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BALLROOM DANCING AND DEMONSTRATIONS
Date: *1920 Film Number: 158
 
A series of display dances performed by Little Judy Birley and others. She does a waltz, a highland fling, ballet, and a dance dressed as an insect. She dances in a farmyard, and chases sheep. Final sequence shows Judy going to bed.
 
 
 
[CITY OF CHESTER - HISTORIC REVIEW]
Date: *1920 Film Number: 279
 
Features Chester's historic walls and city centre. Lengthy and descriptive captions dominate - shots of the actual constructions being brief and static.
 
 
 
[PLEASURELAND, SOUTHPORT]
Date: c1920 Film Number: 291
 
Shots of various fairground rides in action. (No side-show attractions or crowd shots). This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/
 
 
 
BY TELEGRAPH
Date: c1920 Film Number: 506
 
An advertisement for Telegraph soap, using tricks and animation - a Telegraph boy delivers the soap to a woman doing her laundry which is, of course, done better and more quickly. Telegraph soap was made by Gossages of Widnes.
 
 
 
GARSTANG WHIT-MONDAY FANCY DRESS PARADE
Date: *1920 Film Number: 543
 
A procession of people in fancy dress, including a band, floats and tableaux. The procession passes by the football stadium.
 
 
 
LEIGH PICTORIAL NEWS
Date: 1920 Film Number: 572
 
Opens with shots of the Palace Cinema, Leigh; followed by brief and varied streetscenes; shots of Leigh Unemployed demonstration with marches and banners; a rugby football match - Leigh v Halifax at Mather Lane Leigh, shots of the crowd and game; pit head scenes at Bickershaws Colliery with groups of men and boys. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/
 
 
 
[LAND FOR THE PEOPLE - MAY DAY PROCESSION]
Date: *1920 Film Number: 647
 
This film shows a procession in fancy dress, with banners carried saying 'First of May Labour Day' and 'Daily Herald Poster Day'; scenes of the May Queen; horse-drawn float. Followed by the May Queen crowning ceremony.
 
 
 
[LEYLAND METZ FIRE ENGINE]
Date: c1920s. Film Number: 967
 
A large crate is unloaded by crane at the docks - shot of a fire engine at the dockside; views of an extended fire engine ladder outside a fire station. A Leyland bus decorated with flags.
 
 
 
[FOUNDRY CORE MAKER]
Date: c1920s Film Number: 968
 
Shots of a man carrying discs and cylinders, standing outside a factory. Molten metal being poured in a dark room.
 
 
 
[CLIMBERS - NAPES NEEDLE 1920]
Date: 1920 Film Number: 6982
 
Two men and a woman climb Napes Needle, Great Gable with the aid of ropes. Shows one male mountaineer stood on the Needle's tip as the female member (wearing a billowing skirt) climbs the rock face to the top and then descends.
 
 
 
[SUMMER WEDDING PARTY]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 2614
 
Scenes of a wedding party held in a large garden. There is a large marquee, the bride and groom are mingling with guests and there are a large number of bridesmaids. Some of the guests are extremely well-dressed - furs and big hat for one woman - and the priest is shown talking to some of the guests. As the couple depart, the guests assemble on the house steps to throw streamers. Other scenes show a family in the garden, with the children playing ring-a-ring-a-roses.
 
 
 
[TRAFFIC IN COCKERMOUTH]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 5900
 
Street scenes from the main thoroughfare in Cockermouth, filmed in reverse. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[TIM AND AUNT ADA LEAVING]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 5903
 
Family scenes outside a house in Greenbank, Keswick as two of the party prepare to leave. The car, a Trojan, reverses out of the garage. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[GRANNY, MORMOR AND OTHERS IN THE GARDEN]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 5904
 
Family scenes in the garden at Greenbank, Keswick - the children dance, do somersaults, skip and perform for parents and grandparents. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[BUILDING THE ARCHWAY AT GREENBANK]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 5905
 
Family members look on as mill men build an archway in the garden at Greenbank, Keswick. General outdoor scenes with flowerbeds and a swing. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[FUN IN THE GARDEN AT WESTWORTH]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 5906
 
Children playing with a box of toys in the garden at Westworth, Cockermouth. Adults emerge from the house to walk and run around in the garden. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[GWENDOLIN HARRIS AND THE GIRLS IN THE GARDEN]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 5907
 
Girls playing in the garden and posing for the camera. One young girl plays with a toy steam train as a dog wanders about. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[DRESSING AFTER SWIMMING]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 5908
 
Children get dressed after swimming with help from their mother; later they are seen larking around in the garden, tying their father up with a rope. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[MR CROASDELL TAKES PHOTOS; MILL RUINS]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 5909
 
Family members pose for photographs outside a house in Cockermouth; later they are seen running around in the garden. The photographer is seen discussing his camera. Shots of a ruined mill building after a fire. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[BURIAL OF JACKDAW]
Date: 1920s Film Number: 5910
 
Children walk in the garden with their grandmother to perform a burial of small pet, with the young girl dressed as a priest. An elderly couple are seen walking around the garden. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
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