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| [GARY -STUART] | |||
| Date: c1964 Film Number: 5647 | |||
| Baby Stuart is seen holding hands with his mother and brother Gary, then sat in a 'child' seat in the family car. Scenes of a vintage car rally, then Gary is seen in a balaclava pushing Stuart in his push chair on the prom (possibly Blackpool). Gary and Stuart in their playpen in the back yard at home - Gary fires a water pistol directly at the camera. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ | |||
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| OLD ENGLISH CRAFTS [EXTRACTS - BRUSH MAKING, CHARCOAL BURNING, CORN DOLLY MAKER, OAT CAKE MAKING, TADLEY RAKE MAKER] | |||
| Date: 1963-64/68-70/73 Film Number: 5162 | |||
| Compilation of extracts from five of Sam Hanna's craft films. In 'Brush Making', a craftsman dips bristles in boiling pitch, binds them and inserts them into the brush head. 'Charcoal Burning' sees Jack and Bill Allonby building a stack of timber in Grizedale Forest to prepare a traditional charcoal burn. In 'Corn Dolly Maker' Bob Scott weaves a corn dolly at his home near Preston. 'Oat Cake Making' shows Mr & Mrs Slater preparing and 'throwing' oat cakes, and Edith Hanna serving them to children. Finally in 'Tadley Rake Maker', Ernest Sims creates a Hampshire rake using traditional tools. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
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| AN OLD WIVES TALE | |||
| Date: 1972 Film Number: 2299 | |||
| 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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