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| POYNTON HORTICULTURAL SHOW | |||
| Date: *1933-35 Film Number: 1180 | |||
| The 43rd Horticultural Show at Poynton in Cheshire. Large crowds wander around the various enclosures and exhibits. Includes shots of Morris Dancers, rodeo riders, show jumping and various dance troupes performing tap routines. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [THE PRESTON FAMILY'S TRIP TO THE ZOO] | |||
| Date: *1933-35 Film Number: 1917 | |||
| Members of the Preston family visit London Zoo. Includes various shots of animals in their enclosures and people having rides on the back of elephants and camels. Further scenes include shots of Brighton Pavillion and traffic along the seafront. | |||
| ORIENT LINE CRUISE. LEAVING LISBON WE ARRIVE IN GIBRALTAR. | |||
| Date: *1933-35 Film Number: 1956 | |||
| The Preston family from Stockport are seen on a cruise holiday. They leave Lisbon on board the 'SS Orama' and arrive in Gibraltar where they disembark and look around the city. The film concludes with shots of the ship travelling towards Malta. | |||
| [SLIDING DOWN A SANDCASTLE] | |||
| Date: c1933-35 Film Number: 2162 | |||
| A young girl, wearing a bathing costume and hat, is seen sliding down the side of a sandcastle into a pool of water. The beach appears deserted apart from the young girl - Ruth Behrens - and her sister, who are seen swimming in the sea. | |||
| [HANNA FAMILY IN BURNLEY] | |||
| Date: c1934 Film Number: 5197 | |||
| Collection of home movies, including a child (possibly John Hanna) driving a car outside the family home in Burnley, a man riding a motorbike, neighbours in a back yard and shots of family members at an allotment and at a beach. 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 | |||
| [AT DALTON HALL; RAG WEEK PARADE AND OTHER SCENES | |||
| Date: c1934 Film Number: 5665 | |||
| Scenes of young men going about their everyday business at Dalton Hall, a Manchester University hall of residence. Includes interior and exterior shots of them play fighting and engaging in practical jokes. A university sports team are presented with a trophy and the captain is then carried aloft by his team mates. Members of the university's faculty of technology are seen engaging in various sporting activities and participating in a Rag Week parade in Manchester city centre. Film ends with footage of a holiday to the Norfolk Broads, with a group of young men seen sailing, swimming and enjoying a picnic. | |||
| [CALDAY GRAMMAR SCHOOL SPORTS; BURDEKIN FAMILY HOLIDAYS] | |||
| Date: 1933-35 Film Number: 7881 | |||
| Assortment of footage of the Burdekin family. Numerous family holidays to Blackpool, the countryside and camping. Shots of different sporting events such as; swimming and diving at Calday Grange Grammar School, horse racing and rowing in the Mersey. Other footage includes shots of different planes, including a biplane flying over Hoylake with shots taken in air. | |||
| [PYJAMA ANTICS] | |||
| Date: c1934 Film Number: 8170 | |||
| A young man can be seen wearing his pyjamas in bed, he pulls faces for the camera and acts out silly scenes. | |||
| [FAMILY IN THE GARDEN AND AT BROADFIELD PARK, ROCHDALE] | |||
| Date: c1934 Film Number: 9435 | |||
| The film begins with miscellaneous scenes from the Ashton family. We see them in the garden sitting in deckchairs and messing about for the camera with parasols and hats. We see them out and about in Broadfield Park in Rochdale. We see a man on a motorcycle. There are shots of him speeding down the road, and from the front of the bike as it is in motion. There are also scenes from a royal visit, including shots of George V. | |||
| RAINFORD FESTIVALS | |||
| Date: 1953-5 Film Number: 8677 | |||
| Scenes from the Rainford Festivals which took place in 1953, 1954 and 1955. The scenes from each year show Tea Party Day, children's races, the fairground and the Harvest Queen Festival. The scenes include processions with floats, marching bands, dance troupes, carnival queens and fancy dress. We see children at their tea party which takes place in a school hall. There are scenes from the carnival field with dancing displays and prize giving's. | |||
| [BABY WENDY WITH HER PARENTS] | |||
| Date: c1934 Film Number: 10809 | |||
| Baby Wendy with her parents. Wendy's father holds her and makes a fuss of her and then we see her mother holding her and feeding her with a spoon. | |||
| [FETTLING/ROLL GRINDING] | |||
| Date: *1933-36 Film Number: 80 | |||
| A film showing in detail the processes of fettling and roll-grinding, with Aloxite and Carborundum products, to produce castings and rollers, including many explanatory titles. | |||
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| [HINDLEY FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1933-36 Film Number: 3635 | |||
| Sybil Hindley and her newborn daughter Rosemary (born 10/8/33) smile for the camera. The family gather together for the christening party, includes Hindley, Haighton and Flook relatives. The baby is seen being bathed by her mother, being weighed and sitting in her pram. A nurse is seen with a second baby, Valerie (born 2/3/35). Both children are seen playing in the garden and later on the beach with their mother and father. Rosemary being led round the garden on a pony. Final scenes of Rosemary and her Mother supporting Valerie as she tries to walk. | |||
| [WEDDING AT STAND, CHRISTENING AT RADCLIFFE] | |||
| Date: *1933-36 Film Number: 5434 | |||
| Compilation reel featuring a wedding at All Saints Church, Stand and a christening at Radcliffe. At Stand, guests arrive, the bride and groom are showered with confetti and the wedding party gather for group pictures. After shots of Stand war memorial, there is footage of a garden and the exterior of a semi-detached house. There follows further wedding footage, with the bride and groom leaving a reception party. Scenes at a christening inside and outside New Jerusalem Church at Radcliffe lead into a sequence of family material: shots of a baby in a pram, family members holding the infant, and a toddler exploring a garden and playing with toys. | |||
| [HIGH SPOTS OF 1933-1936 THE MORNINGTON MAGAZINE] | |||
| Date: 1933-36 Film Number: 10631 | |||
| Titled 'Our Movie Album' this film begins with two men and an elderly woman reading The Evening Express newspaper, then the Cooke family standing in a line in the garden. A man in a bowler hat is shaking hands whilst smoking a large cigar followed by family in the garden cutting flowers and using them as button holes. Titled 'Mother and Dad' we see them in the garden followed by 'The children at play', a boy and girl on their bicycles. A budgie in a cage and counting its eggs followed by wedding scenes with the wedding party leaving the church and arriving by car at the reception. Titled 'A visit to Bolton', the Cooke family visit an elderly woman in Bolton then the Cooke family in the garden. | |||
| [CANOE AND GARDEN SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1934-5 Film Number: 10836 | |||
| Wendy's mother and another woman are seen in a canoe, they try various ways of paddling it but fall in repeatedly. Wendy is seen in the garden in her pram. | |||
| [AT THE COAST - EAST, WEST AND SOUTH] | |||
| Date: *1933-6 Film Number: 8418 | |||
| Compilation of scenes at the coast, including rough seas at Blackpool and women feeding seagulls; the open-air pool and the Illuminations; Flamborough Head and lighthouse; the SS Queen Mary in Southampton Docks, and the seafront at Bournemouth. | |||
| [COUNTRYSIDE WALK] | |||
| Date: 1933-37 Film Number: 6943 | |||
| Scenes showing a procession of people walking along street and taking a country walk- possible location could be Bootle or Lydiate. A group of four men pose for the camera- possibly friends of Gladys Anderson? | |||
| VIEWS OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA | |||
| Date: 1933-37 Film Number: 10715 | |||
| This film shows Lord Egerton's journey across Namibia, Kenya and Somalia in a car and lorry and his encounters with the people. Titles include - 'A bushman dance' tribal dancing scenes, 'A 60 ton meteorite', 'Etosha Pan- the lorry pulls out the stuck car on this salt pan in Namibia, 'Fort Namutoni'- a fort in Namibia, 'Bushmen', 'Lorry stuck in a donga' - a donga is a small ravine, 'Otjawarango Station' - a 2ft gauge railway, 'The Chrysler car and the Chev. lorry in heavy sand', 'A grass track across the sands', 'A puncture', 'Donkeymobile at Kalchumbi' - a cart pulled by four donkeys, 'Hills on the edge of the desert', 'Herero natives on trek', 'Herero women', 'E of T in his Hupp 8' -the earl in his car, 'The Tana River' - in Kenya and 'Somali boys'. | |||
| [TATTON PARK DEER & GROUSE] | |||
| Date: 1933/37 Film Number: 10721 | |||
| Views of the Tatton Hall Park Deer and out of focus shots of grouse. | |||
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