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| HAFFNER HOLIDAYS 1 | |||
| Date: *1932-35 Film Number: 680 | |||
| Holiday scenes - swimming in a lake; girls playing in the snow; a garden party and picnic; views of city streets; dockland scenes; a power station; general views of a University Open Day. | |||
| [A BOATING HOLIDAY ON THE BROADS] | |||
| Date: * 1932-35 Film Number: 1798 | |||
| Members of the O'Grady family are seen on a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads. Includes footage shot on a deserted beach. Some of the men and women are seen larking about in the sea, giving each other piggy-backs and splashing each other in the face. They are also seen sun bathing and relaxing on board the boat. | |||
| [BLACKPOOL, MOBBERLEY MINIATURE RAILWAY & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1932-5 Film Number: 6578 | |||
| Scenes of Blackpool seafront and beach in 1932, followed by a visit to gardens in Craigburn and a picnic on the sands at Southport. Passengers on a cruise liner are seen enjoying a game of quoits before wandering around the streets and bazaars of Algiers. Ends with views of the Mobberley miniature railway and bonfire night in 1935. | |||
| [SOMALIA, YEMEN AND KENYA] | |||
| Date: 1932-7 Film Number: 10711 | |||
| Includes intertitles - 'Somali Boys', 'Kamaran Island camels bringing firewood', 'Hodeida on the Red Sea' - dhows and loading camels by crane onto a ship, 'A Hodeida Boy', 'Hodeida from the sea', 'Old Fort Mombassa' the fort and street scenes,'The Suez Canal', 'In the bitter lakes'- ships on the lake, 'Ishmilla' on the canal and 'Cyprus' views of the hills. | |||
| [RAMBLING AND MISCELLANEOUS] | |||
| Date: 1932-39 Film Number: 2505 | |||
| Miscellaneous footage. Opens with shots of a wedding at Stand Church. Continues with footage of young children playing badminton, darts and table tennis. This is followed by shots of a group of young people with trophies and a larger group filing past the camera. Also includes 'Good Friday Ramble - a Short Record' in which a variety of ramblers are seen walking lunching and resting (some of the footage is of people walking backwards). Continues with brief shots of a zoo, a funfair and a young man smoking. Also contains footage of a game of tennis and shots of boats on Heaton Park lake (some of this footage is speeded up). Continues with footage from a factory, showing machines and people working, and some hot tar (?). Also includes shots of a man playing a piano, some flowers, swans and geese, a rabbit, boats, a large house and two girls playing. | |||
| [FAMILY FOOTAGE/GARDEN FETE/RUSSIAN CITY] | |||
| Date: 1932-9 Film Number: 5510 | |||
| Film showing several short scenes of different events. Firstly there are scenes of children playing in their family garden, which is followed by footage of the same garden holding a fete. Finally a Russian holiday is shown towards the end of the film. | |||
| SUNSHINE, SEA BREEZES AND STRANGE PLACES - A CRUISING HOLIDAY | |||
| Date: *1932/3/4/9 Film Number: 1019 | |||
| A cruise on the SS Lancastria from Liverpool. Reel 1: Leaving port. On board ship - wearing life jackets for lifeboat drill; deck game. A Portuguese gunboat on the River Tagus. Sightseeing in Barcelona and Monserrat. Reel 2: Around Palma and Algiers - boys swim around the ship. Morning exercises and a farewell dance on the return journey. | |||
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| [BLACKPOOL BUSES AND TRAMS; MANCHESTER STREETSCENES] | |||
| Date: *1932-34/39 Film Number: 1159 | |||
| Mr and Mrs Preston on holiday in Blackpool. Includes shots of the promenade and beach. Trams are seen travelling along the rail section between Bispham and Fleetwood. People board and alight from the tram at various stops along the line. The rest of the film focuses on Manchester streetscenes - including shots of a power station, swing bridge and a steam train departing from a station. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS 1933 | |||
| Date: *1932-34/39 Film Number: 1166 | |||
| The film begins with shots of illuminated trams, buildings and streets in Blackpool (some of the illuminations are based on nursery rhyme themes). Further miscellaneous footage includes a group of sailors and other members of the crew wearing lifejackets on board ship; landscape shots of a foreign coastline and two kittens drinking from a saucer on top of a table. Concludes with busy streetscenes in Stockport including shots of Mersey Square. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| SAUSAGE MAKING | |||
| Date: *1932-34 Film Number: 681 | |||
| The making of a sausage - pigs are seen on the farm; work in the abattoir and butchers shop; the sausages are cooked under a grill and served at the dinner table. | |||
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| [DIVING AT BLACKPOOL, HORNSEY AND SCARBOROUGH] | |||
| Date: *1932/34 Film Number: 7140 | |||
| Slow motion footage, shot sideways, of diving at three different open air pools; Blackpool, Hornsey Baths in London and Scarborough, where the Ladies Diving Championship is seen. Also features a man skipping on the poolside at Hornsey. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [WILLIAM AND KEN'S CYCLING HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: *1932/4 Film Number: 9469 | |||
| Two young men go on a cycling holiday from the North-West down to Somerset. There are camping scenes; a visit to Gough’s Caves in the Cheddar Gorge; exploration of various ruined buildings; also city roadworks in Bristol, scenes of al fresco dining, and shots from a moving train. | |||
| [SUNDAY SCHOOL SERMONS] | |||
| Date: *1932/34/36 Film Number: 1021 | |||
| Higher Bridge Street Sunday School sermons, including the centenary thanksgiving service of 1936. Church processions include children, girl guides and brass bands. | |||
| CAVALCADE OF BURNLEY | |||
| Date: 1932/35/40-45/50 Film Number: 5293 | |||
| A record of local events in Burnley from 1932 through to 1950. Features a 1932 Hospital Carnival, a Burnley v Luton football match from 1935 and the last tram to run in the town on 7th May 1935. Wartime footage includes the activities of the Burnley Home Guard and a 'Wings for Victory' parade along Colne Road in 1943. King George VI visits Burnley on 8th March 1945 before newspaper headlines announce the end of the war and there are shots of street parties, dancing outside the Town Hall, fires being lit, a thanksgiving service at St Peters Church and an outdoor concert and ceremony at Towneley Park. The film ends with footage from the 1950 General Election at which local Labour MP Wilfrid Burke retains his seat. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
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| HAFFNER HOLIDAYS 3 | |||
| Date: *1932/36-37 Film Number: 676 | |||
| A family holiday - general views of a castle moat; village scenes; views out to sea; shots of a picnic and a woman in a canoe; ending with a tractor working in a field. | |||
| [W J YARWOOD & SONS LTD OF NORTHWICH] | |||
| Date: *1932/36-37/39/44/49 Film Number: 7019 | |||
| Views of work on the construction and launch of a number of boats at the Yarwood's of Northwich boatyard. Boats including the 'Trefoil' and Hopper No. 4 are launched sideways into the river. Men are seen at work assembling platework and fastening it to the ribs of the hull. Also seen are liners including the Queen Mary in dock, and boats on a river (probably built by Yarwood's). [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] 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/ | |||
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| ROYAL VISIT TO BURNLEY 1945 [CORNISH PARADE AND SEASIDE HOLIDAYS] | |||
| Date: *1932/37/41-42/44-45 Film Number: 5316 | |||
| Preparations for the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Burnley on March 8th 1945, followed by a carnival parade (possibly in Cornwall) and scenes from seaside holidays. Three men make and receive telephone calls before meeting in an office. Workers decorate Burnley Town Hall and erect a covered stage outside Manchester Road station. Dignitaries arrive by car, crowds line the streets and there is a brief shot of a book signed by the King and Queen. The film cuts to a parade that moves down what appears to be a Cornish town street, before there is seaside holiday footage from Cleveleys (featuring a stage show by the Cleveleys Jolly Tars) and Douglas and shots of a lido (possibly at St. Annes). For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
| MACCLESFIELD HAILS BRITAIN'S SILK QUEEN | |||
| Date: *1933 Film Number: 2 | |||
| The Silk Queen is crowned by her predecessor then makes a speech. The Mayor speaks, then a procession, including the Silk Queen on a horse-drawn float, moves down the street. There is a pageant of music, dancing, fancy dress, a stilt-walker, etc. | |||
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| [THREE CINEMA TRAILERS] | |||
| Date: c1933 Film Number: 36 | |||
| Trailers for Facing the Music with Stanley Lupino; This week of Grace with Gracie Fields; and Keep Fit with George Formby. | |||
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| CHESTER | |||
| Date: 1933 Film Number: 106 | |||
| A travelogue on Chester - a policeman directs traffic in a busy street. People are shopping and passing by and there is plenty of traffic. We see Chester Rows, Bridge Street, Bridgegate; then to the River Dee with pleasure boats and the Eccleston Ferry. We see houses on the banks and Eaton Hall. There are many examples of Tudor style timbered buildings, shots of salmon fishing, the city walls, King Charles' Tower, the Bridge of Sighs, Edgar's cave and other historic sites. We see Roman columns from the Praetorium and an amphitheatre is described with a model. There is a long sequence on Chester Cathedral, followed by other interesting houses, including God's Providence House and Bishop Lloyd's House. Closes with shots from the river looking towards the city. | |||
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