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| THE SECRET ENEMY | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 6078 | |||
| Incomplete drama produced by the Stockport Amateur Cine Players Club. Local mill owner, Sir Richard Holt, is experiencing difficulties - unexplained breakdowns, etc. His worries increase when his mill manager is abducted by two masked men. When the kidnappers reach their hide-out, the manager is told that he has been taken in revenge for some kind of injury caused by Sir Richard. Back at the mill, Sir Richard and his daughter Helen arrive to find the manager missing. Helen figures out that the secretary is involved in the plot and tells her father when they get home. This is where the film ends. | |||
| [REDDISH MAY QUEEN FESTIVAL] | |||
| Date: *1931 Film Number: 6293 | |||
| Scenes of a carnival parade through the streets of Reddish are followed by views at the showground of the Mayoral party, and brief views of the arrival of the May Queen. | |||
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| [A PARADE IN NORTHWICH] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 7037 | |||
| Scenes showing a parade through the streets of Northwich in aid of the local hospital, including firemen aboard a fire engine, children wearing fancy dress walking in procession and chauffeur driven Rose Queens. | |||
| [CANADIAN SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 6919 | |||
| Scenes showing the Parkinson family visiting relatives in Canada, featuring boat trips along a river, rowing on a lake and swimming. Footage includes various shots of Niagara Falls, relatives posing for the camera in the grounds of a house and a young girl riding a bicycle. Ends with relatives stood at Montreal docks waving goodbye to the unseen Parkinson family from the deck of a ship, with shots of Montreal harbour and city skyline. | |||
| [DIVING AT ST ANNE'S BATHS & ON SPEEDBOAT AT LYTHAM ST ANNE'S] | |||
| Date: *1931 Film Number: 6955 | |||
| Scenes showing a crowd of people gathered around St Anne's outdoor swimming pool watching divers perform and a group aboard a speed boat leaving Lytham quayside. | |||
| RMS ADRIATIC CRUISE, LIVERPOOL TO SCILLY ISLES VIA LANDS END AUGUST 1ST 1931 | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 6682 | |||
| Views on deck of the Captain J W Binks, the Purser Mr Bartlett with Mr Bell and Mr Gardner posing, followed by passengers waving goodbye to the Mersey Docks and taking part in a life boat drill. Dancing in the lounge and on deck continues and passengers are seen larking in the outdoor swimming pool. Concludes with scenes from a church sevice in the lounge, a Lido parade, a bun eating competition and dinner. | |||
| [MASONIC TRIP TO ULLSWATER 1931] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 8740 | |||
| This short film shows the Masonic group from Burnley on a trip to Ullswater in the Lake District. Scenes of the group arriving at the docks in coaches, and then embarking onto a steamer boat for a trip down the lake are shown, as well as their walk alongside the lake and through villages of the area. Culminates with the group stopping off at the Patterdale Hotel for refreshments, relaxing on the lawn and playing some golf. | |||
| [GIRL WITH TWITCHING ARM] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 9204 | |||
| A woman is sat upright in bed, her right arm twitches constantly. A doctor and nurse perform a physical test on the woman including getting her to shake the doctors hand with her left hand then with her right as well as stretching both her arms. | |||
| [INSIDE THE FACTORY] | |||
| Date: *1931 Film Number: 9689 | |||
| Shots of machinery in operation on the factory floor of S.H.Heywood & Co of Reddish, Stockport; there are some close-ups of working parts. A group of men stand and watch the machinery, then take a look at a large plan. | |||
| [PADDLING IN AN ORNAMENTAL POND] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 10745 | |||
| Children, some naked, paddle and swim in an ornamental pond in Tatton Hall gardens. | |||
| [MILL SCENES 1931] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 10785 | |||
| Scenes shot from outside a mill. Large objects that look like metal track are lowered from high up and put onto a hand cart. The cart is then wheeled away past men with ladders. | |||
| [FUN WITH THE CANOE] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 10786 | |||
| We see people crossing a small river with their trousers rolled up, and then we see a man paddling a canoe. He tries to stand up in it and falls into the river. | |||
| [BURNLEY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY ANNUAL MAY DAY DAIRY, LAUNDRY AND BAKERY PROCESSION - EXCERPT] | |||
| Date: *1931 Film Number: 8573 | |||
| After an outdoor prize-giving ceremony, a procession of horse-drawn dairy vehicles and handcarts sets off from the dairy. | |||
| THE LAST MATCH OF THE 1930-31 SEASON, BLACKPOOL V MANCHESTER CITY [AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 8718 | |||
| Scenes from the last match of the 1930-1 football season, when Blackpool and Manchester City drew 2-2. Also a variety of local material, including the "christening ceremony" of a new lifeboat; footage at an Aerial Circus, with biplanes and an autogiro on show; and scenes of family members out and about in Arnside and in Stanley Park, Blackpool. | |||
| HAPPY DAYS 1931 [MOVIE SNAPS 1931 REEL 3] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 8719 | |||
| A compilation of family, leisure and local scenes, including women sitting in deck chairs in the garden; family members in Ashton Gardens, St Annes, and on the beach at Fairhaven and Squires Gate. Also footage of the Lancs. v Derby cricket match in Blackpool, and people enjoying the open air pool in Southport . | |||
| [MOVIE SNAPS 1931 REEL 4] | |||
| Date: 1931 Film Number: 8720 | |||
| A compilation of family, leisure and local scenes, including home activities - the King children playing indoors and in the garden; having fun with the Lytham laundry van; on the beach at Southport. Also a brief look inside the Lytham St Annes laundry, and a visit to the local war memorial with its cross of poppies. The reel ends with a short comedy drama filmed in the garden, featuring the children in fancy dress. | |||
| [TWO WEDDINGS AND A RECEPTION] | |||
| Date: 1930s Film Number: 11415 | |||
| The bride and groom pose for photographs with family and friends then walk towards car as confetti is thrown. After underexposed shots of tables at the wedding reception a couple kiss in a park. | |||
| [A WEDDING ON A WET DAY] | |||
| Date: 1930s Film Number: 11418 | |||
| Underexposed shot of bride and groom stood on church steps posing for photographs. They then walk down the church pathway on a wet day. | |||
| [GIRL THROWING STONES] | |||
| Date: 1930s Film Number: 11419 | |||
| A little girl with her mother throwing stones from the rocks into the sea. | |||
| ROOFTOP VIEWS | |||
| Date: 1930s Film Number: 11420 | |||
| Views of rooftops with a large chimney then brief shots of men on horseback leading a Whit Walk followed by men holding a banner. | |||
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