Please be advised that our collection includes historic footage and descriptions that may reflect attitudes which can be disturbing and harmful. Viewer discretion is advised.
We are undertaking work to reframe our collection and address hurtful language and legacies in our collections. If you come across material that causes offence, we welcome your feedback through an anonymous reporting form.
We are undertaking work to reframe our collection and address hurtful language and legacies in our collections. If you come across material that causes offence, we welcome your feedback through an anonymous reporting form.
Searched For: *
Record 126 – 145 of 11241
| 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] | |||
|
|
| ||
| [SUNDAY AT WESTWORTH] | |||
| Date: 1920s Film Number: 5911 | |||
| Family scenes of playing in the garden at Westworth, Cockermouth. The children play in the garden with a trolley, an elderly couple walk in the grounds and the family pose for a group photograph. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [HAROLD CARR AND OTHERS] | |||
| Date: 1920s Film Number: 5912 | |||
| Footage of a day on the fells; the car pulls out of the driveway, followed by scenes of the landscape and family members. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [PLATT BROS & CO. LTD - TEXTILE MACHINISTS] | |||
| Date: 1920s Film Number: 5628 | |||
| A detailed look at the manufacture of machinery for the textile industry at the Platt Bros. factory in Oldham. From the forging and machining of parts, through to the assembly, packing and despatch of the finished products, all aspects of the company are seen. There is reference to the firm's apprentice scheme, and the film ends with workers leaving for home. 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/ | |||
|
|
| |
| [BLACKPOOL 1920s] | |||
| Date: 1920s Film Number: 9591 | |||
| The opening title of this film offers us 'a glimpse of Blackpool in the 1920s'. There follow general views of Blackpool. We see the Winter Gardens, the rides at the Pleasure Beach, the Big Wheel, a crowded beach, a busy seafront, Blackpool Tower and the pier. A biplane flies near Blackpool Tower, and there are also views of Blackpool from the top of the tower. | |||
| [MAN UNLOADS BARRELS AND CHILDREN PLAYING] | |||
| Date: 1920s Film Number: 10173 | |||
| The film opens with scenes of a man unloading barrels from a truck. We then see children playing, their mother is with them and they are seen in the yard, garden and in the street. | |||
| Record 126 – 145 of 11241 | First | Previous | Next | Last | ||