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Record 1892 – 1911 of 11529
| [SCHOOL TRIP TO SOUTH WEST ENGLAND] | |||
| Date: 1937-8 Film Number: 10922 | |||
| Students and teachers of Altrincham Grammar school go on a school trip to South West England. At the campsite, they cook food, play games and fly kites. Before breakfast, they all do their stretches and exercises. Next, they visit Glastonbury abbey and Cheddar Gorge. The film ends with brief shots of the swannery in Weymouth. | |||
| [BABY DAVID BRICKHILL IN GARDEN AND VISITING FRIENDS] | |||
| Date: 1937 Film Number: 7781 | |||
| Film of the Brickhill family with new baby David. Scenes in the garden and at the front of their home in Cheshire showing David in his pram with parents Harold and Marol Brickhill as well as various visiting friends, family members and nurse. | |||
| CALLING ALL DRIVERS NO. 1 | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 455 | |||
| The driving instructor at Lancashire Constabulary driving school goes out on the road in St.Helens to show examples of good and bad driving. He concentrates on gear changing, mirror watching, signalling and manoeuvres. | |||
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| [JOHN] PART 2 | |||
| Date: 1937-39 Film Number: 2591 | |||
| Further footage of John Potter, aged about three, (see 2590). Opens with footage of John in the garden of 'Brideoak' in Bowdon with a dog and running around. He is also seen on holiday in North Wales with his parents and one of their friends (?). They are seen at Colwyn Bay and Prestatyn beaches having a picnic, playing and standing in the sea. Two women are seen smoking. Continues with footage of John playing in the garden at 'Brideoak' (some in colour). He is seen in a pedal car, with a dog and running around (some in slow motion) as well as eating an ice cream. Closes with shots of John in a snow covered field and then the garden with a snowman. | |||
| A VISIT TO SWITZERLAND | |||
| Date: 1937-9 Film Number: 3270 | |||
| Footage of a holiday in Switzerland - scenes in Lucerne, fountains, flowers and gardens and a boat trip on the Lake, showing lakeside hotels, villages and mountain scenery. St Bernard puppies are shown, and there are shots of the alpine countryside taken from a cable car. Various holidaymakers are seen around a gorge and throwing snowballs on a mountainside., and after a railway journey, the film ends in Campione in Italy. | |||
| [ORIELTON; MARY; HORSERIDING AND WATER DIVINING] | |||
| Date: 1937-39 Film Number: 3999 | |||
| Gaddum family scenes in the grounds of Orielton, Pembrokeshire. Includes the family in the garden, Mary playing with the dog and a girl horseriding. Also general views of the house and grounds and a close up of a For Sale notice for Butts Clough Farm, their former home. Views of a fire engine leaving Orielton after a fire in the nursery, men felling trees, horse racing and a man water divining. Ends with Mary taking part in some races, helping to break-in a horse, horse riding and playing with a kitten. | |||
| [PLAYING IN SANDPIT] | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 4324 | |||
| A man and two children are seen playing in a sandpit in a suburban garden - presumably in Middlewich. | |||
| [BOYS' BRIGADE CAMPS AND MANCHESTER WHIT WALKS] | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 5068 | |||
| Scenes from well attended Whit Walks in Manchester featuring flower girls, boys brigade, clergymen, brass bands and various other groups and banners. The film also includes scenes from Boys' Brigade camps with drill exercises, horse riding, races, Wray Castle in the Lake District, rowing on a lake, hill walking and a visit from the mayor. There are also brief shots of a cricket match. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| LIVERPOOL CORPORATION ELECTRIC SUPPLY DEPARTMENT AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS | |||
| Date: 1937-9 Film Number: 5781 | |||
| A hive of activity at Lister Drive Power Station, Liverpool as men are seen assembling gas masks. A group of policemen and vehicles are seen outside the building, and boxes of finished gas masks are stacked in the warehouse. Workmen are seen constructing a new roadway for 'extra traffic.' More scenes of gas mask assembly, windows in Clarence Dock Power Station are bricked up and the film ends with views of the Lewis Gun Post on the annexe roof and work to reinforce the roof. | |||
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| [HOLIDAY IN ANGLESEY] | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 6126 | |||
| Scenes taken from a moving train as it passes along the North Wales coast, through Conwy and on to Anglesey. The Sutcliffe and Dodd families are seen out walking, on rocks on the coast and relaxing at the holiday cottage. Views from the train on the return journey conclude. | |||
| [NEW BRIGHTON AND DOMESTIC SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 6154 | |||
| Want family members and the dog are seen in the garden at home in Salford Brief views of a bricklayer are followed by views of bandsmen (probably from the Pendleton Public Band) in a park. Scenes from a trip to New Brighton including views of a Concert Party, the funfair and ships on the Mersey. Guests are seen arriving for a wedding at Holyrood Church, Moorside, and the film ends with footage of a woman washing clothes and scrubbing the step outside the house. | |||
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| [MODEL BOATS AT FLEETWOOD AND BIKE] | |||
| Date: 1937-9 Film Number: 7300 | |||
| Young Bill Hart and his father throw stones into the sea, play with model boats at Fleetwood and ride on a motor boat. Concludes with several shots of a young man getting on his bike and riding off along a wet cobbled street (Blackburn Road in Bolton) for the camera. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [FAMILY, CIVIC AND LEISURE SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 7306 | |||
| Bill Hart and others are seen playing in the back yard with a tricycle and toy lorry. Scenes outside Bolton Town Hall as crowds prepare to welcome King George VI in May 1938 and shots of the Royal motorcade on Bridge Street. Various family scenes follow - on the beach, in a garden, on a sea front, at a park and at 'Meadow Grove' farm where there is footage of work in a hay field. Bill Hart is seen cleaning outside the back door, clearing snow from the yard, and playing in a boating pool before the film ends with the family at Lytham St Annes. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [MOVING FISH] | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 6039 | |||
| Local anglers are seen netting fish at Red Bank in Radcliffe in order to stock the nearby reservoir at Lowercroft in Walshaw. The fish are examined, placed into large containers, and carried to their new home. The film ends with views of the fishermen enjoying their new fishing spots. | |||
| [BURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL - ARMY CADETS AND SCHOOL CAMP] | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 6040 | |||
| Army cadets at Bury Grammar School parade around the field and line up for inspection by their headmaster, Mr Strangeways. Scenes from the school camp to North Wales - lads are seen queuing up for food, visiting an air-show and larking around on the campsite. One of the teachers plays a round of golf, there is a visit to the beach at Llandudno, and the boys are seen packing up the camp at the end of their stay. This film relates to NWFA 6049 - [Bury Grammar School - Swimming] | |||
| [WILLOWDALE ROAD & GARDEN SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1937-39 Film Number: 7056 | |||
| Family scenes showing a young girl learning to ride a bicycle with an elderly male relative and on another day the girl is seen playing with a dog and her grandparents in the back garden. Family members potter in the front and back gardens of their home and a long Willowdale Road on a windy day. | |||
| [BACKYARD AND MOTORBIKE SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1937-39 Film Number: 7057 | |||
| Scenes showing women and a man sat in the backyard of a house, smoking cigarettes, reading magazines and playing with a dog. Continues with a shot of back gardens and an allotment area (partially underexposed). Ends with a man and women mounting a stationary motorbike as they pose for the camera. | |||
| [DANCE & COSTUME DISPLAY AT BOLTON GROUND] | |||
| Date: c1938 Film Number: 6616 | |||
| Scenes featuring a dancing display and costume procession on the pitch at Bolton Wanderers Football Club ground, followed by views of a terraced street festooned with Union Jacks and bunting. | |||
| WARRINGTON CINE SOCIETY AT WORK; FISHY BUSINESS IN THE MAKING; 1937 OUTING TO RHYL; 1938 ANNUAL HOT POT SUPPER; 1939 PICNIC AT CILCAIN; MAKING OF A.R.P. FILM | |||
| Date: 1937-9 Film Number: 8345 | |||
| The compilation reel begins with brief shots of a young boy eating a ice cream. The film cuts to the filming of the amateur film 'Fishy Business'. In 1937 during a trip to Rhyl, the family have a picnic by their parked car. In 1938 during the annual hot pot supper, a group of people sit down and enjoy plenty of food and drink. In 1939, the group have a picnic in Cilcain. Children can be seen playing outside and inside the cars. A group of women can be seen skipping. The film cuts to behind the scenes of the making an Air Raid Precaution film. A warden can be seen demonstrating how to use a gas mask. The film ends with a young girl in a garden putting on a gas mask followed by shots of newspaper headlines. | |||
| HOLIDAY TIME | |||
| Date: 1937-9 Film Number: 8404 | |||
| Children from St. George's Home for Boys hold their annual summer camp in Lledr Valley. Some of the boys put their tents up. Once they are settled, the master and the boys play cricket. Afterwards, they line up for food that the matron has cooked. The boys bathe down in the valley and have a steep climb back to camp. | |||
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