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Record 1626 – 1645 of 11241
| [SUMMER HOLIDAYS c1936] | |||
| Date: c1936 Film Number: 7303 | |||
| Holiday footage featuring members of the Hart family. After opening shots of a man and horse ploughing a field, there are scenes featuring Bill Hart as a toddler in a garden with his mother, other adults and another small child. Bill and his family fetch water from a pump on a country lane. At the seaside, Bill plays ball and builds sandcastles with other family members, enjoys a donkey ride and returns from a trip on the ferry at Knott End. The group are also seen outside their accommodation next to a promenade and throwing stones into the sea on a windy day. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| ROYAL VISIT TO BIRKENHEAD | |||
| Date: c1936 Film Number: 6504 | |||
| Views of streets and buildings decorated for a Royal visit to Birkenhead. | |||
| GIBRALTER, EARLY MORNING | |||
| Date: 1935-37 Film Number: 10731 | |||
| The cloud shrouded rock of Gibraltar with boats in the foreground then leaving port passing Europa Point. Onboard a ocean liner, a game of deck tennis, parts of which are filmed in slow motion followed by children in the ship's swimming pool. Egyptian pedestrians at the traffic lights and market scenes in Port Said followed by a street magician doing tricks with three cups and chicks. Views from the Suez canal then street scenes with camel drawn carts amongst the traffic in Crater Town in Aden. The film ends with views of Lake Chala in Kenya near Mount Kilimanjaro. | |||
| BUILDING THE DIESEL ENGINE HOUSE | |||
| Date: 1935-7 Film Number: 10736 | |||
| Workmen laying the concrete floor of the diesel engine house at Tatton Hall. The making of the concrete in a mixer then using a winch to transport the concrete to the second floor of the engine house. | |||
| [WENDY PLAYS WITH A LITTLE BOY IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1936 Film Number: 10810 | |||
| We see Wendy toddling around the garden and playing with a suitcase. A man and a little boy come to join her and the little boy tumbles down the slope. Wendy and the boy play in the garden with their toys while the adults watch. | |||
| [6TH BATTALION CAMP SCENES AND CEREMONIAL PARADE] | |||
| Date: C. 1936 Film Number: 8470 | |||
| A record of activities of the Lancashire Fusiliers 6th Battalion at the army's pre-war camps, including drilling, training manoeuvres, and general camping scenes such as cooking, washing, and visiting the latrines. Also shots of ceremonial parade through town streets. | |||
| HAPPY MEMORIES | |||
| Date: 1935-8 Film Number: 3266 | |||
| Footage of the Riley Family on various trips: Coronation Day in Horwich, with flags, street parties, brass bands, policemen and civic dignitaries, a celebration in Queens Park in Bolton, and a steam train, the "Coronation Scot" doing over 60mph. This is followed by scenes in Blackpool with the illuminations, a trip on a tram, a picnic on Rivington Pike, scenes in Lever Park, a Wigan v Widnes Rugby League match and soccer at Bury. There is a whit walk, including groups from Holy Trinity Mission and St Elizabeth's Mission and a shot of Horwich Parish Church. There is a first aid demonstration, scenes at a steel works, gardens and some majorettes. | |||
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| RAMBLING RECORDS. TAKEN WITH A CINE CAMERA | |||
| Date: 1935-38 Film Number: 8930 | |||
| Lots of footage of the Griffiths children playing in various places. Christmas1936 with Grandfather and Uncle Fred. Taking walks around Locke Park, Barnsley, by the bandstand and Locke Park Tower. Christmas 1937. Aunt Dorothy visits in July 1938 and they go to Woodhead. August 1938 two week holiday in Bridlington. | |||
| [CAMPHILL AND RATCLIFFE] | |||
| Date: 1935-39 Film Number: 519 | |||
| Activities at Camphill, home of the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club - including rigging; National Meeting in 1936 and 1937 (the latter featuring a visit from the German pilot Hannah Reitsch); and Slingsby's Gull II. Some aerial shots. 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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| MAGIC IN THE MOUNTAINS [AND CYCLING SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1935-39 Film Number: 4027 | |||
| The film uses trick photography to make Manchester Wheelers Club members appear and disappear on a hillside, and there is also a mock duel. Cliff Lamb's 1935 12 hour record attempt starting at the Pack Horse Hotel is featured, as is cycle track racing with J Parkes winning the handicap and "The Ten." A poster advertises the Manchester Wheelers 12 Hour Classic on Sunday 19th September 1937, also showing footage of the event itself through Cherry Lane and Whitchurch and outside the Swan Hotel. Norman Nichols is filmed on his bicycle from a car and there are shots of marshalls directing the riders - a herd of cows crosses the road. There is a tandem participating in the event. | |||
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| FLAG DAY FANCY | |||
| Date: c1937 Film Number: 4328 | |||
| Short fictional film made by the Mid-Cheshire Amateur Cinematography Society. A man borrows a book about secret societies from the library - on the way home, engrosssed in the book, he accidentally pushes a woman collecting for charity. Later, the man and his family go for a picnic near Beeston Castle. Whilst his wife and daughter go for a walk, the man continues reading his book until he notices a Ku Klux Klan member at the bottom of the path to the castle. He follows him up to the castle, where he is attacked and taken to a cave full of Ku Klux Klan members. The charity collector reappears briefly, and orders that the man be thrown from a cliff. As they throw him over, the man wakes up - it was all a dream - but he is sufficiently shaken to give a large donation to another charity collector. | |||
| [PUTTING AT WILLOWDALE ROAD] | |||
| Date: 1930-39 Film Number: 7069 | |||
| Scenes showing three young women and a young man on a breezy day playing a putting game in the back garden of the family home in Willowdale Road. | |||
| HOLIDAYS IN SWITZERLAND | |||
| Date: c1936-8 Film Number: 10649 | |||
| During a holiday to Switzerland, the group go skiing and sledding. At the ski resort, a farmer can be seen herding his sheep and goats through the village. | |||
| [WENDY ON THE BEACH AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1936-8 Film Number: 10826 | |||
| Young Wendy toddles around on a beach. Another little boy is also seen playing on the beach. We see Wendy and another child in a pram. We then see Wendy in a garden with women doing some gardening in the background. | |||
| [WENDY PLAYS IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1936-8 Film Number: 10827 | |||
| Wendy and another little boy play in the garden. We then see a brief shot of a man with the two children. | |||
| CHAIN TOPICS [PARTS 1 and 2] | |||
| Date: c. late 1930s Film Number: 8586 | |||
| Promotional film for Renold Chains, looking at the everyday uses of industrial chains: from newspaper presses to factories; from railways and coal mining to bicycles, snow clearance and household appliances. | |||
| [GODFREY FAMILY IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1935-39 Film Number: 8899 | |||
| The film starts with an older man smoking a pipe greeting an older woman. They are then joined by family members who greet each other. The film then has close ups of ladies powdering their noses and other family members. | |||
| [OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE] | |||
| Date: 1935-39 Film Number: 8900 | |||
| The film is various shots of several different men playing golf. | |||
| [CHILDREN AT PLAY IN VARIOUS SETTINGS] | |||
| Date: c1935-40 Film Number: 1472 | |||
| Opens with a baby in a pram with a teddy bear watched by a man. Followed by shots of a young boy on some steps and then a toy yacht on water. Next are shots of a boy, on a donkey being led along a beach, then in a car and then playing in a garden. Finally, shots of a family leaving a house and posing for the camera. | |||
| SCENES OF GENERAL INTEREST | |||
| Date: c1935-40 Film Number: 2061 | |||
| Film featuring a variety of subjects and locations. Includes footage of: The HMS Rodney; King George 6th and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) driving past waving crowds; biplanes flying in formation; hunger marchers; ferries at Liverpool, the Ribble in flood; various trains; beacons to commemorate the jubilee of George V and Preston Dock. There is also footage shot in Blackpool, including some shot from a roller coaster. | |||
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