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| UNUSUAL SUSPECT | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 2691 | |||
| Film showing a mock confrontation between pool players before one of them reveals that he has the cue ball and the game can begin. | |||
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| SMITH AND NEPHEW MEDICAL FABRICS LTD BRIERFIELD 1996 | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 3502 | |||
| Scenes of retired workers on a visit to their former employer Brierfield Mills. They are seen at the looms, where huge bales of fabric being spun ready to be made into bandages and dressings and then the sterile areas where the medical materials are made and packaged. | |||
| THE PINK PULPIT | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 4654 | |||
| Student documentary featuring Manchester's Gay and Lesbian Church - members of the church are seen handing out leaflets on Canal Street during Mardi Gras and there are scenes at some of the church's services and a lesbian wedding. Includes interviews with the minister, Rev Andy Braunston, members of the congregation and Church of England officials who disagree with the church's practices. | |||
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| BEDTIME STORIES | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 4661 | |||
| Student documentary looking at people's relationships with their beds - with interviews with a feng-shui expert, an S & M dominatrix, a nun, a homeless man, a multiple-sclerosis sufferer, a doctor studying breathing patterns during sleep, and a retired submarine officer. Also includes footage from a bed factory in Oldham. | |||
| [BEDTIME STORIES - RUSHES 1] | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 4664 | |||
| Rushes from student documentary showing life in a convent in Colne - the nuns are woken by a bell, are seen engaged in different chores such as sewing and making communion wafers, singing hymns, and eating a meal. | |||
| [BEDTIME STORIES - RUSHES 2] | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 4665 | |||
| Rushes from student documentary showing life in a convent in Colne - the nuns are seen singing and praying and there is a lengthy interview with one of the sisters in which she talks about daily routines, the nuns' cells and how things have changed since she has been there. | |||
| [BEDTIME STORIES - RUSHES 3] | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 4666 | |||
| Rushes from student documentary showing life in a convent in Colne - views of a nun's cell, interview with three sisters about people's mis-conceptions of life in the convent. One of the sisters feeds the ducks and there are views of the house and gardens. | |||
| WISH YOU WERE HERE | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 6064 | |||
| Comedy produced by Stockport Cine and Video Society, also featuring members of the Woodford Players. At a meeting of the Poynton Paranormal Society, the Chairman discovers that several members have vanished into thin air after reading a book of spells. The police come round to question him, but the Inspector also disappears after reading the book. Strange things begin to happen, with society members appearing and disappearing again in unusual places. A medium is called in to assist, but this also goes wrong, and she is accidentally transformed into a cuddly toy. The Chairman eventually restores normality, only to be arrested by the Police Inspector - however, this time the Chairman uses the book to make himself disappear - to Australia. | |||
| MANCHESTER MILLENNIUM | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 6635 | |||
| Short documentary looking at Manchester City centre's changing architecture, reflecting on its Victorian legacy and moving into the Twenty First Century. Features extensive views of the city's most prominent landmarks at the time of filming in 1996 including areas boarded up following the IRA bomb. | |||
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| MARDI GRAS 1996 | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 7739 | |||
| Introduced by Tony Warren, the creator of Coronation Street, in the Gay Village in Manchester, the film follows the events of this major gay and lesbian festival and their response to HIV. The film covers performances, the procession along Princess Street past Manchester Town Hall and interviews visitors, gay and straight. At the end a large crowd commemorates those who have died through a silent candlelit vigil. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| SHARING THE COST (THE 11 MINUTE VERSION) | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 6447 | |||
| A documentary featuring Pakistani youths sharing their views and experience of racism in the local area. The film is divided into chapters by intertitles, which showcase its key themes: colonial slavery; post war immigration; racial assaults; police harassment and hope for the future. The youths speak to camera and their views are also heard in voice over, edited with archive footage and music. Subtitles are supplied for Indian lyrics. | |||
| [MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHARITY EVENTS] | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 8077 | |||
| Scenes from various events at Manchester Grammar School to raise money for charity. The film opens with scenes from a 'bazaar' in the main hall. The students mill about and chat around trestle tables which are mostly empty, though some boys play card tricks at one of the tables. We then see some of the boys abseiling down the side of the building while the other students cheer them on and heckle them. At the final event students with long hair have their heads shaved while the other students have fun heckling them, but also cheer them on. We see a teacher collecting money in a bucket. | |||
| THE PIONEER LINE | |||
| Date: 1996 Film Number: 8125 | |||
| An exhaustive and informative film on the experimental electric train line that linked Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham. After a history of the various stages of the construction of the line we see the archive film of the Rev. Robert Jackson [see NWFA7959]. This film takes us on a journey from Morecambe to Lancaster, back to Morecambe then onto Heysham before returning to Morecambe with views taken from the cab of the train. It also includes shots of the trains filmed from the sidings and bridges as well as a glimpse of the drivers. In 1996, thirty years after the line was closed, Robert Jackson and former train driver and engineer Ernie Whitehouse retrace the line. Using the archive and contemporary films side by side we see the the many changes that have happened to the area since closure. The film ends with an interview with Ernie Whitehead and the Rev. Robert Jackson who shows us the railway artefacts he has collected. | |||
| METRO NEWS | |||
| Date: 1996-7 Film Number: 3431 | |||
| Shots of bomb damage after the IRA's attack on Manchester in June 1996. There are shots of the Corn Exchange, buildings on Corporation Street and near the cathedral. There are views of the newly completed Bridgewater Hall, the Free Trade Hall, the inflatable Santa attached to the Town Hall, and the ice-skating rink set up in Albert Square. There are also shots of Manchester Airport and the now-demolished Davenport Theatre in Stockport. | |||
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| WE ARE THE SONS OF THE DESERT | |||
| Date: 1996-7 Film Number: 3443 | |||
| Footage of a Laurel & Hardy appreciation society convention. Includes interviews with members and shots of the convention in the Bowdon Hotel, Cheshire. Also an interview with the founder of the Laurel & Hardy museum in Ulverston, the birthplace of Stan Laurel and general views of the museum. Interspersed throughout are extracts from Laurel & Hardy films. | |||
| BLACKPOOL RUMINATIONS | |||
| Date: 1996-7 Film Number: 3444 | |||
| Film showing life in Blackpool during out of season winter months. Includes interviews with Bed & Breakfast landladies, a sweet seller, an oyster seller and a tattooist. Also a look at the illuminations warehouse, the Tower ballroom and the gay scene. Includes brief extracts of stormy seas and shots of busy summer beaches. | |||
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| R N L I | |||
| Date: 1996-7 Film Number: 3445 | |||
| Film showing the RNLI stations at Blackpool, Lytham St Annes, Hoylake and West Kirby. Includes interviews with crews and members and shows a variety of fundraising events across Lancashire and Cheshire. | |||
| [CANALS, TRAMS AND TRAINS] | |||
| Date: c1997 Film Number: 11237 | |||
| Compilation of family leisure footage, including holiday scenes on a narrowboat, a steam train at Llangollen station, and a visit to the Black Country Living Museum. There are also wintry scenes with shots of the long-lasting snow in North Wales in April 1998. | |||
| SHOP | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 4257 | |||
| Promotional film for the family firm of EH Booth & Co Ltd, made during their 150th Anniversary year of 1997 looking at all aspects of Booths Supermarkets. Includes views of Anniversary celebrations in Preston, interviews with Edwin, Graham and Simon Booth, and after a brief history of the company, details every part of the business, from the design and layout of stores, through to food production (pizza making, tea blending, coffee roasting, sausage making and wine buying) and in-store cafes. Strong emphasis is made of the family aspects of the business and the quality of Booths products. | |||
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| BINGO! | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 4584 | |||
| Student documentary looking at the staff and customers of the Mecca Bingo in Levenshulme. Interviews with people about the club and their reasons for going, and how the opening of a new bingo hall in Gorton has affected trade. | |||
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