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| PLANTING FOR POLLINATORS AT BROADHURST PARK | |||
| Date: 2015 Film Number: 11566 | |||
| Kevin Randall and Kay Phillips both members of the FC Diggers, a voluntary gardening group of FC United fans, planting various herbs in front of the main stand at Broadhurst Park to attract insect pollinators. They then visit the wild flowerbeds and identify the flowers and the bees that they attract. | |||
| SUNDAY 5TH JULY WITH THE DIGGERS | |||
| Date: 2015 Film Number: 11569 | |||
| The FC Diggers, a voluntary gardening group of FC United fans, clearing the treeline of unwanted plants and rubbish then levelling the ground for planting of fruit trees and wild garlic. Filmed on 5 July 2015. | |||
| FC DIGGERS WITH DRUMS | |||
| Date: 2015 Film Number: 11570 | |||
| The FC Diggers, a voluntary gardening group of FC United fans, collecting and rolling wooden cable drums under the East stand at Broadhurst Park stadium so that they can be recycled as tables for the fans. | |||
| A WEEKEND OF PLANTING TREES AT FC | |||
| Date: 2015 Film Number: 11571 | |||
| As part of the Grow Wild UK Grass Roots project the FC Diggers, a voluntary gardening group of FC United fans, dig holes to plant a line of 24 trees including whitebeam, rowan and crab apple in the grounds of Broadhurst Park stadium as well as putting braces in to help support the trees' growth. | |||
| FC UNITED ON MANCHESTER DAY PARADE 2015 | |||
| Date: 2015 Film Number: 11578 | |||
| Kay Phillips and the FC United supporters gather on Liverpool Road for the annual Manchester Day parade . They march on Deansgate with their flags and banners chanting the FC United songs in front of large crowds of spectators lining the road. The parade ends at Cathedral Gardens where the supporters give a rendition of the 'home song'. | |||
| RAMMY RATTLER - ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE FC UNITED TRAIN TRAVEL | |||
| Date: 2015 Film Number: 11583 | |||
| Kay Phillips interviews the Ramsbottom Station Master while waiting for the East Lancs. steam train to arrive, filled with FC United fans. The fans arrive and chant their songs as they disembark the train, then Kay interviews supporters about their journey from Bury. The film ends with the supporters departing on the train. | |||
| WORKINGTON AWAY - THE CHAMPION'S CELEBRATIONS - MARGY, MARGY, GIVE US A SONG! | |||
| Date: 2015 Film Number: 11586 | |||
| FC United supporters, players and staff celebrate winning the Northern Premier League at Workington's Borough Park. The players and fans are singing with the fans calling on Karl 'Margy' Marginson, the FC United manager, to 'give them a song'. The manager is seen later having selfies taken with the Premiership trophy and jubilant supporters. | |||
| BAYTREES HANGING BASKETS DAY 2015 | |||
| Date: 2015 Film Number: 11588 | |||
| As part of Hanging Baskets Day on 4 July 2015, the gardeners in the Baytrees neighbourhood of Harpurhey in Manchester distribute flowering plants to be used in hanging baskets and weed the Baytrees area before the competition judges arrive. | |||
| [LOVE ACTIVISTS AT THE BANK OF LOVE, LIVERPOOL] | |||
| Date: 2015 Film Number: 12132 | |||
| Love Activists being fed at the Bank of Love, Liverpool. People pass food through railings to protestors. The people chant 'let them eat'. There is a police presence. | |||
| FCUM ALL THE HOME GOALS AT BROADHURST PARK 1ST SEASON 2015-2016 | |||
| Date: 2015-6 Film Number: 11580 | |||
| All the goals scored by FC United in their first season at their new home at Broadhurst Park in Moston. All the goals are commentated on by the enthusiastic FC United fans. | |||
| THE HOMELESS LIBRARY | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 8233 | |||
| Short documentary looking at the Homeless Library project. The project worked with the Greater Manchester homeless community to document their stories through art and poetry, using second-hand books as a starting point. Includes interviews with the project's co-ordinators and participants. An exhibition of the work created as part of the project runs from 31 Jan to 31 March in Archives+, Ground Floor, Manchester Central Library. | |||
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| URBIS | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 11452 | |||
| Shot and directed by Nathan Starr, ‘Urbis’ is a non-narrative film that combines slow motion 16mm film and digital time-lapse photography to tell the story of the cities of Manchester and Salford from morning to night. This short artistic film, set entirely to an original score composed by Kim’s Garden, is a visual portrait of an urban environment in a state of constant change. | |||
| THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, MANCHESTER | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 11464 | |||
| A record of Manchester’s contribution to the events on 1st July 2016 commemorating the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. After scenes of planning and preparation, the film hears from those involved in the project, both organisers and participants, from children in the clay workshop making ‘memory tiles’ for the lost soldiers, to Philip Barratt, Canon Preceptor of Manchester Cathedral, and some of the volunteer dancers. We also see preparatory work in Heaton Park, as the stage is erected and the tiles laid in a pathway. In an adjoining area, living history re-enactors engage with visitors, and there are excerpts from the performance itself, hosted by Nihal Arhanayake. The audience, well wrapped up against the rain, watches a children’s choir, speakers including Lemn Sissay, professional dancers performing on the stage, while others, placed amongst the crowd, stand up and join in. There is music from the Halle Orchestra and guest soloists, before a lone bugler sounds The Last Post. | |||
| THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, MANCHESTER [DANCE EDIT] | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 11465 | |||
| An edited record of the live performance by professional dancers and voluntary participants in Heaton Park on 1st July 2016, staged as part of the commemoration of the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. In addition to the dancers on the main stage, the volunteers, strategically placed amongst the seated crowd, join in, bringing the performance into the midst of the audience. | |||
| THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, MANCHESTER [SHORT EDIT] | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 11466 | |||
| A snapshot of the events taking place in Manchester to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, from wreath laying in St Peter’s Square to children making ‘memory tiles’ for the fallen soldiers, and living history re-enactors engaging with visitors. The events culminate in the live performance by a children’s choir, Halle orchestra, speakers, and dancers on an open-air stage in Heaton Park. | |||
| MANCHESTER SAYS KEEP CORBYN 2016 | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 11485 | |||
| A demonstration in favour of the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is held in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester on 1 July 2016. The supporters many with flags, banners and placards listen to speeches from local politicians and union members and hold a two minute silence for the fallen soldiers at the Battle of the Somme. After more rousing speeches in the rain the crowd cheer and chant 'Keep Corbyn.' | |||
| TAKE BACK MANCHESTER DEMONSTRATION 4TH OCTOBER 2016 | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 11486 | |||
| On 4 October 2016, a political demonstration against the Conservative government begins with Billy Bragg singing 'Power in a Union' to the protesters gathering for the march with banners, flags and placards on Oxford Road in Manchester. The film continues with a passionate speech by Owen Jones as the protesters march on Deansgate, Albert Square and finally to a rally at Castlefield Arena. | |||
| BEES, BEER & THE POLLEN IN YOUR PINT | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 11509 | |||
| This short film is introduced by Manchester University geography student Isobel Carpenter who is studying the urban bee and the pollen found in three Manchester sites, the Baytrees Bee Project in Harpurhey, Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Museum and the honey produced from these hives | |||
| BREW WILD, MANCHESTER | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 11512 | |||
| The Brew Wild projects photo shoot at Manchester Art Gallery with Kay Phillips and Richard Searle from the Baytrees Bee Project and John Mouncy of Manchester Art Gallery talk about the project. Next we see the planting of three hop plants at Broadhurst Park in Moston and then checking the plant growth a few weeks later | |||
| FC DIGGERS TASTE TEST FOR BREW WILD | |||
| Date: 2016 Film Number: 11513 | |||
| Kay Phillips introduces the FC Diggers, the volunteer gardeners at FC United, to the first batch of the honey ale brewed as part of the Brew Wild project. | |||
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