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Record 10177 – 10196 of 11241
| [INLAND REVENUE SPORTS DAY - WOMEN AND MEN'S ROAD RACES] | |||
| Date: *1984 Film Number: 10247 | |||
| Scenes from the women’s and men’s road races, some of the route being through a suburban housing estate. | |||
| [INLAND REVENUE SPORTS DAY - WOMEN AND MEN'S ROAD AND RELAY RACES] | |||
| Date: *1984 Film Number: 10248 | |||
| Scenes from the women’s and men’s road and relay races. | |||
| [THREE CATS AND INLAND REVENUE TUG-OF-WAR] | |||
| Date: *1984 Film Number: 10249 | |||
| A cat walks along a fence; three cats eat their dinner from the same bowl. At the Inland Revenue sports day, members of staff enjoy a game of tug-of-war. | |||
| BUXWORTH STEAM PARTY | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 10364 | |||
| Scenes from a weekend event at the Navigation Inn in Buxworth, Derbyshire on 29th and 30th September 1984. Visitors wander round looking at the variety of working engines and musical steam organs on display; there are also stalls and other activities to enjoy. | |||
| ANDREA'S BIRTHDAY | |||
| Date: *1984 Film Number: 11100 | |||
| Scenes from Andrea's fifth birthday party in the garden with a baby in a pushchair being pushed by a little girl then the little girl on a swing and in a Wendy house tent. Andrea and her friends walk past the camera then sit in the Wendy house playing a harmonica. | |||
| [MAY SERMONS AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 11176 | |||
| The film opens with scenes from a local event, we see spectators stood near an ice cream van watching a wellington boot throwing competition, and people having a picnic. We then see scenes from a cricket match, and a trophy being presented. We see people bowling, and then there are views of a waterfall. There follow rural scenes. We see men building a dry-stone wall, then there are scenes of cows in field and of a shepherd and his sheepdog herding the sheep. Some young girls play in a lake and there are close up shots of ducks. We then see a religious ceremony, the May Sermons, taking place in a park. Clergymen lead the ceremony which also includes war veterans, the boys Brigade and civic dignitaries. The participants and spectators walk in procession to the war memorial to complete the ceremony and then there is a larger parade with a brass band through the town. | |||
| [TANK AND TRANSPORTER AT SPEKE] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12080 | |||
| We see a tank being carried by road on a transporter lorry until it arrives at a showground where a military display is taking place. There are brief scenes from an air show and then the tank is driven around the field for the spectators before being driven back on to the transporter. | |||
| LOWER WITHINGTON ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL 1984 | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 11931 | |||
| A girls' dance troupe leads the festival parade followed by a marching brass band, tractors pulling floats and people in fancy dress collecting money for charity. The Rose Queens pass in vintage convertible cars and a woman on horseback leads the parade onto the showground before the coronation of the Rose Queens begins. The children's fancy dress prize giving by the Rose Queen is followed by the decorated bicycles competition, Morris dancing and scenes from inside a marquee. | |||
| [QUINTA GARDENS AND DAFFODIL DELL] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 3609 | |||
| Shots of the Quinta Gardens at the Liverpool Festival Gardens, with visitors admiring the flowers, and watching people gardening. There are views of fountains, and people in historical costume. | |||
| FAROES - A NORTH ATLANTIC ADVENTURE [2] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 3692 | |||
| Footage of a trip taken by Mr Taylor to the Faroe islands, with a mixed group of children from King David's High School in Manchester. There are shots of landscapes and coastlines, and visits to the capital Torshavn, the town of Gjogv and a stuffed bird museum. There are also scenes at a fish processing factory. | |||
| [KITTENS AND CANALS] | |||
| Date: 1984/5 Film Number: 11242 | |||
| Compilation of family domestic and leisure footage, including Mrs Coburn with two kittens, a camping and canal holiday in the Midlands on the narrowboat ‘Stanley Baldwin’, and campsite scenes with a young man being thrown into the canal. There are home scenes at Christmas, and people out walking in the snow, including along the towpath of an icebound canal. The reel ends with shots of cats in the garden. | |||
| SNOWY GARDEN - TITLES | |||
| Date: c1985 Film Number: 3049 | |||
| Shot of a snowy garden followed by assorted titles. | |||
| THE PASSING OF THE PALACES | |||
| Date: c1984 Film Number: 5425 | |||
| Film showing the exteriors of various Manchester cinemas and commentating on their passing. Begins with the Grosvenor Picture House on Oxford Road with the mural at the rear, before other old cinemas including the Grand, Palace and Arcadia in Levenshulme; Forum in Northenden; Concorde (formerly Lido, Odeon and Classic) in Burnage; the Capitol in Didsbury; Plaza in Stockport; Apollo in Ardwick Green; Essoldo (formerly Rivoli) in Gorton; Davenport Cinema; Tatton in Gatley; Savoy in Heaton Moor and Playhouse in Miles Platting. Exterior of Granada Television Studios and examples of Hollywood Studios and their ouput. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [CANAL SCENES AND CHRISTMAS] | |||
| Date: c1985 Film Number: 11238 | |||
| Compilation of family domestic and leisure footage, including narrowboat holidays, Christmas scenes with Mrs Coburn preparing paper decorations, and winter scenes with a girl playing on a swing in a playground buried in snow. The reel ends with shots of a waterfall. | |||
| [CANALS, CAMPING, STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND AIRCRAFT] | |||
| Date: c1985 Film Number: 11240 | |||
| Compilation of family leisure and holiday footage, including travelling on narrowboats ‘Shalom’ and ‘Culloden’ through rural and industrial areas; the steam locomotive ‘Evening Star’ halted at a station; camping scenes, and light aircraft taxiing at an airfield. | |||
| [CHRISTMAS AGADOO] | |||
| Date: c1985 Film Number: 10379 | |||
| At Christmas, three generations of a family enjoy dancing and singing along with the record ‘Agadoo’ by Black Lace. | |||
| [UP IN THE LAKES] | |||
| Date: c1985 Film Number: 5855 | |||
| Scenes from a trip to the Lake District with Paul Berry and friends. Includes sailing, hiking, horse riding, a picnic with champagne, rowing, drinking outside a pub and various landscape shots. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [JOHN AND JAMES] | |||
| Date: c1985-9 Film Number: 12226 | |||
| Scenes from John and James' childhood. We first see John as a new born in the sitting room with his family. We then see him as he gets a little older, in a pram in the garden, being helped to walk, in the park, at a barbecue and on the beach. Next we see James as a new born and then at his first birthday party. There are Christmas scenes. We see the boys hanging up their stockings on Christmas Eve, finding their toys on Christmas Day and the family eating Christmas dinner. We then see the boys in the bath. This is followed by scenes from another Christmas with extended family in the sitting room, people preparing food in the kitchen, and the family eating. | |||
| PEARL ASSURANCE HALF MARATHON AND MAN CITY BLUE | |||
| Date: 1984/6 Film Number: 8858 | |||
| The Pearl Assurance Half Marathon held in March 1986 in Swanley in Kent with shots of the runners at the start and finish line as well as the medals being awarded. The Man City Blue film begins with shots from the Fulham v City match at Craven Cottage followed by match action of the Wimbledon v City at Plough Lane as well as the players arriving at the ground. Next we have Maine Road exteriors with supporters walking to the match, followed by match action and goal from the Man City v Oxford game. | |||
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| [G-MEX AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1984/6 Film Number: 10172 | |||
| Compilation reel, including exterior shots of the G-Mex exhibition centre and the Midland Hotel in Manchester city centre, and boys riding bicycles around a large garden. | |||
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