, is seen with her daughter and three grandsons at a funfair in Heaton Park. The boys are seen enjoying a ride on the Merry-go-round - some of the shots are in slow motion. They are also seen playing on the swings and joy wheel in the playground. Further footage includes other children and families paddling and relaxing around the shallow lido pool.
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Film no: 2332 [CWS BAND IN PICCADILLY GARDENS; POMONA DOCKS] c1963-69
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 49s
Scenes in Manchester Piccadilly Gardens. Crowds of people are seen sitting on park benches and deckchairs listening to music played by the CWS brass band (1963 National Brass Band Champions). Also includes close up shots of the flower beds, which are in full bloom. Further scenes include a dredger anchored at Pomona Docks and three young girls playing with a toy ironing board and doll on the pavement of a street.
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Film no: 2334 [MOUNT CARMEL WALK AND ORDSALL PARK] c1960s
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 26s
Scenes of Mount Carmel"s Whit Walk through the streets of Ordsall in Salford. Also features panning shots of Ordsall Park. People sit in couples and groups, relaxing in the sun. A group of children are seen helping the park keeper collect the chairs and music stands from around the band stand. Further, brief scenes, include a procession in Pendleton.
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Film no: 2335 [CHILDREN"S HOSPITAL - CHRISTMAS TIME] *1968
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 39s
Footage of a Christmas party on the children"s ward of a Salford [?] hospital. The nurses are seen handing out drinks and food to the patients and their families and friends. Most of the children are seen wearing party hats and enjoying themselves as they participate in various games. Some of the children entertain the others by performing a dance routine and singing a song. Includes a shot of the sister answering the telephone at her desk and doing some paperwork. Concludes with a close up shot of a leaflet about Cliff House, a retirement home for ex-marines, situated in Wallasey Cheshire.
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Film no: 2336 [MR BROOKES GRANDCHILDREN OUTSIDE NEWSAGENTS] *1966
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 1m 34s
Scenes of Mr Ralph Brookes" three grandsons outside his newsagents shop, off New Park Road in Ordsall; Salford. The youngest boy, Christopher (aged about 1-2 years) is seen kicking a ball along the pavement.
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Film no: 2344 [ORDSALL PARK AND NEWSAGENTS WINDOW] c1964-65
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 2m 11s
Mrs Brookes and her grandson, Philip, are seen walking through Ordsall Park in Salford - includes a shot of the entrance and gates into Manchester Docks. Further scenes include Lavinia Awins" two children standing in the doorway of Mr Ralph Brookes newsagents, off New Park Road in Ordsall. One of the little boys holds a balloon in his hand and they both peer through the shop window.
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Film no: 2345 [DIGGING ON BLACKPOOL BEACH] c1965-66
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 0m 46s
Mr Ralph Brookes" three grandsons are seen playing on Blackpool beach. Includes shots of the children digging in the sand and having a donkey ride.
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Film no: 2346 [THE BOYS ON BLACKPOOL BEACH] *1966
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 47s
Members of the Brookes family are seen relaxing on a crowded beach in Blackpool. Includes shots of a helicopter flying overhead, people sunbathing, children paddling in the sea and digging in the sand.
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Film no: 2347 [COLD DAY ON THE BEACH] c1962
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 2m 14s
Mrs Brookes, from Ordsall in Salford, is seen playing with her grandson, Philip, on the beach. The weather is grey and overcast and both of them are wrapped up well in hats and coats. Includes scenes of the little boy making a sandcastle and kicking a football across the beach.
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Film no: 2348 [BLACKPOOL BEACH - PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW] *1966
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 37s
The Brookes family, from Ordsall in Salford, are seen enjoying a day trip to Blackpool, on Whit Monday 1968. Includes scenes of the family sitting on deckchairs wearing hats and coats. Philip, the eldest child, is seen galloping across the sands on the back of a donkey. Also features shots of a crowd of children watching a Punch and Judy Show on the beach.
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Film no: 2350 [THE UNCLE PETER SHOW, BLACKPOOL; PARK PLAYGROUND] *1963-65
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 6s
Scenes of Mrs Brookes and her two grandsons in a park playground. The boys" father is seen climbing up the slide with his eldest son, who starts crying when he gets to the top. They are also seen having a ride on the roundabout. The film also features footage of "Uncle Peter" providing family entertainment in the form of an open air children"s show at Blackpool. Includes scenes of the boys and girls on stage, playing a game of musical chairs - a stick of rock is given to each of the losers and the winner received a football. Concludes with brief scenes of a couple of men and women from the audience, up on stage, singing into the microphone.
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Film no: 2352 [SOUTHPORT FAIR 1964] 1964
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 13s
Scenes of the Brookes family, from Ordsall in Salford, on an outing to Southport in 1964. They are seen visiting the fairground and having a ride on the Lakeside Miniature Railway. Includes shots of some children on a merry-go-round and a rollercoaster ride. Philip, aged 3-4 years is also seen playing on the swings and a wooden boat in a playground on the beach.
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Film no: 2353 [SCENES OF PARKGATE; READING THE PAPER] 1965
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 57s
Scenes of Mr Ralph Brookes" daughter and two young grandsons sitting in a living room reading an American Newspaper (the Detroit Free Press). The headlines read "World Mourns Churchill". The woman points to the front page and shows her children the headline. Further scenes include the Brookes family on a visit to Parkgate; Cheshire. Includes travelling shots of the journey and footage of Nicholas and Philip, wrapped up in hats and coats, digging in the sand with their buckets and spades.
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Film no: 2354 [NICHOLAS CRAWLING] 1964
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 58s
Interior shots of two young boys playing with their toys. The eldest boy, Philip, is seen playing on a toy rocking horse - his younger brother, Nicholas, copies the forward/backward motion, while he remains sitting in his high chair. also features scenes of Nicholas trying to walk with the support of his mother and crawling across the floor (on his bottom) to try and pull an electric plug from its socket. The film also includes footage of the family celebrating Guy Fawkes night. The children"s father is seen lighting several sparklers that have been stuck, upright, in the lawn.
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Film no: 2356 [A DRIVE THROUGH THE LAKE DISTRICT] *1969
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 54s
Footage of a drive through the Lake District. Includes speeded up shots of the surrounding countryside, streets and towns that the car travels through, during its journey to the Lake District. Further scenes include a couple of children delivering the St Mark"s (Cheetham Hill) Parish Magazine to local houses and flats. Also features shots of the Croal Estate during the winter and summer months - includes scenes of the children having a snow ball fight.
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Film no: 2359 [SEASIDE SCENES AND BOATING LAKES] c1965-66
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 46s
Members of the Russ family are seen on holiday in Abersoch. Includes shots of the mother and father sunbathing on the beach and the children digging in the sand and paddling in the sea. Further scenes feature the family on a boating lake and walking around a park (probably Heaton Park in Manchester). Concludes with footage of the family at home - the children are seen playing with a toy parachute from the first floor window of a house and running around the lawn with a friend.
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Film no: 2362 [CHRISTMAS AT MARLENE"S 1965] 1965
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 9s
Christmas scenes at the Russ family home in Sale; 1965. Friends and family sit around the living room watching the children playing with party hats and toys. Includes a shot of the dining room table laid out with food, cutlery and candles. Various members of the family are seen opening their presents - includes shots of a red toy robot, some bathroom scales, a tin toy train, a model car, toiletries and jewellry. Mrs Brookes holds up her new yellow, rope-handled, shopping bag for the camera. The group are also seen standing outside the front of the house holding paper lanterns.
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Film no: 2366 [SWIMMING BATHS] *1969
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 50s
Scenes of some school [?] children competing in various swimming races. Competitors are seen taking their marks and diving into the water at the start of the race. Spectators watch the event from a first floor balcony.
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Film no: 2367 [RUSS FAMILY AT AINSDALE & GORSEHILL PARK] c1965
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 2m 25s
Members of the Russ family, from Sale, are seen playing on the sand dunes at Ainsdale. The weather is rather overcast and Mrs Russ sits in a deckchairs with her coat on. The car is parked on the beach and the two boys play close by. Concludes with footage of the family playing on some swings in Gorsehill Park, near Stretford.
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Film no: 2368 [PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW - BLACKPOOL] 1965
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 20s
Scenes of the Russ family playing on Blackpool beach. The two boys, Philip and Nicholas, are seen paddling around in a pool of water. Includes brief shots of the tower and pier and concludes with scenes of a Punch and Judy Show. A crowd of children gather around laughing and pointing at the puppets.
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Film no: 2370 [TOY PIANO; MOTORWAY CAFE; SOUTHPORT SCENES] c1963-64
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 32s
Christmas scenes at the Russ family house in Sale. Mrs Brookes and her eldest grandson Philip, aged 2/3 years, are seen playing with a toy piano in the family"s sitting room. Includes shots of the Christmas tree and trimmings. The family are also seen sitting in a motorway cafe and visiting Southport Zoo.
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Film no: 2372 [LLANGOLLEN; RUSS BOYS ON BIKES] *1966
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 10s
The beginning of the film features scenes around Llangollen - includes shots of the River Dee and Horseshoe Pass in the rain. The second half of the film features two young boys, Philip and Nicholas Russ, riding on their bikes and go-cart in the driveway of the family home in Sale. They are also seen cycling up and down the suburban street outside their house.
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Film no: 2374 [RUSS FAMILY VISIT CORFE CASTLE] 1971
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 59s
Philip, Nicholas and Christopher Russ are seen playing on a metal climbing frame outside their grandfather"s flat on the Croal estate in Salford. The boys are also seen visiting a tank museum and Corfe Castle with their parents and grandmother - includes shots of the family walking along a country road, wandering around a miniature village and playing on a sandy beach.
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Film no: 2375 [SPORTS DAY AND YORK] 1972
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 4s
Scenes of a school sports day held on 3rd June 1972. Also includes shots of a museum exhibition at York.
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Film no: 2377 [RUSS BOYS AT ROBERTS FARM; WALES] c1963-64
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 3m 36s
Members of the Brookes family, from Salford, are seen visiting a Welsh farm. Includes shots of the farm buildings, yard and animals. Mr Brookes is seen wandering around the farm and the surrounding countryside with one of his young grandsons.
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Film no: 2379 [BROOKES HOLIDAY : WELSH RIVER; CROAL HOUSING] 1971
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 13s
The Brookes family are seen on a Welsh holiday with a couple of their friends; June 1971. Includes scenic views of the surrounding coastline, cliffs and countryside. They are also seen visiting Montgomery [?] castle and waterfalls at Stack Rocks. Concludes with scenes of people relaxing in the sun, outside their flats on the Croal estate in Salford.
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Film no: 2380 [STELLA"S : HEREFORD AUG 1972] 1972
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 30s
The Brookes family, from Salford, are seen visiting friends in Hereford; August 1972. Includes scenic views of various thatched and beamed cottages in a small country village. Also features scenes of cattle and pigs at a livestock auction.
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Film no: 2382 [WRYNOSE PASS; LAKE DISTRICT AUG. 1971] 1971
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 4m 9s
Members of the Brookes family are seen on holiday in the Lake District; August 1971. Mr Brookes" three grandsons are seen walking in the countryside around Wrynose Pass, with their father. Mrs Brookes and her daughter-in-law remain back at the car park. Includes travelling shots of the journey along winding country lanes and a shot of the family standing on the shore of a large lake.
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Film no: 2384 [CORONATION STREET; CARBIS BAY; SALFORD] c1960s
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 5m 39s
Miscellaneous scenes - includes shots of Mr Ralph Brookes" sitting room, scenes from an episode of Coronation Street are filmed straight from the television screen. (Features the wedding shot at St. Clements church in Ordsall.) Further footage includes shots of Mr Brookes" grandsons, digging holes in the sand, on a beach in Cornwall; walking in a park and around their back garden in Sale. Also features a brief shot of police on horseback, riding along Blackpool beach, and a little boy (Philip Russ) wearing an apron while he dries the dishes in the kitchen.
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Film no: 2385 [THE WEDDING OF MARLENE"S NIECE] 1974
Producer: Ralph Brookes
colour - silent - std8m - 1m 53s
Interior shots of the wedding of Jane Elisabeth Hamilton and Christopher John Gillings at St Joseph"s RC Church in Bury. The bride and groom are seen standing at the altar with the vicar - includes a shot of a large stained glass window. Guests are seen leaving the church after the ceremony and throwing confetti over the bride and groom as they emerge from the building as newly weds. Includes shots of Mrs Brookes and her three grandsons (aged between 8-12 years), all dressed in patterned suits standing in the church yard with their mother.
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Film no: 2391 [Electric Trains at Preston] 1973
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - Mute - 16mm - 10m 0s
Film opens with footage of the first electric train service at Preston station. Crowds watch as the mayor of Preston waves a green flag and leaves the station in a train cab. Continues with footage from the Central Lancashire Development Corporation"s Walton Summit housing site. Includes footage of girls camping, boys playing cricket in a garden, of fields and of two elderly men sitting beside a road.
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Film no: 2392 [Various Development Sites] 1973
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - Mute - 16mm - 10m 0s
Opens with footage of the exterior of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation offices (now known as English Partnerships), an interior shot and the laying of a driveway at the rear. The Cuerden Valley is also seen. Continues with footage of traffic in various locations, some of which is being controlled by a policeman. Continues with footage of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation"s Cop Lane site, houses, caravans and fields are seen. Preston is visible in the background. Closes with footage of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation"s Astley Park site, including surveyors working in a field.
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Film no: 2394 [Cop Lane and Preston Docks] 1973
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - Mute - 16mm - 10m 43s
Opens with footage from the Cop Lane site, includes farm buildings and shots of children playing in a pond with an inflatable dinghy. Continues with footage of traffic in Preston. Three elderly men are seen watching traffic from a bench, a large truck is seen leaving a factory and various vehicles are seen entering and leaving Preston Docks. Continues with several minutes of traffic at a busy junction. The film closes with shots of a traffic diversion , being largely ignored!, and a man crossing a road.
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Film no: 2401 [Central Lancashire - Pre Development 1] 1974
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - Mute - 16mm - 10m 0s
Footage of various areas, including the Moss Side site, prior to development by the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). Features farmland predominantly.
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Film no: 2437 [NEW HOUSES IN CENTRAL LANCASHIRE] 1976
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - Mute - 16mm - 10m 0s
Footage of Barratt and Ambrose houses on land of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). A child is seen playing near the Ambrose housing.
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Film no: 2441 [BATLEY"S CASH AND CARRY WAREHOUSE OPENING] 1977
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - sound - 16mm - 19m 23s
Film of the opening of Batley"s Cash and Carry warehouse at the Walton Summit site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). Lawrence Batley, founder of Batley"s and Sir Frank Pearson, Chairman of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation, make speeches, the picture occasionally cutting to aerial views of the warehouse. Sir Frank Pearson officially opens the warehouse, he and Mr Batley are seen walking along the aisles, as are the small crowd who attended the opening. A tray of various pickles is presented to a representative of a children"s home, pulling a trolley of similar donations.
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Film no: 2446 [PETER SHORE"S VISIT TO CENTRAL LANCASHIRE] 1977
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - sound - 16mm - 12m 59s
Film of the visit by Peter Shore, Secretary of state for the Environment, to the designated area of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). He is seen ariving at the C.L.D.C. offices and then visiting new houses at Moss Side, where he chats with children. The official party proceeds to Astley Park Community Centre for a press conference. Peter Shore is seen delivering a speech and fielding questions before leaving.
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Film no: 2453 [FACTORIES AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL LANCASHIRE] 1977
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 0s
Opens with footage of factories on the Walton Summit site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). Continues with shots from the Eaves Green site, including shots of building work, a tip and a school.
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Film no: 2455 [SILENT PILING] 1978
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - sound - 16mm - 4m 31s
Film of the "silent piling" method of sinking pipes for the Savick Sewer. David Birtwistle, Chief Engineer of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships), is heard describing the process. Aerial views of the Savick Sewer workings open and close the film.
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Film no: 2460 [ASTLEY PARK, LANCASTER LANE AND CLAYTON BROOK SHOPPING CENTRE] 1978
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 35s
Film including footage of various types of housing built on the Astley Park and Lancaster Lane sites of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). Also includes footage of the Clayton Brook Shopping Centre and shots of workmen levelling tar on a road and close-ups of pensioners faces.
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Film no: 2462 [DEVELOPMENT SITES AND SCHOOL] 1979
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 25s
Film featuring housing at various stages of completion on sites of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). Builders are seen working on some of the sites and families are seen at some of the finished properties. Also includes shots at Leyland St James C of E Primary School and its playground as well as the Moss Side Employment Area, with shots of almost completed factories.
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Film no: 2465 [BUILDING WORK AND VALLEY PARK] 1979
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 0s
Opens with footage from the Walton Summit site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). Includes shots of builders working on warehouses. Continues with shots of houses under construction on the CLDC"s Clayton Brook Site. Closes with footage of houses at Cop Lane and children at Valley Park.
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Film no: 2474 [CUERDEN PARK TREE PLANTING CEREMONY] 1980
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - sound - 16mm - 11m 20s
Film of a tree planting ceremony in Cuerden Park near Whittle -le - Woods. Eighty oak trees are planted to commemorate the Queen Mother"s 80th birthday and National Tree Planting Week. Children from Clayton - le - Woods C of E Primary School are seen walking into the park, and preparing to plant the trees, one boy is interviewed. Sir Frank Pearson is seen arriving, he makes a speech and plants a tree, the children plant their trees. Various officials and teachers are also present from the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). As everyone leaves the park part of Sir Frank"s speech is heard again. Closes with a close-up of a tree.
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Film no: 2477 [lostock hall development site, the maltings and cuerden valley park] 1981
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 0s
Opens with footage of allotments and terraced housing at the Lostock Hall site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships), also includes shots of warehouses and a new road. Continues with shots of "The Maltings" community centre (?) at Cop Lane, children are seen in front of the building. Closes with shots of children playing in Cuerden Valley Park while their mothers sit at a picnic table.
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Film no: 2478 [CUERDEN VALLEY PARK AND LANCASTER LANE] 1981
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 0s
Opens with shots of children in front of a stream in Cuerden Valley Park, also features general views of the park and shots of bridges, a lake and children playing. Workmen are seen constructing a pathway. Closes with footage of the Lancaster Lane site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships), including footage of a new housing estate and a golf course.
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Film no: 2479 [CLAYTON GREEN SPORTS CENTRE] 1981
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 26s
Opens with footage of housing at various levels of completion at the Lancaster Lane site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). Some are inhabited, a child is seen on the front lawn of a bungalow. Continues with shots of the front entrance of the Clayton Green Sports Centre. There are several takes of two young men approaching the Centre. Closes with footage of construction underway on the Roman Way site of the CLDC, warehouses and factories are seen under construction, a completed Michelin warehouse is also featured.
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Film no: 2480 [ROMAN WAY, SHERWOOD AND INGOL EAST DEVELOPMENT SITES] 1981
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 0s
Opens with footage of workmen involved in road building at the Roman Way site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). Continues with shots of the Sherwood Site, showing houses (built and incomplete), a play area and road building. Closes with shots from the Ingol East site, featuring a new school, housing and a shopping centre.
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Film no: 2481 [INGOL EAST AND PLUNGINGTON] 1981
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 31s
Opens with footage from the Ingol East site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships). Includes shots of new houses and flats and a boarded up new shopping centre. Also features shots of wasteground, building sites (including bricklayers at work) and a play area. Closes with footage of Plungington, featuring shots of traffic, a warehouse and housing under construction and Plungington Urban Renewal Office.
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Film no: 2482 [PLUNGINGTON, INGOL EAST AND COURTAULDS FACTORY] 1981
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 9m 57s
Opens with shots of remodernised housing in Plungington, nearby derelict houses are also seen. Continues with shots from a park and streetscenes, showing recently planted trees and housing. Features footage from Ingol East Golf and Squash Club, including shots of the clubhouse and golfers. Closes with footage from Courtaulds factory, also showing an adjacent derelict factory.
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Film no: 2489 [CARRBROOK AND WOOD END DEVELOPMENT SITE] 1983
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 0s
Opens with footage from the Carrbrook site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships), includes shots of incomplete housing and show houses. Also contains footage of new housing on the Wood End site, closes with shots of children playing.
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Film no: 2490 [CONSTRUCTION IN CENTRAL LANCASHIRE AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MUSEUM] 1983
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 10m 21s
Opens with shots of new housing at the Wood End site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships), includes shots of children playing and foundations for more houses. Continues with footage from British Leyland owned land at Leyland(?). Condemned derelict buildings are seen as is a bricklayer at work. Also features footage shot at Chorley North Industrial Park, including shots of industrial units and builders carrying out various tasks. Closes with shots of the exterior of the commercial vehicle museum at Leyland and exhibits in a courtyard.
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Film no: 2492 [KEY HANDING OVER CEREMONY, PLUNGINGTON] 1983
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 4m 1s
Film showing the handing over of the keys to a new flat on Ripon Street Plungington. Prior to the ceremony two women at Greenbank Day Nursery are seen hanging a banner over a fence - it reads "Greenbank Day Nursery Welcomes Our New Neighbours". Children at the nursery are seen waving, a microphone is seen being set up. Continues with footage of a small crowd gathered outside the house. Sir Frank Pearson , Chairman of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships), is seen making a speech. Mr McGuiness, Chairman of the Plungington Trades Association also makes a speech and presents some flowers and wine to Mr and Mrs Nightingale (who are moving into the flat). They are seen being photographed both outside and inside the flat.
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Film no: 2497 [PRINCE MICHAEL OF KENT OPENS THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MUSEUM AT LEYLAND] 1984
Producer: Cinephoto Film Productions for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation
colour - silent - 16mm - 15m 26s
Film of the official opening of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum of England at Leyland. Prince Michael of Kent performs the opening. There are shots of the museum prior to the Princes visit, exhibits are seen as are crowds of museum officials and the public. The prince"s car arrives with a police escort - he greets various museum officials before entering the museum followed by press and photographers. The Prince tours the museum - he is seen being driven down a road aboard a traction engine and a truck, as crowds of children frantically wave flags. People are seen taking refreshments inside the museum before the opening ceremony - which consists of the Prince delivering a speech and unveiling a plaque. The film closes with shots of the Prince being driven off as crowds wave, and of the exterior of the museum.
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Film no: 2504 [MISCELLANEOUS: MORECAMBE, HEYSHAM AND NORTH MANCHESTER] 1936-37
Producer: Mr Albert Todkill
b/w - silent - 9.5mm - 11m 53s
Miscellaneous footage, including shots from Morecambe(?) - featuring the swimming baths, where crowds watch divers and children play. Also includ