BBC
North West Regional News and Documentary
Film 1966-1986: Sample Film Clips - Sport
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David Davies
talking to Bill Shankly, ex-Liverpool F.C. Manager,
about his come-back (1975)
Frank Mellor
following milkman Bert Naylor from Wigan on a day
of coarse fishing (1978)
Scenes from the
Cheshire Archery Championships held in Warrington
(1978)
Members of the
canoeing centre of excellence in the North West
train on the river Lune near Sedburgh
(1979)
Alistair Macdonald
reports on the T.T. Races on the Isle of Man in
which Mike Hailwood won the senior event
(1979)
Jim Hancock talking
to some members of the Kelbrook tug-of-war team,
who are travelling to Sweden to compete in the
World Championships (1979)
Richard Duckenfield
reporting on Leighs victory against
Whitehaven which assured them of winning the Rugby
League Championship, the first time since 1904
(1982)
Geraldine Rees, at
Fylde Sand Yacht Club - sand yachting
(1982)
Shows traditional
events at the annual Grasmere Sports and Show in
Cumbria on 22 August 1974, including a brass band,
long jump, pole vault, wrestling events, a fell
race or 'guides race' and hound trailing
(1974)
A 59 year-old man
is shown driving to a park and doing pull ups,
standing on his head and running. He speaks of the
benefits of keeping the body and mind healthy and
active (1971)
Follows footballer
Kevin Keegan as he relaxes at his North Wales
cottage (1977)
American Football
team the Manchester Spartans training and playing
against Northampton's Storm Bringers
(1984)
Matt Busby is
interviewed fifteen years after the Munich air
disaster in which seven 'Busby Babes', Manchester
United football players, were killed on 5 February
1958 (1973)
A female reporter
visits parachuting enthusiasts at the North West
Parachute Centre at Cark, Cumbria (1976)
Extract from
coverage of the Fourth International Maxol Marathon
held in Manchester on 4 June 1972 (1972)
Alistair Macdonald
reporting on preparations for the first British
expedition to the Chinese side of Everest since
1938: the March 1982 British Everest Expedition to
the North East Ridge (1982)
Presenter Barry
Askew interviews Manchester-born Joe Brown,
pioneering rock climber of the 1950s and early
1960s (1971)
Presenter Frank
Mellor interviews climber Chris Bonington at
Longsleddale in the Lake District (1980)
Mike Sweeney is
shown running with long-distance runner Ron Hill
and Hill gives his advice for runners
(1983)