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| [AMBULANCE RALLY AND PLAY AWAY DAY 1990] | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 8041 | |||
| Meeting up and preparing for a rally in support of the striking ambulance workers in Leigh. An ambulance worker reads out a statement to a group of supporters and is followed by other union members and MPs who give speeches of support and ask the crowd to contribute to the strike fund. After a brief break we have a health fair held at a primary school, children have lessons and play, teachers chat and are then seen reading essays in the staff room - all footage of the fair and lessons in the primary school is mute. | |||
| BORDERLINE | |||
| Date: *1990 Film Number: 10538 | |||
| An atmospheric short drama about a troubled young man that resorts to hard drug use to try and forget the pain of seeing his mother die in a car accident. The story is told through black and white flashbacks to the event and the film ends with the man overdosing. | |||
| NOSTALGIC DAYS OUT BY STEAM | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 9170 | |||
| Views of steam hauled excursion trains along the North Wales coast route via Chester and Llandudno junction to Holyhead using a number of different steam locomotives. | |||
| [CHILDREN IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: *1990 Film Number: 11101 | |||
| A little girl in a dress plays in the garden then rides on a toy tractor. Three girls and a boy with a cat pull faces at the camera followed by a group family shot and then a baby | |||
| PRESENTATION OF THE NEW GUIDON | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 11253 | |||
| The new guidon is presented by her Majesty the Queen at Stonyhurst College in Blackburn on the 18th October 1990. The video begins with preparations for the Royal visit with seating, catering, policing and the soldiers putting on their ceremonial uniforms. The various regiments march behind the Queen's Lancashire Regimental band. The Queen arrives in the Royal car then takes her place on a dais while the national anthem is played. The Queen then inspects the troops before they retire the old guidon with an elaborate marching display. The chaplain consecrates the new guidon then the Queen formally hands it to the regiment before giving an address. The regiment give three cheers then with the old comrades march past the Queen. The Queen then enters the college and visits the library, signs the visitors book before departing with a cavalry escort. | |||
| LOWER WITHINGTON ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL 1990 | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 11937 | |||
| The Rose Queen parade is led by a young girl on a horse followed by a boy scout marching band and a dance troupe. Tractors with decorated floats are accompanied by children in fancy dress collecting money for charity and a troupe of Morris dancers. At the Parish Hall the coronation of the Rose Queen is followed by a dance demonstration and the prize giving for the adults and children fancy dress competition The film ends with children dancing around the Maypole. | |||
| AIR FAIR | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 12841 | |||
| Scenes from an aero sport gliding club event at Popham Airfield in Hampshire. 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/ | |||
| OPERATION COUNTRYSIDE 1990 | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 12900 | |||
| An environmental playscheme for children, run by the Mersey Valley Wardens Service. On the scheme, which runs in the summer holidays, children enjoy a range of outdoor and environment-themed activities. 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/ | |||
| [AFTERMATH OF THE STRANGEWAYS PRISON RIOT] | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 12913 | |||
| Scenes outside Strangeways prison in Manchester after the end of the prison riot, including interviews with the prison governor, Brendan O'Friel, and local children. The riot began in the jail on April 1st 1990, when prisoners seized control of the prison chapel. The disturbance then escalated, becoming a rooftop protest about the overcrowded and squalid conditions inside the Victorian building. The authorities tried to end the protest by spraying cold water onto the roof and playing loud music at the prisoners but met with little success. The prisoners waved banners, shouted abuse, and threw missiles. This standoff between the prisoners and the authorities went on for 25 days and attracted much media attention, both locally and nationally. When the protest finally ended, it left two fatalities, many more injuries, and much of the prison badly damaged or destroyed. A public inquiry into the disturbances produced the Woolf Report in 1991, recommending sweeping changes in the way prisons were run. The prison was rebuilt, re-opening in 1994 as HM Prison Manchester, but to this day, the dramatic events at Strangeways remain the longest and most famous prison riot in British penal history. 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/ | |||
| [CROWDS AT STRANGEWAYS] | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 12914 | |||
| Scenes at and around Strangeways Prison in Manchester during the prison riot of April 1990. Prisoners are seen on the jail roof, resisting attempts to get them down, while media reporters record events and onlookers stand and watch, or buy commemorative T-shirts. The riot began in the Manchester jail on April 1st, when prisoners seized control of the prison chapel. The disturbance then escalated, becoming a rooftop protest about the overcrowded and squalid conditions inside the Victorian building. The authorities tried to end the protest by spraying cold water onto the roof and playing loud music at the prisoners but met with little success. The prisoners waved banners, shouted abuse, and threw missiles. This standoff between the prisoners and the authorities went on for 25 days and attracted much media attention, both locally and nationally. When the protest finally ended, it left two fatalities, many more injuries, and much of the prison badly damaged or destroyed. A public inquiry into the disturbances produced the Woolf Report in 1991, recommending sweeping changes in the way prisons were run. The prison was rebuilt, re-opening in 1994 as HM Prison Manchester, but to this day, the dramatic events at Strangeways remain the longest and most famous prison riot in British penal history. 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/ | |||
| [STRANGEWAYS PRISON RIOT] | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 12915 | |||
| Scenes outside Strangeways Prison in Manchester during the prison riots of April 1990. The prison governor, Brendan O'Friel, speaks to the media, while onlookers watch and react to events. The riot began in the jail on April 1st, when prisoners seized control of the prison chapel. The disturbance then escalated, becoming a rooftop protest about the overcrowded and squalid conditions inside the Victorian building. The authorities tried to end the protest by spraying cold water onto the roof and playing loud music at the prisoners but met with little success. The prisoners waved banners, shouted abuse, and threw missiles. This standoff between the prisoners and the authorities went on for 25 days and attracted much media attention, both locally and nationally. When the protest finally ended, it left two fatalities, many more injuries, and much of the prison badly damaged or destroyed. A public inquiry into the disturbances produced the Woolf Report in 1991, recommending sweeping changes in the way prisons were run. The prison was rebuilt, re-opening in 1994 as HM Prison Manchester, but to this day, the dramatic events at Strangeways remain the longest and most famous prison riot in British penal history. 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/ | |||
| [STRANGEWAYS PRISON RIOT STATEMENT] | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 12942 | |||
| Ian Lockwood, governor on secondment at Strangeways prison in Manchester reads a statement to the press during the April 1990 prison riot. The riot began in the Manchester jail on April 1st, when prisoners seized control of the prison chapel. The disturbance then escalated, becoming a rooftop protest about the overcrowded and squalid conditions inside the Victorian building. The authorities tried to end the protest by spraying cold water onto the roof and playing loud music at the prisoners but met with little success. The prisoners waved banners, shouted abuse, and threw missiles. This standoff between the prisoners and the authorities went on for 25 days and attracted much media attention, both locally and nationally. When the protest finally ended, it left two fatalities, many more injuries, and much of the prison badly damaged or destroyed. A public inquiry into the disturbances produced the Woolf Report in 1991, recommending sweeping changes in the way prisons were run. The prison was rebuilt, re-opening in 1994 as HM Prison Manchester, but to this day, the dramatic events at Strangeways remain the longest and most famous prison riot in British penal history. 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/ | |||
| [PRISONER ON THE ROOF] | |||
| Date: 1990 Film Number: 12944 | |||
| One of the inmates at Strangeways prison in Manchester goes out on the roof during the prison riot of April 1990. The riot began in the Manchester jail on April 1st, when prisoners seized control of the prison chapel. The disturbance then escalated, becoming a rooftop protest about the overcrowded and squalid conditions inside the Victorian building. The authorities tried to end the protest by spraying cold water onto the roof and playing loud music at the prisoners but met with little success. The prisoners waved banners, shouted abuse, and threw missiles. This standoff between the prisoners and the authorities went on for 25 days and attracted much media attention, both locally and nationally. When the protest finally ended, it left two fatalities, many more injuries, and much of the prison badly damaged or destroyed. A public inquiry into the disturbances produced the Woolf Report in 1991, recommending sweeping changes in the way prisons were run. The prison was rebuilt, re-opening in 1994 as HM Prison Manchester, but to this day, the dramatic events at Strangeways remain the longest and most famous prison riot in British penal history. 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/ | |||
| [PICCADILLY STATION AND DERELICT BUILDING] | |||
| Date: c1991 Film Number: 6569 | |||
| General scenes inside Piccadilly Station - trains, shops, etc - are followed by views of a derelict building opposite. | |||
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| [THE SHAMBLES' PUBS] | |||
| Date: c1991 Film Number: 6570 | |||
| Exterior views of the two pubs in Shambles Square, Manchester - Sinclair's Oyster Bar and The Old Wellington Inn. | |||
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| [PICCADILLY GARDENS; ST PETER'S SQUARE; G-MEX] | |||
| Date: c1991 Film Number: 6571 | |||
| General views of three central Manchester locations - Piccadilly Gardens, St Peter's Square and the G-Mex conference centre. | |||
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| [BILL WILLIAMSON ART EXHIBITION] | |||
| Date: c1991 Film Number: 6721 | |||
| Scenes from an exhibition in Altrincham Library by local artist, Bill Williamson. Bill Pilkington interviews the artist about his work, there are views of the paintings and reactions from members of the public to the art on display. | |||
| [GRAFFITI WALLS] | |||
| Date: 1990-3 Film Number: 12825 | |||
| A mute record of the decorated walls of Hulme, Manchester, shortly before the demolition of the crescents in the early 1990s. 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/ | |||
| RATRACE | |||
| Date: 1990-5 Film Number: 12794 | |||
| A short drama filmed in Manchester city centre about what can happen when the pressures of work get too much. 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/ | |||
| ROCHDALE CANAL CONSULTATION | |||
| Date: 1990-5 Film Number: 12898 | |||
| Children from St Jude's Primary School in Ancoats, Manchester, investigate how to make the Rochdale Canal a more pleasant and environmentally friendly place. 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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