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| "JACK" STEAMS INLAND! | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 389 | |||
| Mancunians inspect the 5th destroyer flotilla when it arrives by Manchester Ship Canal. | |||
| [FUN ON THE BEACH] | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 498 | |||
| The Powell family on holiday - playing on a beach, possibly in Wales. | |||
| [CATHOLIC PROCESSION, BOLTON] | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 582 | |||
| A Trinity Sunday procession through the streets of Bolton - the clergy and congregation of St. Peter and Paul's, St. Ethelbert's and St. Mary's take part. There are a large number of procession queens, statues and banners, and groups of schoolchildren. We also see several shots of the "treasured relic" of St. Mary's - a stone cross in the churchyard. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| SLAIDBURN RESERVOIR, LANCS. H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE INAUGURATES GREAT FYLDE WATER SCHEME | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 660 | |||
| Newsreel film featuring the inaugural ceremony at Slaidburn Reservoir. | |||
| MANCHESTER'S NEW RESERVOIR. H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE PERFORMS THE OPENING CEREMONY | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 661 | |||
| Newsreel film featuring the inaugural ceremony of a reservoir at Bowland. Contains scenes at Manchester's Haweswater. | |||
| BLACKPOOL 1932 | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 727 | |||
| A family holiday in Blackpool showing various activities and amusements - the promenade and piers; rough seas; a fairground; boating and paddling pools. | |||
| [ON BOARD SHIP] | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 1031 | |||
| On board ship - sunbathing on deck; swimming in the ship's pool. Followed by a little sightseeing. | |||
| WILMSLOW CARNIVAL 1932 | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 1154 | |||
| Footage of Wilmslow Carnival in 1932. The procession includes the Westwood Morris Dancers from Oldham, the Rainbow Fairies, acrobats, decorated bicycles, horse-drawn floats and a Poynton Colliery Lorry. People wearing various fancy dress costumes collect money from spectators lining the streets. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| HRH THE DUKE OF YORK VISITS THE CWS MARGARINE WORKS AT HIGHER IRLAM 3RD MARCH 1932 | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 1333 | |||
| The Duke of York's visit to the CWS margarine factory at Higher Irlam. The Duke's party is greeted by crowds and tours the factory before leaving. | |||
| [THE O'GRADY FAMILY ON THE BEACH] | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 1808 | |||
| Members of the O'Grady family are seen on holiday in the Isle of Man. Includes beach scenes and activities; and two elderly men and a woman walking around the gardens of a large house. Also includes shots of some people walking down the steps of a guest house; one man carries a small child in his arms. | |||
| [PADDLING IN THE SEA] | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 1810 | |||
| Members of the O'Grady family are seen playing in the sea with a large inflatable rubber duck. Includes shots of three children sitting in a car that has been modelled out of the sand. | |||
| [A HOLIDAY IN COLWYN BAY; 1932] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 1832 | |||
| A family group sit in the garden of a guest house, relaxing in deck chairs. A squabble breaks out between a young boy and girl. The girl runs off in tears and the boy quickly jumps into her vacant seat. Further footage includes shots of the family on the beach, walking along the cliff tops, playing a game of crazy golf and feeding seagulls on the pier. The film also features a brief shot of a man standing in the road with a film camera and tripod. | |||
| WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 1906 | |||
| Members of the Preston family are seen walking through the glens and gorges around Ingleton. Includes scenic views of the woodlands and waterfalls around Snowfalls, Beazley Falls, Thornton Force and Pecca Falls. | |||
| GLENGARRY TOPICAL NEWS NO. 9 | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 1907 | |||
| Glengarry topical newsreel includes items on the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition held in London in 1932 and the maiden voyage of a White Star Liner -'Georgie'- which set sail from Liverpool on June 25th 1932. The Mayor of Liverpool, Alderman J C Cross and Captain Summers are seen posing with other passengers on board the ship's deck as they have their photographs taken. The film also includes footage of London's New Victoria Coach Station. | |||
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| STOCKPORT CARNIVAL 1932 | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 1926 | |||
| Scenes of Stockport Carnival in 1932. Decorated floats and fancy dress competitors gather at an assembly point before the procession starts. A group of young girls perform various acrobatic displays as they walk along the procession route. High angle shots of the parade show the crowd lined streets. At the festival ground Miss Marjorie Bradley is crowned Carnival Queen. | |||
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| MAY 28TH 1932 PENINSULAR AND ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION CO. MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE TO CEUTA, MONTE CARLO, PALMA, BARCELONA VIGO, LONDON | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 1943 | |||
| Members of the Preston family are seen on a mediterranean cruise in 1932. They depart from Southampton docks on board a Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Company ocean liner. Scenes on board ship includes a lifeboat drill. They also travel by train to Ceuta in Morocco. The film concludes with footage of the family returning to the cruise ship which is anchored in a mediterranean harbour. | |||
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| [P & O CRUISE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN MAY/JUNE 1932] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 1945 | |||
| The Preston family from Stockport are seen on a Pacific and Orient Cruise of the Mediterranean, in 1932. They visit Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Nice and Villefranche, on board the 'Viceroy of India'. | |||
| HOLIDAYS IN DEVON 1932 | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 2048 | |||
| The film opens with footage shot from a moving car as it passes a unit of the Gloucestershire Regiment. It continues with a very brief shot of a dog on a beach and of a garage. There is footage from Mevagissey and Pentewan featuring people on a beach and in the sea as well as shots from a campsite. The material appears to be shot in Gloucestershire (?), Somerset and Cornwall, despite the title. | |||
| HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES VISITS WIDNES | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 2219 | |||
| A film of Edward, Prince of Wales, visiting Widnes on November 24th, 1932. The local MP (J. Roland Robinson) is seen strolling towards the camera with his wife, before shots of HRH arriving by car in the rain-swept Market area of Widnes, being greeted by the Mayor. Veterans of the 'South African' (Boer) War line up along the street all wearing their medals and there is an assembled group of girl guides all in their uniforms. The film ends with close ups of some members of the crowd. | |||
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| PENKETH. A FILM OF LIFE AT A QUAKER SCHOOL | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 2241 | |||
| Activities and events attended by staff and pupils of Penketh Quaker school, near Warrington, in 1932. Includes scenes of the children having their breakfast in the school hall; attending maths, chemistry, woodwork, music and cookery lessons; participating in various track and field events and enjoying a school excursion to Pendle Hill. | |||
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