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| PRESTON SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY | |||
| Date: c1937 Film Number: 2066 | |||
| Footage from the Preston Scientific Society's trip to Scotland. Includes scenes of hillwalking and rockclimbing as well as brief shots from a farm. | |||
| [PUPPIES AND BEACH SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2114 | |||
| A woman is seen standing in a garden cradling an armful of puppies. Four or five dogs run around the lawn excitedly; jumping up at the woman's suit. Concludes with scenes of the Behrens family sunbathing on a beach in Skerries. | |||
| [COUNTRY DANCING : NETHERBY] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2135 | |||
| A group of men and women are seen dancing in the Behrens family garden on the 3rd July 1937. There appears to be approximately thirty or forty people partaking in the event; dancing backward and forwards in lines. | |||
| [HOSE PIPE CAPERS] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2136 | |||
| Two teenage girls; Ruth and Mary Behrens, are seen chasing each other around the garden; August 1937. They both wear bathing costumes and hats. Mrs Behrens is seen squirting them with water from the hose pipe. | |||
| COUNTY BOROUGH OF BOLTON, ALDERMAN AJ RUSSELL JP MAYOR, CIVIC PROCESSION ON THE OCCASION OF THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH, 12TH MAY 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2605 | |||
| A parade of servicemen and women and other organisations through Bolton on Coronation Day, 12th May 1937. The parade is seen outside the Town Hall, moving on to the Parish Church for a civic service, and in a local park for a '21' gun salute and a march/drive past. | |||
| [WEDDING OF EILEEN AND LESLIE DEAN] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2729 | |||
| Film of the wedding of Eileen and Leslie Dean at St Mary's Parish Church in Cheadle on the 19th of July 1937. The bride arrives at the church with her father, and later emerges with her new husband to be showered with confetti. | |||
| ON HOLIDAY IN GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2784 | |||
| Film of the Higginson family's holiday to Germany. They visit Bonn, Dresden, Sebnitz and Nurnberg. A paddle steamer packed with 'excursionists' is seen in Bonn, as are some Choristers. There are streetscenes in Dresden - Nazi banners are seen on some buildings. The family are seen walking in a forested area and relaxing at an outdoor cafe. Also features shots of a market in Nurnberg and soldiers marching. | |||
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| STATIC ELECTRICITY | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2822 | |||
| A film depicting various methods of producing static electricity, including the re-creation of 19th century experiments conducted in this field, making reference to the work of Michael Faraday. | |||
| [STATIC ELECTRICITY - RUSHES I] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2823 | |||
| Rushes from a film depicting various tests and experiments to produce static electricity, almost certainly conducted at Metropolitan Vickers in Trafford Park. | |||
| [STATIC ELECTRICITY - RUSHES II] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2824 | |||
| Rushes from a film describing experiments to create static electricity - probably performed at Metropolitan Vickers' factory in Trafford Park. | |||
| [STATIC ELECTRICITY EXPERIMENTS] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2825 | |||
| Footage of experiments conducted, probably at Metropolitan Vickers' factory in Trafford Park, to produce static electricity. | |||
| [CHILDREN PLAYING IN VICTORIA PARK STRETFORD] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2873 | |||
| Footage of the filmmaker's daughter as a young girl in Victoria Park, Stretford. She is seen jumping up and down and engaged in some playful wrestling with two older boys. | |||
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| [TERRITORIAL ARMY IN STRETFORD] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2874 | |||
| Film shot in Stretford. Opens with very brief footage of the filmmaker's daughter, Juliana, as a young child in Victoria Park. Continues with shots of Territorial Army members marching along a street and the mayor, Mr Smith, and various civic dignitaries attending St Matthews Church. Closes with footage of children, including Juliana Morley, playing in Victoria Park. | |||
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| [METRO-VICKS WORKERS IN TRAFFORD PARK] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2877 | |||
| Film of Metro-Vicks staff, including a group of four women, walking around Trafford Park. Factories, train tracks and freight wagons are all visible. | |||
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| [BOURNEMOUTH PLEASURE GARDENS] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2885 | |||
| The filmmaker's daughter, Juliana, as a young child in Bournemouth Pleasure Gardens. She is seen playing in a pond and on the grass in the company of her brother, Donald Morley, a ball and an inflatable fish. | |||
| 1937 FA CUP RUNDOWN | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2896 | |||
| Footage showing the team line-ups for the 1937 FA Cup Final at Wembley between Preston North End and Sunderland. | |||
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| VIEWS OF 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 3116 | |||
| Miscellaneous footage from 1937. Including scenes shot during the winter, Lee Congregational Sermons procession and celebrations marking George VI's coronation - including a fancy dress party at Lord Street School. There are shots of the Anderton Waterfall near Northwich and Blackpool Seafront. There is footage shot at Christmas, including shots of a toy-festooned float in a procession which also features a man dressed as Father Christmas. A Christmas party is seen - Father Christmas distributes presents and children play with toys. There is a brief shot of a procession of royal or civic cars travelling along a street followed by footage from a teaparty visited by a vicar. Also includes footage from a party including children with decorated bicycles and prams and adults and then children performing plays. Closes with shots of a bride and groom outside a church following a wedding. | |||
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| [SNOWBOUND SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 3117 | |||
| Film featuring footage of snowbound countryside and urban areas. There are shots of large snowdrifts, people walking along paths cut through deep snow, children sledging and people clearing snow. There is also footage of the Ridings family having a meal in their garden. Also includes shots of a pond, with water birds around it and a shepherd with his flock | |||
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| CAMP 1937: JEWISH LADS BRIGADE AT BRIDLINGTON; WEEK ENDING 8TH AUGUST 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 3225 | |||
| Footage of a Jewish boys camp in Bridlington for boys from Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield and Glasgow. The member parade around in uniform playing brass instruments, an officer take the salute and the boys do rifle drills. The cadets are then seen laying wreaths and parading. There are then scenes of the boys going down to the beach and playing in the sea. | |||
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| SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN SWITZERLAND JULY 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 3267 | |||
| Footage of a tour of lakes and Alpine region in Switzerland. There are scenes in and around Lucerne, Interlaken, Pilatus, the Burgenstock and Bruning, with scenes on lakes, around mountains (including the Jungfrau), various villages and towns and visits to schools, waterfalls, and various restaurants and hotels. | |||
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