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Record 1486 – 1505 of 11241
| [LOCAL SPORTING EVENTS AND RADCLIFFE CHARTER DAY] | |||
| Date: *1934-35 Film Number: 5433 | |||
| Compilation reel featuring a variety of sporting events and Charter Day celebrations in Radcliffe. Opening with shots of Stand Church and the surrounding area, the film includes cricket matches at Stand Cricket Club and Old Trafford (where England play Australia), crown green bowling at Whitefield and tennis at Southport. For Radcliffe Charter Day, a large crowd watches the mayor lay a wreath at the war memorial and a procession moves past the town hall. | |||
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| [BABY BILL 1934/5] | |||
| Date: 1934-5 Film Number: 7292 | |||
| Assorted footage of a baby, Bill Hart, with his parents and a variety of other people. Opens with Bill being bottle fed, before he is seen in a number of locations in his pram and being held up for the camera. Later in the reel he plays with a ball on a driveway whilst being restrained in a harness. The film also features footage of Dean Cottage, countryside scenes, a couple playing golf, a funfair, a model boating lake and an open air pool. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [HOLIDAY TO THE UNITED STATES AND HAWAII] | |||
| Date: 1934-5 Film Number: 11476 | |||
| On holidays in the United States, the group drive on the beach. At the hotel, entertainment is provided by a band, acrobatics and a man wrestling with an alligator. Cowboys can be seen on horses, leading cattle through water to boats. In Hawaii, local women play the ukulele and perform a traditional dance for the camera. | |||
| COCKERSANDS 1934 [AND 1935] | |||
| Date: c1934-35 Film Number: 2062 | |||
| Film of two camping holidays at Cockersands. Features coastal views and footage of; people fishing, with rods and nets; farm animals; a game of tennis in a field and people in the sea. | |||
| [STREET PARTY AND MAYPOLE DANCING] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 5009 | |||
| Brief scene at street party, probably for George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935, followed by footage of children dancing around a maypole. Coppage & Sons factory in the background (based in Brecon). [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [PROCESSION OF WEDDING GUESTS] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 5011 | |||
| Wedding couple or possibly two wedding couples pass camera, followed by a procession of guests. Brief shot of a car driving past, then crowd milling around. Filmed in Lancashire, Cumbria or Wales. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS IN MARKET TOWN] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 5012 | |||
| Begins with brass band passing the camera with crowds and general street scenes in Brecon. Two policemen approach, cuts to shot of car coming down the street beneath Union Jack bunting. Union Jack flags are also hung on buildings and in shop windows, presumably for the George V Silver Jubilee celebration in 1935. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [CHURCH EVENTS AND AMATEUR CRICKET] | |||
| Date: *1934-36 Film Number: 5432 | |||
| Compilation reel featuring church activities in the Radcliffe area, a game of cricket and group holidays. Opens with scenes at an event held inside a decorated church hall, lined with stalls and a long refreshment table, and featuring children singing on a stage. There follows shots of local churches before a whit walk takes place through the Radcliffe area. Spectators then gather for an amateur cricket match, and children are shown managing the scoreboard. Ends with footage from group trips away, including a visit to Arrochar in Scotland, interspersed with a get-together at the New Jerusalem Methodist Church. | |||
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| [HOLIDAYS IN TROON, BOURNEMOUTH AND MINEHEAD] | |||
| Date: 1934-36 Film Number: 5435 | |||
| Compilation reel featuring three family holidays to Troon, Bournemouth and Minehead. Troon holiday features landmarks in Ayrshire, a shot of Buchanan Street in Glasgow, Highland Games and the local outdoor pool. Holidays to Minehead and Bournemouth include seaside and park scenes, games of croquet, tennis, cricket and polo, local landmarks and stag hunting in Exmoor. | |||
| [ALTRINCHAM SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1934-6 Film Number: 5759 | |||
| Scenes from the Silver Jubille Celebrations in 1935 - the Mayor and civic dignitaries line up for photos, shots of the Jubilee Beacon at Timperley in the daytime and alight at night. An illuminated bus goes by. The Civic procession, including Mr Waterhouse, the Jubilee Major and Mr Shield, the Coronation Mayor. In 1936 there are scenes at the town hall following the death of George V and proclamations for the coronation of George VI. | |||
| ["NANCY" ON THE THAMES] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 5941 | |||
| Various boating scenes - boats on the Thames at low tide, with the Harris' boat, 'Nancy' being worked on. A man is seen in a rowing boats and there are scenes of 'Nancy' on the river and of oil lamps being cleaned on board. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [WEDDING DEPARTURES] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 7295 | |||
| Wedding scenes, with guests filing towards the camera, a car departing and people getting into waiting cars as guests throw confetti at them. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [TRACTOR, SCHOOLSPORTS & MISCELLANEOUS SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 6482 | |||
| Shots of a tractor ploughing a field near Newark are followed by scenes from two sports days - the Manchester School's at Belle Vue and Stretford Girl Guides in Longford Park. A Stretford Girls' School swimming gala is seen, then windmills and a boating lake near Skegness. Margaret Waller rowing on Fairhaven Lake and views of the seafront at Lytham conclude. | |||
| [WALLER FAMILY OUTINGS & HOLIDAYS] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 6483 | |||
| Shots of the Waller family on a bicycling day out to Alderley Edge and enjoying the swimming pool at Talacre. John Waller's grandparents are seen driving around in their Morris car, followed by views of Skegness Lake, Longford Park, Stretford and of John and Margaret Waller playing on their bicycles. Scenes at the beach from a family holiday in Dawlish conclude. | |||
| [OLIVE'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 8141 | |||
| Scenes from Olive's wedding. This appears to be a high society wedding. We see the wedding party and guests arrive, they walk under a decorated canopy watched by spectators. There is then a brief shot inside the church of the wedding ceremony and congregation. The bride and groom are then seen leaving the church along with their guests and posing for photographs in a garden setting. There follow scenes from the reception which is held in a marquee. We see the cutting of the cake and speeches, and then the bride and groom are seen leaving in a decorated wedding car. | |||
| [FYLDE CAMP, BLOOMFIELD RD AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 8169 | |||
| Scenes from a scout camp on Fylde Coast. Crowds gather to watch the arrival of Prince Albert of York (later King George VI) where he is given a tour of the camp. The film cuts to a crowded beach where many people swim in the sea. Back at the scout camp, the chef poses for the camera. The scouts wash and change their clothes and one man plays the bagpipes. After brief shots of a race, men can be seen packing to leave the camp. The men wait to board double-decker buses. In a garden, one man relaxes in a hammock while the others sit and drink tea. A group of women play some tennis. Crowds gather outside Bloomfield Rd for the Blackpool and Doncaster Rovers football match. In the next scene we see a packed out stadium watching the match. Back at home, a woman takes her dogs for a walk. Later, the group pose for the camera outside a hotel. The film ends with scenic shots of mountains and a lake. | |||
| A HOLIDAY AT ST. HILDA | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 9436 | |||
| This film shows what appears to be a group walking holiday to St. Hilda, Whitby. We see the group out walking in Egton, Glaisdale, Rievaulx, Helmsley, Hayburn Wyke. Robin Hoods Bay, Goathland, Beckdale and Runswick. We see them on steam trains and there are shots of the moving scenery. They film the scenery while they are out and about, and the animals that they see. They visit the beach and play in the sea. There is a regatta in Whitby and there are also carnival scenes from Whitby, where we see a procession and other events. | |||
| [A JOURNEY BY CANAL BOAT] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 9781 | |||
| A film of a journey by horse-drawn canal boat through a rural area, shot from the moving boat and showing passing scenery and people on the towpath. A canal worker demonstrates to two boys how to operate the lock machinery; the boys eat tubs of Lyons ice cream, then the journey continues. People on the towpath make way for the horse, and at one point, swimmers in the canal hastily make way for the boat. The reel ends with boys fishing in the canal and shots of a waterfall. | |||
| [DOG SHOW, LEAPFROG AND FEEDING TIME] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 9782 | |||
| Compilation reel of family and other material, including scenes from a dog show; fireworks on Bonfire Night; two boys playing leapfrog; feeding time for a family, when a boy divides up a cake, handing out slices which are greedily devoured; a man throws bread to seagulls, and at the zoo, a man feeds a polar bear some snacks. | |||
| [LEAPFROG, CIGARETTES AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1935 Film Number: 9783 | |||
| Compilation reel of family material, including two boys playing leapfrog, doing somersaults and play-fighting; two women lighting and smoking cigarettes; children at the river’s edge, throwing pieces of wood into the water, and family members in the garden and out on a cobbled street. | |||
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