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| 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. | |||
| MANCHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL - NEW ENTERPRISE PROGRAMME | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12846 | |||
| A Manpower Services Commission film promoting the N.E.P, which assists people starting up their own businesses. Interviews and scenes in workplaces, and at Manchester Business School. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| [TONY BENN SPEAKS AT MANCHESTER FREE TRADE HALL - CAMERA RUSHES] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12945 | |||
| A capacity audience in the Free Trade Hall in Manchester listens to a stirring speech from Labour MP Tony Benn, following a protest march in the city in support of the miners’ strike. In his address, the MP pays tribute to the marchers, the miners, and the leader of the National Union of Mineworkers, Arthur Scargill, and praises the work done by the women’s support groups in the mining communities. He also talks about the links forged with other organisations and movements such as the anti-nuclear women protestors’ group at Greenham Common, saying that the strike is part of the larger struggle for workers’ rights in Britain. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| [ARTHUR SCARGILL SPEAKS AT MANCHESTER FREE TRADE HALL - PART 2 - CAMERA RUSHES] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12946 | |||
| Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, addresses an enthusiastic audience at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester. His fiery speech praises the miners’ determination and solidarity, which he credits for bringing representatives of the National Coal Board, the body running the coal mining industry, to the negotiating table. He also talks about the restrictions imposed on free movement in the mining areas and attacks policing tactics towards those on picket lines. After a standing ovation and a collection for the striking miners, the film concludes with an excerpt from a speech made by Labour MP Tony Benn, and scenes in the Hall at the end of the rally as the crowds disperse. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| [ARTHUR SCARGILL SPEAKS AT MANCHESTER FREE TRADE HALL - PART 1 - CAMERA RUSHES] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12947 | |||
| Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, addresses the crowd at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester with a speech taking aim at the opponents of the miners’ strike. These include the ‘piranha fish’ of the newspapers in Fleet Street, the financial institutions of the City of London, and the government of Margaret Thatcher. Special mention is made of Ian MacGregor, an American industrialist brought in to run the National Coal Board, the body running the coal mining industry. Scargill also praises the women of the mining communities for taking their rightful place alongside the men in the struggle but bemoans the patchy response from some quarters of the trade union movement for the miners' action. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| [A PROTEST MARCH IN SUPPORT OF THE MINERS - CAMERA RUSHES ] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12948 | |||
| A huge protest march in Manchester in support of the striking miners reaches the top of Oxford Road and turns into St Peter’s Square as it winds its way through the city centre. Some of the marchers give their opinions on the protest, criticising the response of the wider trade union movement and leadership. Others detail the different ways their own union or group has provided support for the strikers. The film ends with a crowd outside the Free Trade Hall, waiting to enter, followed by scenes inside as the stage is set up for the speakers. Labour MP Tony Benn is briefly seen on his way to address a nearby rally, arranged for the hundreds of people unable to access the already full Hall. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| TWO DAYS IN THE MINERS' STRIKE OF 1984 | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12949 | |||
| In this excerpt from a documentary produced by the Workers’ Film Association, we see footage from the women’s rally in Barnsley in South Yorkshire on 12 May 1984 in support of the striking miners. As the dispute went on, it drew in people not previously involved, for example miners’ wives, who began to form support groups and speak out themselves. The demonstration is followed by a packed indoor meeting where NUM leader Arthur Scargill and miner’s wife Lorraine Bowler are amongst those who address the crowd. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| [MINERS' MARCH AND RALLY IN MANSFIELD] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12950 | |||
| To the sound of a brass band, miners and their supporters march with banners and placards in Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. Questions put to the marchers reveal the strength of feeling in the crowd, as people stress the fight is for their children’s and grandchildren’s employment prospects as well as the economic future of their area. Though they express confidence that the strikers will be victorious, one miner criticises the media coverage, saying that the dispute is primarily a fight for jobs but is portrayed as a political battle between the NUM president Arthur Scargill and the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Others talk about the lack of solidarity in the mining community, the strike being a bitterly divisive issue in the East Midlands. The march through Mansfield ends in a rally, where Arthur Scargill addresses the crowd. Continued in 'Miners and supporters at the Mansfield rally'. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| [MINERS AND SUPPORTERS AT THE MANSFIELD RALLY] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12951 | |||
| Arthur Scargill, president of the NUM, addresses a crowd of miners and supporters at a rally in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, following their march through the town. His speech stresses the importance of loyalty to the union and fellow strikers, with the emphatic cry of “You don’t cross picket lines!” People in the crowd voice their appreciation of the huge turnout, and two miners from a colliery in North Wales talk about how heartening it is to be at the Nottinghamshire event. Despite the mixed response to the strike call from local pits, with some men continuing to work, confidence is high. As one of the Welsh miners puts it, “How can you lose with people like this?” Continues in 'Strike supporters in Mansfield speak out'. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| [STRIKE SUPPORTERS IN MANSFIELD SPEAK OUT] | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12952 | |||
| An interview with an elderly couple, strike supporters at the miners’ rally in Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. One recalls occasions in earlier decades when the town lent its support to labour disputes, for example the Harworth Colliery disturbances of 1936-7. Her husband recalls the occasion on which A. J. Cook, General Secretary of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain, came to speak during the 1926 General Strike. Both praise the widespread support the miners are receiving from across the labour movement, and single out for praise the women’s groups and younger participants. The film finishes with brief shots of a colliery while an official from the National Coal Board questions the cameraman over his right to be there This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| MINERS CAMPAIGN TAPE PROJECT VIDEO NO. 1 | |||
| Date: 1984 Film Number: 12963 | |||
| It’s ‘not just tea and sandwiches’ – women from coal mining areas speak out about supporting the striking pit workers. In the East Midlands, miners’ wives talk of how the support groups were formed to combat the deprivation endured by the strikers’ families. Women from the Doe Lea Community Centre in Derbyshire discuss the effects local pit closures will have on the area, while in the centre’s kitchen they prepare meals for those in in need in their community. As they talk about their support activities, there is real anger at the media portrayal of women as being opposed to the strike, when some are out on the picket lines with their husbands. They also discuss the restrictions being placed on their areas by the increasingly visible police presence. The film excerpt includes black & white archive footage of earlier industrial disputes. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
| [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 output. [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. | |||
| WHAT NORTH MANCHESTER COLLEGE CAN OFFER YOU | |||
| Date: c1985 Film Number: 12828 | |||
| Students on a City and Guilds course in motor vehicle maintenance talk about their studies, and the only female student on the course adds her own perspective. This title was digitised and preserved as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 programme. It is available to view for free via BFI Replay in UK Public Libraries - https://replay.bfi.org.uk/ | |||
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