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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.
 
 
 
[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.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
[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 Knutsford Road Bridge on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford.
 
 
 
[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.
 
 
 
[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.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
[PROCESSION IN HASLINGDEN AND VISIT TO BLACKPOOL]
Date: 1936 Film Number: 3119
 
Miscellaneous footage including shots of a wedding party, a visit to Liverpool, children on bicycles, playing and acting out a play. There is footage of a procession in Haslingden including trade floats. The Riding family are seen at a seventh birthday party and relaxing in a garden. There is also footage from a visit to Blackpool including shots of the seafront, of the sea and Stanley Park's ornamental gardens and bowling green. There are also high angle views of the Pleasure Beach.
 
 
 
[BELLE VUE AND THE BEACH]
Date: c1936 Film Number: 3731
 
Scenes at the seaside, with people splashing about in the sea and children running and playing on the beach. Lots of small boats are out at sea, and a pier is evident in the background (Blackpool or Southport?). Adults and children are seen at a funfair (probably Belle Vue), and riding on the rollercoaster. Later a man is seen sitting on the grass, with two little girls dancing around him; the three are then seen walking in a park. Final shots of people leaving a house.
 
 
 
GYMKHANA ON THE DECK OF S.S. ORONTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH
Date: 1936 Film Number: 5034
 
A number of games taking place on deck of the S.S. Orontes liner including a 'getting dressed' race, a water drinking contest and a tug-of-war. A brief glimpse of a cabin and a terrier playing in a garden are followed by unrelated title cards, and brief shots of a car driving away, a man in a field, two women sunbathing, a man attending to his motorbike and a Whit Walk. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
1936 WE PRESENT ONCE AGAIN THE FIELD DAY AND GARDEN FETE
Date: 1936 Film Number: 5098
 
Scenes from St Thomas' Church Whitsuntide Field Day and Church Garden Fete. The procession is seen passing through the streets of Eccleston. At the Field Day people of all ages enjoy events including an egg and spoon race, running race, sack football, boules, rounders and a tug of war as well as spinning top games, skipping, music and dancing. Following this are scenes of the Church Garden Fete with a speech from Miss Evelyn Pilkington, cakes, drinks and decorations.
 
 
 
CURLING STONE MAKING
Date: *1936 Film Number: 5138
 
Looks at the process of producing curling stones at Kays of Scotland. The film begins with shots of a pile of granite blocks from Ailsa Craig (an island off the coast of Ayrshire). These granite pieces are then shown being rough-turned and shaped into smooth curling stones with the help of lathes and workmen with hand tools. There is footage of the stones being finished and the handles being attached. The film ends with shots of completed curling stones. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html
 
 
 
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