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| [WALES AND INDIA] | |||
| Date: *1931/33 Film Number: 581 | |||
| Holiday scenes around Conway in North Wales - children and adults at the beach hut and in the sea. Shots of Goalak Falls in India and the surrounding area. | |||
| [BOLTON BOOT TRADES ASSOCIATION OUTINGS] | |||
| Date: *1931/33 Film Number: 584 | |||
| This film shows the Bolton Boot Trades Association outings to a tannery; a wellington boot factory, (Goodyear or Dunlop), and the Puritan Soles Tannery, Runcorn. There are also included shots of a bowls competition and cars travelling on the Runcorn Transporter Bridge, (camera rather shaky). [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| I.O.M. STEAMER 'RAMSEY TOWN' APPROACHING DOUGLAS | |||
| Date: *1931/33-34 Film Number: 1902 | |||
| Members of the Preston family on holiday in the Isle of Man. Includes various scenes of the family on board a steam cruiser; disembarking at Douglas Docks; visiting a trades exhibition and walking around a carnival. Also includes various shots of trams and buses travelling along the seafront. | |||
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| [BURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SWIMMING] | |||
| Date: *1931/4 Film Number: 6049 | |||
| Scenes of pupils from Bury Grammar School swimming in an ornate indoor pool are followed by a young couple sitting in a garden next to a tent. The man does some exercises and there are further scenes of a boy swimming up and down a pool. This film relates to NWFA 6040 - [Bury Grammar School - Army Cadets and School Camp] | |||
| [MISCELLANEOUS FILM PHRASES - MORECAMBE] | |||
| Date: 1930s Film Number: 1432 | |||
| Various phrases of film shot around Morecambe; views of the Central Pier; Mayor of Bolton at Toc H camp 1931; Ernest Binns' Arcadian Follies at the Arcadian Pavilion; Gala at Scale Hall featuring horse racing; the Hindenburg airship over Morecambe and the Daily Express lifesaving team on Morecambe Beach 1934. | |||
| [BLACKPOOL AND GLENGARRY] | |||
| Date: *1931/5 Film Number: 3550 | |||
| Shots of trams on the streets of Blackpool near the North Pier, followed by shots of sheep and dogs at Glengarry, the Preston family home in Bramhall. The film ends with shots of trams on the streets of Leeds. | |||
| MOVIE MEMORIES | |||
| Date: *1931/42/46/48/50 Film Number: 1237 | |||
| Family holidays in and around Blackpool, Burnley and Lytham. Includes scenes at the fairground, seafront and pleasure beach. | |||
| WANDERERS PAST AND PRESENT BURDEN PARK APRIL 1931 [AND LATER MATCHES] | |||
| Date: 1931/48/9 Film Number: 8481 | |||
| Players run onto the pitch at Burnham Park for the George Eccles benefit match between 'Present Bolton' and 'Past Bolton' on 27th April 1931. Scenes of match action which 'Present' Bolton went on to win 2-1. Also includes footage from the 2nd October 1948 Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal match, including Bolton scoring a goal (1-0 final score). Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery (a Freeman of Bolton) is introduced by the Mayor to the players and boys' clubs before match action against Newcastle on 5th November 1949 (2-2 final score). | |||
| THE OPENING OF ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, EARLSTOWN | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 20 | |||
| The opening of the church by Archbishop Downey. Shots of the interior, a procession of church dignitaries, and the congregation. Shots of the Archbishop's address outside the church, and of the crowd eating and drinking in the open air. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| NEWTON-IN-MAKERFIELD 13TH ANNUAL UNITED SUNDAY SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATION | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 23 | |||
| Shots outside the Pavilion Cinema, Earlstown. A procession of women and children in white dresses, led by mounted police and a band. (Additional scenes of cricket from another film). | |||
| FORMBY GALA AND SPORTS | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 59 | |||
| Shots of the crowd at a sports day; various children's races being run; amusements stalls; a brass band; shots of one stall where skittles are being played. | |||
| DOWN ON THE FARM | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 78 | |||
| A fictional story to illustrate the uses of Carborundum products on a farm - a student visits to learn farming and is shown how carborundum makes life simple by sharpening scythes, blades and the farmer's daughter's vegetable knife. | |||
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| IN THE FIRELIGHT | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 87 | |||
| A man shows his son the superior penknife sharpening qualities of a Carborundum block, and goes on to tell him how it was discovered, how it is made in Canada and formed into grinding and sharpening products in Manchester. The products are shown in use in a barbers shop, on a farm and in engineering. | |||
| MY HAT! | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 131 | |||
| Hats are shown being made and modelled at a millinery factory in Denton. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| GAUMONT GRAPHIC 2191 | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 144 | |||
| The Grand National, Aintree, 1932. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| ROUND THE CLOCK | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 188 | |||
| A publicity film for CWS. A mother tells her daughter a story about 'the Giant Cream Cracker.' Scenes at the CWS Biscuit Factory in Crumpsall; flour is weighed out, dough is mixed, rolled out and baked. Women pack the biscuits and delivery vans are loaded with them. Back to the family, seated at the tea table. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| A MATTER OF FORM | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 192 | |||
| A publicity film advertising CWS corsets - early corsets in Greek, Elizabethan and Victorian society are shown in brief, slightly comic sketches. The modern CWS factory is shown and the making of corsets, from cutting-out to packing, in detail. Finally there is a window display of the "Desbeau" corset in a Co-op store. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [SILK QUEEN PARADE, MACCLESFIELD] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 266 | |||
| The Silk Queen and her retinue are driven around town followed by a lively procession of floats, dancers etc. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| DARWEN v ARSENAL AT HIGHBURY | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 271 | |||
| (Or the "£25 team v £45,000 team") Crowds see the Darwen team off to play Arsenal at Highbury. Darwen lost 11-1. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [STUDENTS ANNUAL SHROVETIDE RAG] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 283 | |||
| Oxford Road, Manchester - a procession of decorated floats and students in fancy dress collecting for charity. | |||
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