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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. After wintry scenes at Fletcher Moss Gardens, the reel ends with 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 and 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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| NORTH-WEST MEETS MID-WEST | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 4585 | |||
| Student documentary about line-dancing - includes interviews with several participants and scenes from Bowlers nightclub's line-dancing evening and the Prairie Dogs - a gay line-dancing club - practising their moves. | |||
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| SPELLS, SWORDS AND SUPERMARKETS | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 4586 | |||
| Student documentary profiling a group of pagans from Oldham. Includes scenes of the members going about their everyday lives as well as scenes of them practising rituals associated with their religion. Also features interviews with the members of the group, including Tony, an ex-Church of England vicar. | |||
| A CRIMINAL WASTE | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 4651 | |||
| Student documentary looking at Hindley Prison for young offenders near Wigan. Includes interviews with inmates, staff and social workers, as well as schemes in the North West designed to reduce the numbers of young people being sent to prison. One of the prison officers, George Hayden, is seen going to schools to give talks to children about the harsh realities of prison life. | |||
| RAGING BELLES | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 4652 | |||
| Student documentary profiling three female boxers. Michelle Hushion is from Manchester and also teaches the sport, Yvonne Valerio from Llandudno is a full-time nurse, and Jane Couch from Fleetwood is on her way to becoming world champion. We see them training, at home and competing in boxing matches, and follow Jane to Copenhagen for her World Title fight against Sandra Geiger. | |||
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| SHE MUST HAVE KNOWN | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 4656 | |||
| Student documentary looking at child abuse and how it affects the wives and partners of abusers. A number of different women (identities disguised) talk about their own experiences, there are interviews with the social workers and police officers who deal with these cases as well as an interview with "Roy," a convicted child-abuser whose wife has stood by him. | |||
| JACQUARD SILK WEAVING AT MACCLESFIELD [1 OF 2] | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 7715 | |||
| A project partnership between WFA and the Northern Consortium of Textile Museums, a group of textile technology museums in the North of England, this film was one of a series designed to preserve textile machinery skills for the future by demonstrating and explaining the use of these old textile machines. To be used in conjunction with specialist training manuals, this film demonstrates Jacquard silk weaving and preparation at Macclesfield Museum Trust through a series of stages from cocoon to loom. Five sections address the different stages. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| JACQUARD SILK WEAVING AT MACCLESFIELD [2 OF 2] | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 7716 | |||
| A project partnership between WFA and the Northern Consortium of Textile Museums, a group of textile technology museums in the North of England, this film was one of a series designed to preserve textile machinery skills for the future by demonstrating and explaining the use of these old textile machines. To be used in conjunction with specialist training manuals, this film demonstrates Jacquard silk weaving and preparation at Macclesfield Museum Trust through a series of stages from cocoon to loom. This film is the 6th of six sections - Jacquard Weaving. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| RING SPINNING | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 7717 | |||
| A project partnership between WFA and the Northern Consortium of Textile Museums, a group of textile technology museums in the North of England, this film was one of a series designed to preserve textile machinery skills for the future by demonstrating and explaining the use of these old textile machines. To be used in conjunction with specialist training manuals, this film demonstrates Ring Spinning at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. A technician demonstrates how it works. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| THE LANCASHIRE LOOM | |||
| Date: 1997 Film Number: 7718 | |||
| A project partnership between WFA and the Northern Consortium of Textile Museums, a group of textile technology museums in the North of England, this film was one of a series designed to preserve textile machinery skills for the future by demonstrating and explaining the use of these old textile machines. To be used in conjunction with specialist training manuals, this film demonstrates and explains the operation of a Lancashire Loom at Quarry Bank Mill Trust Ltd at Styal, Cheshire. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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