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| [AMP TESTING II] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 2816 | |||
| Electricity is passed through amps to test them at Metropolitan Vickers' factory in Trafford Park. | |||
| [DECK GAMES] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 3561 | |||
| Shots of cruise passengers playing various deck games aboard ship. A man uses a megaphone to make announcements, and passengers are seen relaxing in deckchairs. A band is seen playing, and there are shots of a large island. A launch appears alongside the boat, and a uniformed man leaps onto a ladder on the ship's side. | |||
| [DOROTHY'S CHILDREN] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 4006 | |||
| Footage of children in a garden, playing with a toy cart and bicycle and sitting on a rug. Also the filmmakers daughter Mary appears, playing with some puppies, a kitten and with her nanny. | |||
| [AIRFIELD SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 4032 | |||
| Scenes from Stanley Park Aerodrome in Blackpool. People are seen looking at a plane on the ground and a mechanic is seen checking the engine. A plane takes off from the airfield. | |||
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| LOOKING BACK ON 1932 ILLUMINATIONS | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 6297 | |||
| Views of the 1932 Illuminations in Talbot Square and along Princess Parade in Blackpool. | |||
| [CROWNING OF MAY QUEEN BY MAYORESS MRS GILL] | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 6299 | |||
| The Reddish May Queen is crowned by the Mayoress following a procession of former holders of the position. | |||
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| EXHIBITION 1932. BATHS HALL | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 7039 | |||
| Brief exterior shots of Baths Hall in Northwich, as a horse drawn cart passes by. Continues with close ups showing of the Hall's Chairman, male exhibitors, secretary and an unidentified woman. | |||
| A CRUISE TO SPAIN, AUGUST 1932 | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 6685 | |||
| Scenes from the West family's trip aboard a cruise-liner to Spain including swimming, boxing, pillow fighting and a fancy dress parade onboard. Concludes with views taken around the coastal city of Coruna. | |||
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| [MADGE'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 7886 | |||
| Scenes from a wedding. Shots of guests, bride and groom arriving at the church and then leaving. Short amount of footage of the couple stood together posing. Ends with a car driving off. | |||
| [MASONIC TRIP TO SCARBOROUGH 1932] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 8741 | |||
| A short film depicting a Masonic trip from Burnley to Scarborough where the group can be seen strolling through the streets and visiting the Masonic Lodge before making their way down to the sea front past the Grand Hotel. Here, they take off their shoes and socks to paddle, splash and dance in the water, before watching an unusual ventriloquist performance on the beach. There are also sweeping shots of the Scarborough sea front. The group then make their way to Peasholm Park where they enjoy afternoon tea and strolling through the gardens in front of the iconic pagoda cascade, and then head back to Scarborough station. The reel ends with a brief shot of a girl in a street, location unknown. | |||
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| [MASONIC EVENT AT ORMEROD HALL 1932] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 8742 | |||
| This short film depicts a Masonic family day event being held at Ormerod Hall in Burnley. The film shows a range of different contemporary entertainments, including golf, live comedy, piano playing, and a small orchestra playing (which a small girl intensely scrutinises). There is also an interesting game (similar to a piñata) which participants are blindfolded and attempt to strike a hanging object with a stick. There is also afternoon tea on the lawn for the group, and many of the attendants engage with the camera, making faces and smiling towards it. | |||
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| [ALSAGER CARNIVAL] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 8681 | |||
| Scenes from the 1932 Alsager Carnival. We see the parade with people in fancy dress, marching kazoo and brass bands, dance troupes and floats. We also see a man gurning. At the carnival field we see more of the marching bands. | |||
| THE CONGO | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 10712 | |||
| A look at the life of Congolese villagers living by a river/lake. Titles include 'A ferry'- carrying villagers and their bicycles, 'Dugout Canoes', 'Cotton' - men and women with large baskets of cotton, 'Native Chiefs' the villagers Chiefs ride past on horseback, 'My 3 ton Lorry', 'My Ford Pilot'- the car is onto a ferry then villagers walking with large bowls on their heads, 'Native Band' - boys dance to the drums of the band, 'More Cotton' - laden donkeys then loading the cotton onto a lorry. | |||
| [FEET AND LAMP] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 9202 | |||
| Neurological examination conducted by Geoffrey Jefferson: the film opens on a close up of bare feet. In the following scenes a woman (a patient perhaps) moves a lamp in different ways, she also passes the light back and forth to another person. | |||
| [NAKED BOY WALKING] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 9205 | |||
| A young boy walks from one side of the room to another. He then touches the tip of his nose with his index finger. The boy then lifts his arms in the air and waves his hands. Laying down on a bed, the boy takes part in the heel to shin test. The doctor then tests the boy's knee reflexes. | |||
| [SOVIET CONSTRUCTION SITE AND BLACK SEA SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1932 Film Number: 9506 | |||
| A large construction site in the USSR with many cranes over what look like factory buildings and a mechanical excavater digging a trench. Scenic views of cliffs and hillsides followed a family in the gardens of a large house with a man sat on a statue of a lion with a camera. On board a ferry with passengers lying on the deck and the captain on the bridge. | |||
| TOUR IN USSR, JULY 1932 [REEL 1] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 9507 | |||
| Two women with suitcases bound for the USSR board a ship on London docks near Tower Bridge. In Moscow, an underexposed march with banners followed by streetscenes with children leaving a school. After views of a steam train, a horse and carriage and a church we take a phantom ride on a tram. Boats on a river, more streetscenes and views from a train passing through the countryside | |||
| [TOUR IN USSR, JULY 1932 - REEL 2] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 9508 | |||
| The second part of H W Taylor's tour of the USSR begins with a look at the footwear of the Russian people then scenes on board a ship on the river Volga. In Kazan we have street scenes at a railway station and views from a train including a park of culture. Sleeping passengers on the deck of a ship on the Volga followed by views of Khvalinsk and Samara. After views of the wooden houses of the German settlement in Saratov we visit the docks at Stalingrad. Camels in Rostov and people swimming in the Volga followed by street scenes in Leningrad. | |||
| [CAIRO ZOO & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 10299 | |||
| A train coming into Shendi station followed by locals bathing in a river. Members of the Egyptian army clambouring onto lorries and doing a drill with numbered cars. A boat trip is followed by scenes from Cairo Zoo with giraffes, deer, zebras and a hippo. Views of the Nile and Mr and Mrs Riding on a camel and donkey near the pyramids followed by picnics in the desert. The Egyptian army, cavalry and air force march and fly past in formation. Two women visit the pyramids and drink bottled water followed by a baby in a pram and flamingoes and boats on the river Nile. | |||
| [DOUGLAS IN EGYPT] | |||
| Date: 1932 Film Number: 10302 | |||
| Douglas Riding at the top of a pyramid then Mrs Riding being helped down the pyramid. Sailing boats on the river Nile then trekking on camels and donkeys with a visit to an Egyptian village. Mrs Riding on a horse then streetscenes, boats and views from a rooftop. | |||
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