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ALTRINCHAM AND DISTRICT WAR HOSPITAL SUPPLY DEPOT
Date: c1917 Film Number: 45
 
Lady Haworth, the organiser, is seen, followed by shots of nurses making up hospital supplies; they present a bouquet to Lady Haworth. Men are making up parcels and nurses loading a lorry. Ends with an appeal for money.
 
 
 
[MIDDLETON PARISH SCHOOL PAGEANT]
Date: 1917 Film Number: 200
 
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.
 
 
 
MILNROW AND NEWHEY ROLL OF HONOUR
Date: c1917 Film Number: 306
 
Portraits of 125 Milnrow and Newhey men who died in World War I.
 
 
 
[MEMORIAL PORTRAITS, WESTHOUGHTON]
Date: 1917 Film Number: 530
 
Portraits of 125 Westhoughton men who died in World War I
 
 
 
BURY WELCOMES HER RETURNED HEROES
Date: c1918 Film Number: 76
 
A procession of soldiers led by a civilian brass band moves through the streets of Bury which are crowded with spectators.
 
 
 
MESSRS. BARLOW & JONES LTD. MANCHESTER AND BOLTON
Date: *1919 Film Number: 37
 
The making of cotton goods is shown through all the various processes - opening bales, cleaning and straightening, carding, drawing out, spinning and weaving - to a display of finished products. 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/ [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
THE EARL OF STAMFORD UNVEILS THE CHAPEL STREET ROLL OF HONOUR, ALTRINCHAM APL 5 1919
Date: 1919 Film Number: 44
 
A group of men in uniform poses in Chapel Street. There is then a procession of soldiers and civilians through Altrincham where the streets are lined with cheering crowds. A horse-drawn carriage and bicycles bring up the rear,and the procession passes the Altrincham Picture Theatre where the staff are gathered outside. In Chapel Street a plaque is unveiled by the Earl of Stamford who makes a speech, while a large crowd watches.
 
 
 
WHALLEY PEACE PAGEANT
Date: 1919 Film Number: 50
 
A crowd line a cobbled street as the procession passes by. Morris dancers, clowns and floats are featured; many people wear fancy dress.
 
 
 
OLDHAM MASTER COTTON SPINNERS ASSOCIATION LTD.
Date: 1919 Film Number: 122
 
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.
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BOWLING TOURNAMENT, CARLISLE
Date: 1919 Film Number: 140
 
Shots of the four teams posed for the camera; England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. A lady who was with the England team throws the jack to start the game; shots of the game in progress. Shots of the spectators, including soldiers and a dog. More shots of the game; an official makes a speech; the captain of the winning team (Scots) makes a speech and is presented with a trophy.
 
 
 
[SOUTHPORT SCENES]
Date: c1919 Film Number: 287
 
The scene outside Southport station; crowd watching a high diver-cum-trick cyclist; travelling down Lord Street on top of an open tram.
 
 
 
[SADDLEWORTH RETURNING HEROES]
Date: 1919 Film Number: 387
 
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.
 
 
 
[HORROCKSES FACTORY]
Date: *1919 Film Number: 537
 
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.
 
 
 
PEACE CELEBRATIONS AT HASLINGDEN JULY 19th 1919
Date: 1919 Film Number: 577
 
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.
 
 
 
[GAUMONT NEWS MERSEYSIDE STORIES]
Date: 1919 Film Number: 5598
 
Compilation of three newsreel stories featuring Merseyside - "£1,000,000 estimated damage caused by fire at Liverpool docks," - shots of the aftermath and onlookers surveying the smoking wreckage. This is followed by Mr Gadsby the one-legged swimmer's parachute drop into the Mersey - views of the biplane, a birds-eye view of the landscape, and his landing. Finally, "Wallasey's 1st Freeman Lord French's reception at New Brighton Tower" - Lord French talks with military officers and local dignitaries, and is saluted by a line of sailors.
 
 
 
IN SCOTLAND AND THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
Date: c1920 Film Number: 8316
 
A feature travelogue of Scotland and the English Lake District. This film shows us many of the famous natural beauty sights in Scotland and there are also scenes from Derwentwater in England.
 
 
 
[PROCESSION OF CHILDREN]
Date: c1920 Film Number: 10
 
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.]
 
 
 
[BURY WHIT WALK]
Date: c1920 Film Number: 25
 
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.]
 
 
 
ALTRINCHAM AND DUNHAM MASSEY WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILING CEREMONY
Date: 1920 Film Number: 46
 
A procession of war veterans and other uniformed groups. The crowds assembled at the Memorial. Mrs. Bradbury unveils it; the Lord Bishop of Chester dedicates it. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
THE HADFIELD FACTORY OF JOSHUA KERSHAW & SONS LTD. FINE SKIN TANNERS, AND ITS ACTIVITIES
Date: c1920 Film Number: 102
 
Processing of leather from raw pelts being unloaded, through lime pits, and finishing processes.
 
 
 
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