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| WHITSUNTIDE PROCESSIONS, DENTON | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 156 | |||
| Sequences showing the individual Sunday schools taking part in the walk: Wilton Street, Hope Congregational, Trinity Methodist, Haughton Methodist, Christ Church, Manchester Road, St. Lawrence's, St. Anne's. All carry banners and many have a Rose Queen, choirs, brass bands and groups of scouts and guides. | |||
| THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS | |||
| Date: *1936 Film Number: 186 | |||
| A fictional film to advertise CWS's Pelaw products. Mrs. Bright goes shopping and leaves her daughter playing in the garden. The woman next door is grumbling about her housework, when she sees that the little girl has fallen, and goes to help her. She takes her into Mrs. Bright's kitchen, and notices how clean it is. When she comes home, Mrs. Bright tells her it is all due to Pelaw products. Scenes at the Pelaw factory; women are at work filling and packing cans of various kinds of polishes, as well as other household goods. Cut back to Mrs. Bright's kitchen; she shows her neighbour her cupboard which contains all the Pelaw products we saw being made. | |||
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| PARTNERS | |||
| Date: *1936 Film Number: 196 | |||
| A publicity film for CWS membership - gloomy George is amazed to find that his friends John and Annie are shareholders in an international enterprise. With the help of the cameraman, George and John are transported to the London warehouses where the tea is imported, tasted, blended, packed and despatched to CWS stores. They are next transported to CWS's Manchester warehouse, and finally return to London by plane. Meanwhile, Annie has been buying tea at the Co-op and, having met up with George and John again, goes to claim her dividend. George decides to become a co-operator. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL "THE SPORTS", MAY 1936 | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 207 | |||
| Various races and events, and a dancing display at Rochdale Girls High School. | |||
| PRESTON ROYAL INFIRMARY: FORMAL OPENING OF THE NEW MATERNITY HOSPITAL | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 261 | |||
| The Countess of Derby opens the Maternity Hospital and meets some nurses. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| ANYTOWN | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 265 | |||
| A promotional film extolling the virtues of the transport system. Anytown (actually Rochdale) depends upon transport for food trade and other supplies - scenes of production, market, movement of goods etc; for business and leisure travel - Anytown goes on holiday to the coast. | |||
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| [ADVERTISEMENT COMPILATION] | |||
| Date: c1936 Film Number: 267 | |||
| Adverts for goods and services in Macclesfield. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| OPENING BALMORAL ROAD SCHOOL | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 532 | |||
| Balmoral Road School, Morecambe is opened by Sir Josiah Stamp - a tree planting ceremony, and a brief glimpse inside a classroom. | |||
| NELSON EDUCATIONAL TOUR AT THE TOWER OF LONDON | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 627 | |||
| Shows Nelson schoolchildren in the grounds of the Tower of London, and then having a picnic in the open air. Includes close-ups of the children eating. The commentary mentions the litter problem. | |||
| SCHOLARS' CRUISE EASTER 1936. RMS LANCASTRIA CALLING AT MONTE CARLO, BARCELONA, GIBRALTAR, LISBON. | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 684 | |||
| Shots of staff and pupils from Burnley High School on board RMS Lancastria. General views of Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Gibraltar and Lisbon; activities on board ship - sports and swimming; the crew at work; docking. | |||
| OUR BIG EFFORTS OF 1936 | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 729 | |||
| Reel 1: A compilation of family outings and activities - trips to Chester, Alton Towers and Buxton; the Runcorn transporter bridge; playing in the garden - 2 little girls with their dolls. Reel 2: A trip to Blackpool - a fairground; open air swimming pool; Blackpool Tower; a carnival procession, and a brief meeting with Reginald Dixon on a quiet road. | |||
| [UNLOADING ORANGES AND ONIONS FROM VALENCIA AT MANCHESTER DOCKS] | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 941 | |||
| Dock workers busily unload crates from the SS Glynmel at Manchester docks. | |||
| NEW BATHS OPENED | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 1430 | |||
| Whitehall Newsreel featuring : Morecambe Baths opened on 27th July 1936, with a civic ceremony and female models. Followed by footage of football in Christy Park (Morecambe) then General Evangeline Booth addressing a crowd; cuts to firemen and the gutted timber yard of Hustler's Sawmills; cuts to Remembrance service and procession. Finishes with dancers dressed as sailors. Interspersed with seafront shots. | |||
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| THE ART OF HAND MADE POTTERY [PLUS NEW BRIGHTON AND BLACKPOOL] | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 1442 | |||
| Features the making of pottery at Buttons of Causeway Foot, Halifax. Includes footage of the processes involved in pottery making as well as interior and exterior views of the factory. Followed by footage of a crowded beach and swimming pool at New Brighton and people watching a rough sea at Blackpool. | |||
| FRANCE 1936 19TH BOLTON SCOUTS IN NORMANDY | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 1715 | |||
| Film of the 19th Bolton Scouts visit to Normandy in 1936. Features shots from a train and their arrival at a London railway station. Continues with scenes in France; scouts setting up camp and on a beach, bus and trains. Also features shots from Mont St Michel. | |||
| [A YOUNG GIRL IN STRETFORD PARKS] | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 2872 | |||
| Footage of the filmmaker's daughter as a young girl in Longford and Victoria Parks, Stretford. She is seen running around, watching penned rabbits and chasing pigeons. At the film's close is a shot of the filmmaker walking with his daughter. | |||
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| [LIVERPOOL HARBOUR AND LATCHFORD ROAD BRIDGE] | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 2878 | |||
| Film featuring footage of various ships in Liverpool Harbour. Also includes shots of the Mersey Tunnel and Latchford Road Bridge on the Manchester Ship Canal. | |||
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| [THE MORLEY CHILDREN] | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 2879 | |||
| The Morley children are seen walking in a field, along a farm track and in a street in Partington. | |||
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| [SOUTHPORT FAIRGROUND 1936] | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 2880 | |||
| Film of Southport fairground - includes shots of a carousel, a roller coaster and a waterslide. Also features a brief shot of an aeroplane overhead. | |||
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| EVENTS OF 1936 FILMED BY R RIDING | |||
| Date: 1936 Film Number: 3118 | |||
| Film featuring a variety of different community and family events. There is footage of Sermons days, a family trip to Scarborough and 'Ladies Visit to Elswick', a garden party, weddings and the opening of Horwich Library by Councillor J. Carr. The Lee Sermons Day, Independent Methodist Sermons and St Catherines Sermons all feature - processions, including marching bands and various local groups are seen. The weddings - featuring shots before and after the ceremonies - feature Mr R Openshaw and Ms M Keenliside and Mr N Holden and Miss E Lever. The garden party - at Mrs Fearnhead's house includes children's races and a women's sack race. | |||
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