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Record 228 – 247 of 687
Accession Number |
Series Title |
Programme Title |
Year |
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| B24 | [UNKNOWN] | HUGH SCANLON | 1972 | |
| B24/1: Extract from a programme about Trade Union leader and Britain's Chief Engineer Hugh Scanlon (1913-2004). Includes details about Scanlon's childhood in Manchester, his job at the Metro-Vickers engineering plant at Trafford Park and his active membership of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU). He is shown speaking at union More... | ||||
| B626 | [UNKNOWN] | [BICKERSHAW] | 1972 | |
| No transmission print exists for this programme, only trims. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B184 | [UNKNOWN] | ALAN LOWNDES - PAINTER | c. 1973 | |
| Programme on the life and work of professional artist Alan Lowndes (1921-1978), born in Stockport. Many of Lowndes' oil paintings are shown and there are shots of his subject matter: Stockport streetscenes, houses and mills. He is shown in his studio painting and talking about how his work differs from More... | ||||
| B154 | [NATIONWIDE] | FOOTBALL: MATT BUSBY: INTERVIEW ON NATIONWIDE | c. 1973 | |
| Programme made fifteen years after the Munich air disaster in which seven 'Busby Babes', Manchester United football players, were killed on 6 February 1958. Includes footage of the team's last game before the crash: against Red Star Belgrade in Yugoslavia in the European Cup. A still is shown of the More... | ||||
| B316 | LOOK NORTH | LIVERPOOL: ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL | c. 1973 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B385 | LOOK NORTH | LIVING IN STYAL | c. 1973 | |
| A mostly well-shot programme focusing on Styal Women's Prison in Wilmslow. Several of the women inmates are interviewed about life in the prison and they are mostly very positive. Various daily routines are shown: the women eat breakfast, work in the kitchens, market gardens and laundry, sew clothing, relax More... | ||||
| B37 | FREE SPEECH | [WIRRAL VOLUNTARY WORK] | 1973 | |
| Programme about a scheme (devised by Pip Hodgson?) to get young people to do voluntary work with Wirral's fire, hospital, police services and council departments. Opens with fire engines responding to emergency calls at Birkenhead Fire Station. There are interviews with Deputy Chief Fire Officer Milo, Norman Kidd, Secretary of More... | ||||
| B38 | FREE SPEECH | [HALE ACTION COMMITTEE] | 1973 | |
| Film centres on the 'Hale Action Committee,' formed by the residents of Hale village, to protest against a proposed extension of Speke Airport. Opens with "Free Speech" series title sequence and accompanying music. Presenter speaks to Chairman of the Protest Committee, Tom Johnson, who is Managing Director of a local More... | ||||
| B40 | FREE SPEECH | [INTERVIEWS, OPINIONS - DESTITUTE ANIMALS, ETC.] | 1973 | |
| B40/1: Opens with "Free Speech" series title sequence and music. A young man speaks about his opposition to security guards. A district nurse and Carol Lake, a member of the 'Society for the Rescue of Destitute Animals' based in Macclesfield, talk about pets left behind after slum clearance and there More... | ||||
| B41 | FREE SPEECH | [LANCASHIRE TOURISM] | 1973 | |
| Film following David ? and a presenter as they visit tourist spots in Lancashire. The pair are seen walking near Lake Coniston and there are shots of mountains and fishermen. David talks about his scheme to encourage people from Lancashire towns to escape to the Lancashire countryside for cheap holidays, rather More... | ||||
| B42 | FREE SPEECH | [DISABLED / ELDERLY] | 1973 | |
| B42/1: Programme containing two separate stories. The first opens with a presenter next to a road in Poulton-le-Fylde in Lancashire. He interviews an elderly couple, the Allertons, who are refusing to pay their council tax bill because the Council won't provide a footpath outside their home, which means More... | ||||
| B43 | FREE SPEECH | [INTERVIEWS, OPINIONS - TONY McCABE, ETC.] | 1973 | |
| B43/1: A selection of stories and pieces to camera by members of the public. A male presenter visits the Droyslden house of the entertaining Mr Tony McCabe, who demonstrates how to jump on an egg without breaking it... whilst not wearing any trousers(!) We then see a man who is More... | ||||
| B44 | FREE SPEECH | [INTERVIEWS, OPINIONS - AGORAPHOBIA, ETC.] | 1973 | |
| B44/1: A presenter interviews an agoraphobic lady outside her house, asking her how she conquered her condition. An elderly man, Mr Lunt, is then interviewed in his sitting room about his views on the economy and rising inflation. 06m13s More... | ||||
| B45 | FREE SPEECH | [INTERVIEWS, OPINIONS - TAXES, ETC.] | 1973 | |
| B45/1: A selection of stories and pieces to camera by members of the public. A woman outdoors complains about tax payers having to subsidise services for old age pensioners. A man speaks of Britain's social problems and national apathy at local and national levels. A 61 year old lady lauds More... | ||||
| B46 | FREE SPEECH | [INTERVIEWS, OPINIONS - NURSERIES, ETC.] | 1973 | |
| A selection of pieces to camera by members of the public. Begins with brief, mute 'teasers' of what is on the programme. A mother sits on a swing with her two toddlers and highlights the lack of nursery facilities for under-5s in Stalybridge. She goes on to suggest schools More... | ||||
| B47 | FREE SPEECH | [INTERVIEWS, OPINIONS - POLITICAL BROADCASTS, ETC.] | 1973 | |
| A selection of pieces to camera by members of the public. Opens with 'Free Speech' title sequence. An elderly man points out that all party political broadcasts on television are on at one time, therefore viewers have no choice. A woman presents an emotive piece on anti-abortion, whilst holding More... | ||||
| B66 | '1652' COUNTRY | '1652' COUNTRY | 1973 | |
| B66/1: Programme tracing the history of the Quaker movement and the life of its founder, George Fox. There is footage of an actor playing Fox dressed in traditional Quaker attire on Pendle Hill near Burnley, which Fox climbed in1652. Fox then travelled in the Yorkshire Dales to preach and there More... | ||||
| B225 | [UNKNOWN] | ISLE OF MAN: TRIPPERS | 1973 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
| B252 | LOOK NORTH | LOOK NORTH REVIEW 1973 | 1973 | |
| Programme presented by Stuart Hall which looks back at Look North stories of 1973, transmitted on New Year's Eve 1973. Various clips are shown including: the 'Sealed Knott Society' and 'Roundheads' re-enacting 1643's siege of Nantwich; the banning of water-skiers on Lake Ullswater; Irishman Eamon Mcgirr's non More... | ||||
| B313 | LOOK NORTH | [RINGWAY: MANCHESTER AIRPORT GVS] | 1973 | |
| No transmission print is held for this programme - trims only. Please contact the NWFA More... | ||||
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