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Record 1872 – 1891 of 11529
| [CLITHROE CORONATION PAGEANT & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 11288 | |||
| Houses and streets bedecked with Union Jack bunting with street scenes of Clitheroe high street. In the grounds of Clitheroe castle, a large crowd of spectators watch the pageant which features historical costumes and dancing. The basting of a spit-roasted ox is followed by a Royal visit with a convoy of cars passing large crowds either side of the road. Veteran soldiers march down Clitheroe high street. Scenes from onboard a sailing ship on the river Mersey with views of Liverpool waterfront. Snowy scenes with large snow drifts so deep that it has buried the cars. | |||
| (PRIVATE PATIENTS HOME] | |||
| Date: c1937 Film Number: 7809 | |||
| Footage of the Manchester Royal Infirmary; patients are wheeled outside from the hospital in their beds to get some fresh air, play cards, smoke and chat with their visitors. There are shots of hospital exteriors, patients in their beds, nurses waving from the top floor windows and walking in the grounds with their patients. | |||
| [WEDDING CAMERA ORIGINAL] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 11831 | |||
| The bride arrives in a wedding car and enters the church with her bridesmaids and father on the 25th September 1937. The bride and groom exit the church as confetti is thrown then depart in the wedding car. The happy couple at the reception in a marquee cutting the cake then departing the reception in the wedding car as friends and family wave farewell. | |||
| WHITSUNTIDE 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2035 | |||
| Film of a family holiday to the South West of England. Features footage from: Wells; St Austell; Newquay; St Ives; Brixham; Portland and Tintern Abbey. Much of the material is coastal in content and illustrated by captions. | |||
| AUGUST 1937 | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2036 | |||
| Film of a family holiday to the South East of England, East Anglia and the South West. Includes footage of: Upway; Ely; Yarmouth; Tilbury Docks; Canterbury; North Fareland and Dover. There is also footage from Brixham and Torbay, a train wreck and Cheddar Gorge | |||
| HOLIDAY TO THE WEST COUNTRY AND JOURNEY HOME | |||
| Date: c1937 Film Number: 2064 | |||
| Film of a holiday in the West Country and of some of the places visited on the way back. Features coastal scenes from Devon, Cornwall and Somerset as well as footage from Exeter, Bristol, Chepstow Hereford and Ludlow. Much of the material is shot from a moving car. | |||
| [CIRCUS AND GOLF] | |||
| Date: *1937 Film Number: 2270 | |||
| Film opens with footage from Blackpool Circus featuring acrobats, a juggler and a lion tamer. Continues with brief footage from Blackpool Pleasure beach at night during the illuminations. The film closes with golfing footage. A number of players are seen in action, watched by crowds. | |||
| BITS AND PIECES | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 2592 | |||
| Miscellaneous footage shot by Robert E.Potter. Includes streetscenes of Bowdon (?), people relaxing in the Potter's garden in Bowdon, children playing, shots of a model railway (including trick photography), people eating and drinking and shots of a dog and a budgerigar. Also features footage of visits to a zoo, a beach and Blackpool Pleasure Beach as well as RAF planes practising landing at Chester. | |||
| [LEIGH MATERNITY SERVICES REEL 2] | |||
| Date: 1937-8 Film Number: 3194 | |||
| Scenes in 'The Firs', a maternity home in Leigh - the lying-in room, the nursery with a full complement of screaming infants, the incubator with children being cared for and weighed, and scenes of breast and bottle feeding. There are shots of the kitchen, with food being prepared by nurses, and the laundry, where nappies are being washed, and the film ends with fathers collecting their new babies and recovered wives. | |||
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| [MISCELLANEOUS LEIGH HEALTH TRIMS] | |||
| Date: 1937-9 Film Number: 3197 | |||
| Short sequences of farm animals (calves, cows, pigs), a machine to deliver gas to hospital patients (shot at The Firs in Leigh) and a wedding procession outside a church. | |||
| YOUNGERS SHOPPING GAZETTE | |||
| Date: *1937-38 Film Number: 933 | |||
| Cinema adverts, some animated, for goods and services in the Gatley and Cheadle areas. | |||
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| NEW EMPORIUM FOR BLACKPOOL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY | |||
| Date: *1937/38 Film Number: 936 | |||
| The opening of the Blackpool Co-operative Society's new department store - the arrival of VIPs; a salute from the usherette; a look at the different departments including ladies fashions, hairdressing, furniture, the divi counter; and behind the scenes in the offices and staff canteen. | |||
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| [SALFORD SCOUT CAMPS - JERSEY 1937 AND 1938] | |||
| Date: 1937-38 Film Number: 1234 | |||
| Scenes from a weeks holiday in Jersey for the 216th Salford Scouts in the summer of 1937. Includes bathing in the bay, eating, playing on a farm and playing cricket. Followed by the same scout troop's visit to Jersey the next year. Again features footage from the camp, including scenes of cooking and playing. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [LEES TENNIS CLUB OLDHAM] | |||
| Date: 1937-38 Film Number: 1466 | |||
| A group of men and women are seen playing a game of mixed doubles on the outdoor courts of Lees Tennis Club in Oldham. | |||
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| [LEIGH MATERNITY SCENES REEL 1] | |||
| Date: 1937-8 Film Number: 3196 | |||
| Film describing the provision of maternity care in the Leigh area. There are scenes shot at 'The Firs', a maternity home run by Matron Storey, who is seen at her bureau and with a child. There are then shots of the various areas within Leigh, with shots of the maternity clinic building in each area, and its presiding midwife. A dramatised sequence shows a husband running from his house to the phone box to call out a midwife, who cycles in to help. There are then sequences of tests and safety procedures in the maternity home. | |||
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| [LOCAL EVENTS IN MAWDESLEY - 1937 AND 1938] | |||
| Date: 1937/8 Film Number: 4679 | |||
| Local events in and around Mawdesley in Lancashire - brief scenes from a local fete and a Royal visit are followed by views of the Mawdesley Whit Walk. Coronation celebrations for King George VI are seen, with children's sports days in Wrightington, Mawdesley and Hill Dale. There is a procession and fairground at Bispham Green, and an agricultural fair at Rufford. The ceremony for the cutting of the first sod for a new building in Mawdesley is seen, as well as scenes of the building's construction. Further scenes at Hill Dale sports day conclude. | |||
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| [CRUISE TO PORTUGAL] | |||
| Date: 1937-38 Film Number: 7254 | |||
| Footage of a holiday cruise from Liverpool to Portugal, featuring scenes on board ship, in dock and at sea. The crew hoist luggage aboard and leave Liverpool. There are scenes ashore at Estoril and Lisbon (and possibly other places) as well as activities at sea: the crew raising anchor and holidaymakers playing deck games and swimming in the pool. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [SOME EARLY COLOUR PICTURES OF JOHN BAILEY HUGHES] | |||
| Date: 1937-8 Film Number: 8359 | |||
| The compilation reel with footage of a father pushing his son John in a pram. The family visit Delamere where John watches the ducks. Next they visit Uncle Bob and Auntie Doris in St Helens, where the family spend time together in the garden. The film cuts to black and white where John appears to be slightly younger. We are introduced to the family cat Smokey and her kittens. John can be seen in his pram playing with a toy drum. Outside the house, John waves a Union Jack flag as his mother holds him. Signs and decorations for the coronation celebrations can be seen in the shop windows. In the garden, John and Smokey spend time together in John's playpen. Smokey the cat can be seen wearing a NARPAC (National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee) disc on her collar. | |||
| PAPERMAKING | |||
| Date: 1937-8 Film Number: 10652 | |||
| An in-depth look into the production and distribution of a paper making mill. | |||
| [BAYES FAMILY GARDEN SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1937-8 Film Number: 10818 | |||
| Bayes family garden scenes. A woman helps Wendy to hold a baby. An elderly man does some digging. Baby Meriel is seen with her mother on a rug. | |||
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