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Record 1466 – 1485 of 11241
| [CRUISE TO NORTH AFRICA] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 8735 | |||
| Footage from a family holiday, taking a cruise to Morocco and Canary Islands. Passengers are seen enjoying life on board, and in onshore locations, including Rabat and Las Palmas. | |||
| [FUN ON THE BEACH AND IN THE POOL] | |||
| Date: *1934 Film Number: 8759 | |||
| Five young people lark around on a beach, staging a mock fashion show for the camera, jumping down the sand dunes and playing leapfrog; they are then seen at an open-air swimming pool, diving from the boards and playing with a lilo. | |||
| NORFOLK WHITSUNTIDE 1934 | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 2037 | |||
| Film of a family holiday to Norfolk. Includes footage of Kings Lynn, Skegness, Cley, Cromer, Sandringham, Boston, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. Much of the footage is shot from a moving car, windmills feature prominently and livestock is seen on several roads. | |||
| OUR HOLIDAY CRUISE 1934 [REELS 1 AND 2] | |||
| Date: 1934 Film Number: 8728 | |||
| Scenes from a family holiday, cruising around the Mediterranean. After departure from St Annes station, family members and other passengers are then seen enjoying life onboard the S.S. Montcalm, and visiting onshore locations, including Tangier, Barcelona, Palma and Vigo. | |||
| CARNIVAL AND SPORTS DAY | |||
| Date: *1934/5 Film Number: 22 | |||
| Shot of a procession with a Carnival Queen. Shots of a sports day featuring a race and a tug-of-war. Another shot of the procession in the town. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [MOTORING HOLIDAY IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN] | |||
| Date: *1934-35 Film Number: 6922 | |||
| The Parkinson's and friends take a motoring holiday to Norway and Sweden. The reel includes Dufay colour sequences of the Parkinson children wearing foreign costumes walking up a garden pathway introducing and concluding film. Scenes show mountainous landscapes, visits to waterfalls, a market in Drammen and the lido at Bygdones in Oslo. The party are seen stopping for picnics along the way as the road trip continues across the border into Sweden with shots of a lake near Karlstad. A brief sequence back in Norway shows a timber being stacked in a large pile from conveyor. | |||
| [UNLOADING AND DISTRIBUTING PRODUCE] | |||
| Date: *1934/5 Film Number: 392 | |||
| A ship discharges its cargo of butter and meat at Manchester docks. Shots of a meat store in Manchester, and the Royal Exchange (including Smithfield meat market). | |||
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| FIRST FLIGHT OF ACMG AVRO CADET / [WEDDINGS] | |||
| Date: 1934/35 Film Number: 738 | |||
| A biplane takes off from Woodford Aerodrome, Cheshire. The wedding of Miss DG Hill and Mr. WS Browning - shots of the couple and guests outside the Register Office. The wedding, the following year, of Miss DM Browning and Mr. JP Kay - the bride and groom leave the church; the guests throw confetti; photographs are taken. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [SWIMMING AT SWINTON AND VARIOUS VISITS] | |||
| Date: 1934-35 Film Number: 1235 | |||
| Opens with a swimming gala at Swinton Baths in 1935, followed with a visit to a zoo (Belle Vue?), featuring a small boy. Also features a family visit to the Isle of Man. Followed by footage from holidays in 1934, including scenes in an Edinburgh garden and at Southport. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [HEATON FAMILY HOLIDAY TO CEMAES BAY 1934] | |||
| Date: 1934 - 35 Film Number: 1240 | |||
| The Heaton family on holiday in Anglesey. Includes coastal scenes of Cemaes Bay, shots of the beach, lighthouse and harbour. | |||
| GLENGARRY TOPICAL FILM NO 24 | |||
| Date: *1934-35 Film Number: 1930 | |||
| Film of local newsreel events includes scenes of Stockport Silver Jubilee Agricultural Show - dog owners are seen preparing their entries for the show; farmers parade their prize bulls around the competitors enclosure and judges inspect the various classes of mice, rabbits and guinea pigs. Also features footage of the bathing pool at Southport and brief shots of the latest Northern Supercoach parked outside the Royal Hotel in Southport. | |||
| TRAVEL BY THE PINES EXPRESS TO BOURNEMOUTH | |||
| Date: *1934-35 Film Number: 1931 | |||
| Members of the Preston family travel to Bournemouth on the 'Pines Express' steam train. Includes interior shots of Mr and Mrs Joshua Preston drinking in one of the carriages. The family are also seen taking a trip along the river, swimming in the sea and relaxing in front of a beach hut. Includes shots of some children paddling in a shallow moat encircling the park and concludes with a shot of a paddle steamer. | |||
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| [GREEK STREET BAPTIST ROSE QUEEN CELEBRATIONS] | |||
| Date: *1934-35 Film Number: 1935 | |||
| Scenes of a childrens sports day and prize giving ceremony. Includes scenes of Miss Nora Turner as the Greek Street Baptist Rose Queen. | |||
| GLENGARRY TOPICAL FILM NO. 16 | |||
| Date: *1934-35 Film Number: 1941 | |||
| Local newsreel events - include the opening of the New Mersey Square Bridge extension at Stockport. The Mayor Alderman John Coupe addresses a large crowd. Mr Joshua Preston attends a tree planting ceremony at Bramhall St. Michael and All Angels Church, to celebrate the Silver Jubilee. Further footage includes Remembrance Day in Stockport on November 11th 1935 and the opening of the new outdoor swimming baths at Woodbank Park on June 1st 1935. Crowds of spectators sit around the pool and watch a group of girls perform a synchronized swimming display. | |||
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| [BUILDING A SANDCASTLE] | |||
| Date: c1934-35 Film Number: 2161 | |||
| A group of teenagers are seen digging a huge sandcastle on the sea shore at Skerries. | |||
| [GRANNIE AND GRANDFATHER AT NETHERBY] | |||
| Date: c1934-35 Film Number: 2164 | |||
| Scenes of an elderly man and woman walking around the Behrens family garden. Also includes shots of two young girls running down a slope in front of the house. | |||
| [SWIMMERS IN THE SEA] | |||
| Date: c1934-35 Film Number: 2179 | |||
| Behrens family holiday footage - includes various shots of a group of bathers, swimming in the sea and diving off a rowing boat. Location probably Skerries in Ireland. | |||
| [THE MORLEY FAMILY OUT AND ABOUT] | |||
| Date: *1934-35 Film Number: 2550 | |||
| Miscellaneous family footage. Includes various shots of the Morley family at home; on the beach; in the country and walking through a park. | |||
| [ON THE RHINE] | |||
| Date: 1934-5 Film Number: 3272 | |||
| Footage from a holiday in the Rhineland - shots of a viaduct near a German town on the banks of the Rhine, and members of the touring party posing with local policemen and Nazi officers. There are shots of ruins, a cart being pulled along a road by cattle, a large mountain and passing steam trains. There are shots of a small town decorated with swastikas, a tugboat pulling a ship across a lake. Several castles along the length of the Rhine are featured, and there are animated scenes and street scenes in another town. | |||
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| [BUTTS CLOUGH FARM; NEWPORT] | |||
| Date: 1934-35 Film Number: 3996 | |||
| Footage of the Gaddum family at home at Butts Clough Farm and at the beach. Mary is seen playing with other children and with a dog on the lawn. Also a baby in a pram, a horse and cart ride and horse riding along the beach. Ends with general views of the house and grounds. | |||
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