Please be advised that our collection includes historic footage and descriptions that may reflect attitudes which can be disturbing and harmful. Viewer discretion is advised.
We are undertaking work to reframe our collection and address hurtful language and legacies in our collections. If you come across material that causes offence, we welcome your feedback through an anonymous reporting form.
We are undertaking work to reframe our collection and address hurtful language and legacies in our collections. If you come across material that causes offence, we welcome your feedback through an anonymous reporting form.
Searched For: *
Record 1772 – 1791 of 11529
| [MISCELLANY - TIMBER STACKS, AN ELECTRIC CRANE, IN THE OFFICE] | |||
| Date: *1936/44/45/46 Film Number: 1094 | |||
| Timber is moved by fork lift truck and straddle machine. A man controls an electric crane from the deck of a ship. A brief look at individuals in a drawing office. | |||
| [RACING CARS, WEDDING, CHRISTENING, VISITS TO FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND] | |||
| Date: 1936/44/45/46/47 Film Number: 6900 | |||
| A mixed compilation featuring cars along Brooklands Race Track and a motorcycle rally in Surrey, a wedding party arrives at the Crown and Mitre Hotel in Carlisle, with the bride and groom posing for the camera. A brief sequence shows family and friends at a christening. Colour footage shows Tassell family members and friends having a picnic in the countryside and leaving Dover on a ferry for the continent. Scenes of unidentified locations in Switzerland show mountain regions and visits to a number of towns. Features a cable car ride with shots surrounding the Grimsel Pass. Concludes with short sequences of a trip to Paris and a zoo. | |||
| [PARROTT FAMILY SCENES, AT HOME AND ABROAD] | |||
| Date: *1936/44-6/55/6/8 Film Number: 9256 | |||
| A compilation reel of domestic, leisure and holiday footage, including seaside scenes, children playing in the garden, horse riding, a wedding, and holiday scenes in Scotland and the South of France. | |||
| THE LOCAL CORONATION FILM REVIEW (ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE) | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 30 | |||
| A film presented to the town by Union Cinemas to commemorate the town's coronation celebrations - there is a military procession and salute, and a speech by the Mayor in front of the Town Hall; Wych Street is featured as the best decorated street; children assemble and sing in the Market Square; a tree-planting ceremony involving the Mayoress; Stamford Park, its boating lake, and local beauty queens; local shops and services are shown at length; a busy garage; and finally the Ashton-under-Lyne Reporter being printed. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
|
|||
| THE OPENING OF THE CHRISTOPHER PRIVATE PATIENTS HOME | |||
| Date: *1937 Film Number: 34 | |||
| The opening of the Home (in Wigan) by the Earl of Derby. Shots of the Home, its patron Mr. G A Christopher, nurses, policemen and civic dignitaries. | |||
| ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY | |||
| Date: *1937 Film Number: 82 | |||
| A sequence showing how Carborundum is made in the lab: powder is fused by electricity. This is shown on a larger scale, in the factory manufacture; powder is put into a vat and fused by giant electrodes; the container is removed in section leaving a solid crystalline lump. This is broken down by workers then fed into a machine to be broken down further, and mixed with water. Various shots of the process again. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| THE ROMANCE OF ODEON | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 94 | |||
| The story of the Odeon chain of cinemas; shots of various Odeons and a view of a factory making equipment for the cinemas and providing jobs. Shots of lots more cinemas. Sequence of the Odeon Leicester Square under construction. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
|
|
|||
| PAGEANT AT CHESTER | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 108 | |||
| 6,000 performers re-enact episodes from the past. | |||
| PRESTON MAYORAL PROCESSION | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 137 | |||
| A stationary camera records the Mayor's procession, with military band, civic dignitaries, war veterans and sea cadets. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [CORONATION YEAR IN HAZEL GROVE] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 159 | |||
| There are various shots of local worthies and members of clubs and societies, followed by a sequence showing Stepping Hill Hospital patients and staff, and a presentation to a Matron. A procession and brass bands pass down London Road and there follow some scenes at sports grounds showing races and a cricket match. Some ex-servicemen are shown at the Cenotaph and then some elderly people leaving the Grove cinema. The cinema staff are seen going off duty. | |||
| CLITHEROE CORONATION PAGEANT | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 162 | |||
| A historical pageant to commemorate the Coronation, Clitheroe Castle, and showing the town's links with rulers through the centuries. "Hundreds of local people participated in the colourful parades and tableaux." [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
|
|
|||
| [STRETFORD PAGEANT / MANCHESTER MAY PARADE] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 167 | |||
| A procession including musicians, dancers and floats, makes its way into Longford Park where the Mayor and crowds of spectators are waiting. The Queen of the pageant is crowned. The May Procession passes along the spectator-lined streets and includes Sunday School groups, bands, boy scouts and girl guides etc.; and many groups carrying flowers and banners. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
|
|
|||
| ROCHDALE CELEBRATES THE CORONATION OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE VI MAY 12TH 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 211 | |||
| A church service is followed by a procession of soldiers, bands etc. and a Royal Salute. In the evening people dance in the illuminated Town Hall Square. | |||
|
|
|||
| GRACIE FIELDS MADE HONORARY FREEMAN OF THE BOROUGH | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 212 | |||
| Gracie Fields arrives at Rochdale Town Hall, is presented with a scroll and attends a civic luncheon. She is taken to the Theatre Royal for her evening performance on a fire engine. | |||
|
|
|||
| THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF NEW BATHS, MAY 25TH 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 213 | |||
| The Mayor and his party open the baths, address an assembly of guests, and watch a parade of fashion and historical swimming costumes. A Cotton Queen and Miss Yorkshire appear. | |||
| PRESENTATION OF THE HONORARY FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE TO SAMUEL TURNER AT THE TOWN HALL, JULY 5TH 1937 BY MAYOR C. CROWDER | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 214 | |||
| Mr. Turner receives his scroll from the Mayor in a civic ceremony, and there is a reception in the Mayor's parlour. | |||
| THE BOROUGH OF ALTRINCHAM CHARTER CELEBRATIONS | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 311 | |||
| Sir William Bromley-Davenport, Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester, presents the Charter to the Charter Mayor, the Earl of Stamford, amid much civic pomp. Large crowds watch, and later assemble on the Coronation Field for further celebrations and to view the town's Coronation Plate and Insignia. | |||
|
|
|||
| [SCHOOL SPORTS AND TROPHIES] | |||
| Date: *1937 Film Number: 369 | |||
| Wallasey Grammar School - team line-up; school trophies; shot putting; and long jump. | |||
| SCENES IN ROCHDALE DURING CORONATION YEAR | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 394 | |||
| Rochdale coronation procession - Gracie Fields given freedom of Borough - Chester - Morecambe swimming pool - Alton Towers - Tower of London - Southport promenade and parks - Blackpool - Windermere - Isle of Man - Windsor Castle. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| MERSEYSIDE PROGRESS | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 435 | |||
| Opening of Speke airport; Liverpool's send off to the King and Queen. | |||
| Record 1772 – 1791 of 11529 | First | Previous | Next | Last | ||