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Record 2106 – 2125 of 11241
 
 
[WINGS FOR VICTORY]
Date: *1939 Film Number: 1200
 
A military procession of servicemen and women passes through the centre of Preston. Scenes from an event to raise funds for planes for the RAF - "Wings for Victory." Shots of the crowd in front of a stage, speeches are made and a number of racing pigeons are released. The sign on the stage reads "Our Target - £1,000,000." Footage from a cricket match concludes. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
[OUT AND ABOUT WITH THE WORTHINGTON FAMILY]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 1347
 
Scenes of the Worthington Family sat outside in the garden - close up shots of a woman making some sandwiches and pouring out cups of tea. Also includes landscape views of the surrounding countryside taken from a moving vehicle - the family are then seen walking in the woodlands and hills.
 
 
 
[SCENES ON A BEACH AND IN A GARDEN]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 1474
 
Children playing with toy horses in a garden with their parents(?). Followed by footage from a beach (Brighton ?), featuring two women with young children, donkey rides and four adults sunbathing.
 
 
 
CAMP SCENES 1939
Date: 1939 Film Number: 1523
 
Film of Compton House School of Shaw's trip to Conwy, North Wales, in 1939. Opens with footage of Shaw station and their departure before footage from Conwy. They stayed at the Holiday Fellowship Young People's Camp, various outdoor activities including swimming are featured. Conwy castle is seen, a boat trip around the coast is featured as well as hillwalking in Snowdonia.
 
 
 
[ON A WELSH BEACH]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 2262
 
Buckley and Brearley family holiday to Wales. Much of the footage is shot on Borth-y-Gest beach, people are seen relaxing and playing around a tent. A model aeroplane is seen in flight, the familes are seen leaving a house and walking near the beach.
 
 
 
[PRAM IN THE GARDEN]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 2265
 
Film shot in the Buckley's garden at home in Newhey. Opens with shots of a Dorothy and Robert taking alternate turns carrying their baby, Hilary. Family members are seen with a child and Hilary in a pram. The film closes with Alan and Brian Wrigley in school uniform flanking the pram and playing with the baby.
 
 
 
[BABE IN ARMS]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 2266
 
The film opens with members of the Buckley family gathered around a pram in the garden at home in Newhey. Hilary as a baby is featured in close-up and being held by various family members. There is a brief shot of a man lighting a pipe before footage of the family at Morecambe or Blackpool. The film closes with a very dark shot of the interior of a room.
 
 
 
[BABIES AND GARDENS]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 2267
 
Hilary Buckley as a very young girl is seen walking in the garden at home in Newhey. Hilary and Wendy Brearley are seen being carried by their respective parents in the same garden and the film closes with a shot of the same group of people in front of the house.
 
 
 
ELECTRICAL INDUCTION HEATING
Date: 1939 Film Number: 2808
 
Men demonstrating electrical induction heating by various means, including electrical coils and an induction furnace, producing molten metal and a casting as proof of the efficiency of the heating process.
 
 
 
[TRAFFORD PARK ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 2811
 
Footage of staff at the Metropolitan Vickers factory in Trafford Park arriving for work and going home, by car, on foot and by coach.
 
 
 
[THE MORLEY CHILDREN IN TORQUAY]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 2886
 
The filmmaker's daughter, Juliana, with her brother Donald Morley, playing in a park in Torquay. The two children bounce balls and Juliana dances.
 
 
 
[MOOR PARK METHODIST WHIT WALK]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 3064
 
Views of a whit walk by members of Moor Park Methodists Church, Preston, with participants also including the Salvation Army, brownies, guides, and congregations. The parents of a baby are seen with their progeny after a christening, and the father is seen pushing a pram into a large park.
 
 
 
[MOOR PARK METHODISTS 21-5-39]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 3065
 
Footage of a whit walk held on the streets of Preston - participants include a brass band, brownies, the Salvation Army, and members of various church congregations.
 
 
 
[THE 1939 JEWISH LADS BRIGADE CAMP]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 3227
 
Children going to a Jewish Boys Camp near Colwyn Bay arrive at the station. There are parades through the streets with the cadets in uniform, passing through a town and the countryside to Llandudno where a ceremony is being held at a cenotaph - wreathes are laid and speeches made. Cadets are shown washing in communal troughs and polishing belt buckles before being inspected. A large meal is cooked, including potatoes and boiled beef.
 
 
 
[MORECAMBE AND COUNTRYSIDE]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 4132
 
The Rendell family are seen at an open-air swimming pool, June uses the slide and diving board as Grandad Fred and her mother look on. The Rendells go to Windermere, and cross the lake on the car ferry, watching the various boats and yachts. They go to the River Severn at Shrewsbury, see an angler at Miller's Dale at Buxton and are seen 'somewhere in Lancashire' on a country walk.
 
 
 
PORTAL LODGE AND GARDENS, TARPORLEY
Date: *1939 Film Number: 4198
 
Film of Portal Lodge medieval house and gardens at Tarporley in Cheshire. General views of the house and flowerbeds, with interior views of a greenhouse and glimpses of visitors in the grounds.
 
 
 
ROUND AND ABOUT WINDSOR
Date: 1939 Film Number: 4207
 
Filmed on the Northwich Traders' Outing to Windsor - general views of the castle and grounds, including St George's Chapel and Anne Boleyn's window. Brief views of the Ancient Market House before the Northwich Traders go on a boat trip along the Thames, passing through Bray and Boulters' locks.
 
 
 
[DOUBLE STRENGTH]
Date: *1939 Film Number: 4322
 
Short fictional film starring Arthur Roberts as a man with chronic indigestion. His wife, played by Winifred Oakes, tries every remedy on the market, until she dreams that to her husband, everything is 'double strength.' The film uses trick photography to duplicate objects and people.
 
 
 
DELAMERE FOREST
Date: 1939 Film Number: 4413
 
Footage from two Hart family outings to Delamere Forest. The family are seen enjoying a picnic, walking through the woods, picking berries, climbing trees and fooling around. At one point, a family member is made to look like Hitler by changing his hair and putting a comb on his top lip. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/
 
 
 
MANCHESTER AND SALFORD EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, CHILDREN'S GALA DAY
Date: 1939 Film Number: 4428
 
A Manchester and Salford Co-operative Society procession, with horse-drawn floats packed with children, is seen passing through residential streets. The procession arrives at a park, where the Co-op Queen is crowned, and the children enjoy a picnic. There are displays of country and Scottish dancing, and the children take part in a number of different races.
 
 
 
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