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OUR EMMELINE – ‘LOST WAX’ BRONZE CASTING 25 OCT 2018
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11619
 
Sculptor Hazel Reeves talks about the process of ‘lost wax’ bronze casting which she is using to create the sculpture of Emmeline Pankhurst for St Peter’s Square, Manchester. We also see scenes inside the casting foundry in East London as the bronze for the statue is melted and poured.
 
 
 
UNVEILING OF EMMELINE PANKHURST MEETING CIRCLE JULY 2018
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11620
 
Singer Rosie Garland performs to an audience in St Peter’s Square, Manchester on the occasion of the opening of the Emmeline Pankhurst meeting circle, the site where the bronze statue of the Suffragette is to be installed later that year. Sculptor Hazel Reeves and Councillor Andrew Simcock also address the crowd, and the Lord Mayor and other supporters speak to camera about the significance of the project.
 
 
 
MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHOIR - NANA WAS A SUFFRAGETTE
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11621
 
Singer Liz Power and the Manchester Community Choir perform the song ‘Nana was a Suffragette’ to an audience in St Peter’s Square on the occasion of the unveiling of the Emmeline Pankhurst stature on 14th December 2018.
 
 
 
MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHOIR - THE PANKHURST ANTHEM
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11622
 
The Manchester Community Choir, led by Liz Power, perform the ‘Pankhurst Anthem’ to an audience in St Peter’s Square on the occasion of the unveiling of the Emmeline Pankhurst stature on 14th December 2018.
 
 
 
MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHOIR - YOU’RE THE VOICE
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11623
 
The Manchester Community Choir, led by Liz Power, perform ‘You’re the Voice’ to an audience in St Peter’s Square on the occasion of the unveiling of the Emmeline Pankhurst stature on 14th December 2018.
 
 
 
[OUR EMMELINE - THE INSTALL]
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11624
 
Time lapse footage of the process of transporting the bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst into St Peter’s Square, Manchester, lifting it off the lorry by crane, positioning it and fixing it in place.
 
 
 
[OUR EMMELINE – COUNCILLOR ANDREW SIMCOCK]
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11625
 
Councillor Andrew Simcock, Chair of the Emmeline Pankhurst Statue Campaign, makes a brief speech at the unveiling of the Suffragette’s statue in St Peter’s Square, Manchester on 14th December 2018.
 
 
 
[OUR EMMELINE – UNVEILING DAY – FATIMA SHAHID]
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11626
 
At the unveiling of the Emmeline Pankhurst statue in St Peter’s Square, Manchester, on 14th December 2018, ceremony host Naga Munchetty introduces local schoolgirl Fatima Shahid, who speaks about what the statue and the event mean for her and the city.
 
 
 
[OUR EMMELINE – UNVEILING DAY – HELEN PANKHURST]
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11627
 
At the unveiling of the Emmeline Pankhurst statue in Manchester on 14th December 2018, the Suffragette’s great-granddaughter makes a speech to the assembled crowd in St Peter’s Square.
 
 
 
[OUR EMMELINE – UNVEILING DAY – MARCH]
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11628
 
On the day of the unveiling of the Emmeline Pankhurst statue in Manchester, a procession of women, including the sculptor Hazel Reeves, and local schoolchildren, makes its way up Oxford Road and into St Peter’s Square.
 
 
 
[OUR EMMELINE – UNVEILING DAY – SARAH JUDGE]
Date: 2018 Film Number: 11629
 
Sarah Judge, lead member for women on Manchester City Council, makes a brief speech at the unveiling of the Emmeline Pankhust statue in St Peter’s Square on 14th December 2018, stressing the importance of using the hard-won freedom to vote.
 
 
 
LIVERPOOL'S HERITAGE STATUS
Date: 2018 Film Number: 12129
 
A short film about the threat to Liverpool's UNESCO World Heritage Site Status from the planned new development, Liverpool Waters. There are views of Liverpool Waterfront and we are given a short history of Liverpool's World Heritage Site Status. An interview with Sir David Fleming, Director of National Museums Liverpool follows. He talks about the difficulties of maintaining UNESCO World Heritage Site Status in a city centre and the potential consequences of Liverpool losing it's status. There are also interviews with members of the public on the subject.
 
 
 
[LOWKEY IN LIVERPOOL - GHOSTS OF GRENFELL]
Date: 2018 Film Number: 12133
 
Rapper Lowkey performs 'Ghosts of Grenfell' to a crowd of onlookers in Liverpool. This took place on 4 May 2018.
 
 
 
[LOWKEY IN LIVERPOOL - HAND ON YOUR GUN]
Date: 2018 Film Number: 12134
 
Rapper Lowkey performs 'Hand On Your Gun' to a crowd of onlookers in Liverpool. This took place on 4 May 2018.
 
 
 
[PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - BOB STOODLEY]
Date: 2019 Film Number: 9282
 
Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Bob Stoodley, aged 95 from High Peak near Stockport, recounts his role as part of the 22nd Independent Pathfinders on June 6th, 1944. They parachuted into Normandy a full hour ahead of the main airborne assault and six hours before the amphibious troops landed on the beaches. Their mission was to seize the drop zones and set up radio beacons and signal lanterns to bring Allied aircraft onto the target areas. Stoodley was one of the first 10 men to land in occupied France on D-Day. His mission was hugely successful and his special echo beacon brought in a third of the parachute landings, around 2,000 men. He was captured after being injured and remained a POW until VE Day, May 8th, 1945.
 
 
 
[PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - DENIS ROSE]
Date: 2019 Film Number: 9283
 
Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Denis Rose, aged 93 from West Kirby on the Wirral, recounts events from his time with the Royal Navy. Aboard the Queens Cross tug, his job on D-Day was to tow part of Mulberry Harbour across the Channel to Arromanches in Normandy.
 
 
 
[PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - GEORGE SIMMS]
Date: 2019 Film Number: 9284
 
Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. George Simms, aged 95 from Ardwick, Manchester, was a Royal Marine with 41 Commando and landed on Sword Beach in a landing craft on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. He was eventually wounded in the shoulder and lay on the beach all night before being taken back to England the next day.
 
 
 
[PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - HECTOR DUFF]
Date: 2019 Film Number: 9285
 
Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Hector Duff, aged 99 from the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man, served with the Royal Tank Regiment of the 5th Infantry Division which landed on Gold Beach, Normandy on June 6th 1944. Hector was just 19 when he was called up, and had already fought in North Africa where he won the Military Medal. On D-Day the Americans were to his right landing on Omaha Beach and to his left were the Canadians landing on Juno Beach. Here he recounts his experiences and looks through old photos.
 
 
 
[PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - JACK CUNNANE]
Date: 2019 Film Number: 9286
 
Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Jack Cunnane, aged 95 from Bury, landed with REME (Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) on Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. His vital role with the recovery trucks was to keep tanks, jeeps and moving military equipment in working condition once they had landed on the beach. Many wouldn’t start because of sea water in the engines. He spent all day under constant fire repairing vehicles, eventually being hit by shrapnel and then told he wouldn’t walk again. Jack’s war continued until VE Day, May 8th, 1945 in Northern Germany.
 
 
 
CLIMATE GLOBAL ACTION DAY
Date: 2019 Film Number: 11646
 
The International Day of Action against Climate Change, Manchester protest, St Peters Square on the 20th of September 2019. Inspired by the climate activist Greta Thunberg, hundreds of children and adults with banners, flags and placards gather in St Peters Square in Manchester to listen to speeches and to march towards Piccadilly Gardens.
 
 
 
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