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| [GROUP OUTING AROUND LYDIATE] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 6941 | |||
| Scenes showing a group of people aboard a canal boat as along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and two people on a rowing boat. A party of friends and relatives of the Downing family are seen walking along a country road, posing for photographs and sitting outside a bungalow called The Anchorage. The Davidson family with Mildren and Alexander Moffat walk along a country lane and young Ronald Downing is seen waving from a car. Concludes with friends sat in a tent having a tea party. | |||
| NEVIN AUGUST 1934 [AND PROCESSION SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 7124 | |||
| Randall family holiday scenes showing coastal views and beach scenes in Nevin, including women knitting, children having donkey rides and people riding horses on the sand. Footage shows a Rose Queen procession through the streets of Nevin. Second reel shows further Randall family beach scenes on the Welsh coast. Continues with a parade in Liverpool with crowds lining the decorated streets as cars,the military and other people are seen walking in procession. Ends with scenes at the Randall home 'Rosenheath' showing family members posing in front of the camera during Christmas 1933. | |||
| [COLNE TRAMS] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 3499 | |||
| Footage of trams, buses and other traffic out on the streets of Colne in Lancashire. 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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| OPENING OF THE NEW BRIGHTON BATHING POOL BY VISCOUNT LEVERHULME, 13TH JUNE 1934 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 7960 | |||
| This film documents the opening ceremony of the New Brighton outdoor swimming pool. The film starts with exterior shots of the building as visitors arrive. We then see inside as the dignitaries arrive. There are general views of the pool and then speeches are made by the Mayor Councillor H.J. Hall and Viscount Leverhulme. This is followed by diving and swimming displays watched by the crowd, one of the swimmers is named as N. Wainwright. The film ends with a fashion parade of women's swim and leisure wear around the side of the pool. The film also includes titles which give statistics relating to the size of the pool. | |||
| [TRIPS TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND MORECAMBE] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 9434 | |||
| This films shows a series of brief scenes from what appear to be group holidays to the Isle of Wight and Morecambe. The film opens with a sign for 'St Rhadagund's Guest House C.E. Holiday Homes Ltd. Lancashire and Cheshire Federation'. We then see scenes from the Isle of Wight, followed by scenes from Morecambe. We see the group out walking, and out and about on daytrips. They play in the sea and sit on the beach. They go on boat trips and we see them on trains and waiting at railway stations. They play croquet, tennis and ball games. There are shots of the scenery, and of trains in motion and arriving at stations. We see a small plane taking off and there are views of rough seas and waves crashing on to the seafront at Morecambe. | |||
| [AUSTRALIA 1934] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 11482 | |||
| In Australia, a group of friends spend time on the beach sunbathing. On a plantation in Yandina, Queensland, workers can be seen standing on a horse, with their family and picking bunches of bananas. The men later ride horses around the plantation. A blue tongue lizard is spotted crossing a dirt road. Views of local houses filmed from a moving train. | |||
| [EYE AND LEG TESTS ON BOY] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 9210 | |||
| A doctor exams a young boy's eyes. He then performs the finger to nose test on the child followed by the heel to shin test. The film ends with the doctor snapping his fingers and observing the boy's eye movement. | |||
| THE MARRIAGE OF MR. GEOFFREY DUXBURY WITH MISS ADA FENWICK AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH RAMSBOTTOM NOVEMBER 22ND 1934 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 10661 | |||
| Guests arrive at St. Paul's church in Ramsbottom for the wedding of Geoffrey Duxbury and Miss Ada Fenwick. The bridesmaids arrive soon followed by the bride and her father. The film cuts to after the service where the newlyweds pose for photographs outside the church. | |||
| [CANOEING & TATTON HALL DEER] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 10720 | |||
| Two women canoeing on the ornamental lake and views of the deer herd in Tatton Hall Park. | |||
| [AFRICAN TRIBESMEN] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 10752 | |||
| An out of focus group of African tribesmen, women and children walk towards the camera then dance and clap. | |||
| [BAYES FAMILY BABIES AND PETS] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 10787 | |||
| The film opens with a close up shot of a crying baby lying surrounded by cushions. We then see the family pets in the garden. We see a nurse holding a baby, and then two babies lying together in a cot. | |||
| [ROSE QUEEN AND DANCING 1934] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 10788 | |||
| The film opens with shots of a field with a crowd of onlookers stood round watching as women do a display of country dancing. There are shots of the Rose Queen and her retinue and then we see children do a display of maypole dancing. The film ends with brief shots of a family on a beach. | |||
| [THE CHALLENGE SHIELD] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 11298 | |||
| Two large rowing boats are pulled out to sea by a motorboat. Naval officers climbing the rigging of a large sailing ship followed by race scenes as the rowing boats compete in the Challenge Shield. | |||
| THE WORLD'S LARGEST FLOWER SHOW, SOUTHPORT, 22ND-24TH AUGUST 1934 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 5523 | |||
| Film showing the construction and setting up of the Southport Flower Show in 1934 with specific emphasis being placed on the outdoor exhibits. Scenes at the end of the film show large crowds attending the show and looking at all the displays both outdoors and inside the tents. | |||
| [UNIDENTIFIED ZOO SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1934 Film Number: 8419 | |||
| Miscellaneous scenes at an unidentified zoo, including children on an elephant ride, a little girl feeding penguins, and a range of animals in their enclosures - bears, lions, reptiles etc. | |||
| SUNNY DAYS. SUMMER 1934 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 8424 | |||
| Compilation reel of family home and leisure footage, including adults, children and animals in the garden, a proud gardener showing off his greenhouse, biplanes in an aerial display at an airshow, and young John Jeremy Kaye having an early swimming lesson with his mother at the seaside. | |||
| BURNLEY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY'S ANNUAL MAY DAY DAIRY, LAUNDRY AND BAKERY PROCESSION MAY 29TH 1934 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 8571 | |||
| Scenes from the annual Burnley Co-op event, including preparations for the procession, people milling around in the works yard and a prize-giving ceremony for staff. The reel concludes with a milkman's wedding, the happy couple passing below an arch of raised milk bottles. | |||
| [GEORGE V VISIT; YOUNG ELIZABETH] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 8704 | |||
| Civic dignitaries and local people await the arrival of George V; the King is then seen inspecting ex-servicemen. Young Elizabeth Robinson sits in her high chair, drinking her milk and then playing about with the residue of the drink which has spilt onto her tray. | |||
| MOVIE SNAPS 1934 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 8724 | |||
| Compilation of family and leisure scenes, some local, some on a cruise to the Kyles of Bute. Mr King does some wallpapering with family assistance; the children visit Blackpool promenade and Ashton Gardens, and play in the garden with the dog, while a very stylish wedding takes place in Rochdale. | |||
| SPRING CRUISE TO N. AFRICA, CANARY ISLES, MADEIRA AND PORTUGAL 1934 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 8730 | |||
| Scenes from a family holiday, cruising on the TSS Vandyck. Locations visited include Casablanca, Las Palmas, Santa Cruz, Madeira and Lisbon. | |||
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