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| A GRAND PARADE AND RALLY 9TH JULY 1939 OF MILITARY AND CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES. ECCLES, IRLAM AND CADESHEAD (sic) | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 4693 | |||
| A procession of various military and civil defence groups, including auxiliary firemen, nurses and ARP wardens, march past the mayor and other dignitaries on the banks of the Ship Canal. Horse racing scenes (location unknown) are followed by air-raid practice at Lancashire Steel Corporation's Irlam works, as well as fire fighting and first aid training and a demonstration of how to deal with a gas attack. | |||
| SOUTH-EAST LANCASHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL, COUNTY RALLY, DUNHAM PARK, JUNE 1939 | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 4782 | |||
| Preparations for the camp at Dunham Park are followed by footage of scouts boarding buses and arriving at the site. Views of various camp activities including the camp fire, milk delivery, refuse disposal and scout and guide shop are seen, and on Sunday a group of VIPs - including the exiled Crown Prince of Ethiopia, Asfa Wossen - arrive for a church service. Different scout troops participate in a stage show - a cowboy band, morris dancing, gymnastic display and fencing demonstration are seen. The film ends with views of the camp being cleared up and the empty site after the scouts have left. | |||
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| A CHANGE OF AIR - SALFORD LADS' CLUB CAMP ABERYSTWYTH 1939 | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 4949 | |||
| Salford Lads' Club boys are seen arriving at London Road Station in Manchester to go to camp in Aberystwyth. On arrival, the lads go swimming in the river and are seen preparing and eating sausages and mash. Some are seen washing up afterwards. There is a day trip to Aberdovey, where they all go on a steam boat trip, and on return to camp there is a football match. The boys are seen tidying up and getting washed, and some are seen with lambs on a farm. There is footage of boxing matches and various races during the sports day, with casualties receiving first aid afterwards. They visit the beach and are seen packing up and receiving prizes on the last day. | |||
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| [A.R.P. TRAINING - GAS MASKS AND BOMB SITES] | |||
| Date: *1939 Film Number: 6118 | |||
| Members of the Turton Air Raid Precaution unit are seen constructing a scaffold - presumably to shore up bombed buildings. They are instructed on how to fit gas masks and suits and are also seen practising searching a bomb site for survivors. | |||
| [IN THE TROUGH OF BOWLAND] | |||
| Date: *1939 Film Number: 6228 | |||
| June Miller and her mother are seen feeding lambs in the countryside and a car with blacked-out headlamps is seen crossing a stream. | |||
| [COMING BACK FROM CANADA] | |||
| Date: *1939 Film Number: 6256 | |||
| Scenes on board a ship on its way back from Canada are followed by views of two uniformed men standing outside a house and a family walking near a beach on the Lancashire coast. | |||
| ST THOMAS' CHURCH CENTENARY 1839 - 1939 | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 6341 | |||
| Scenes from the centenary of St Thomas' Church, Eccleston. 93 year old Mr S. Dadge is seen filling the font and the Vicar performs a baptism; a bride and groom arrive at the altar; Mr. Dadge is seen filling in a grave in the churchyard. The Centenary Rose Queen Festival is seen - Mrs Litherland crowns Miss Hilda Brown and presents her with a bible and Miss Joan Bedson retires as Queen. Scenes from the Centenary Garden Fete with dance performances and people relaxing, eating and smoking in the Church garden. | |||
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| ON THE BANKS OF THE BRUN | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 6579 | |||
| Scenes taken around Burnley including views of the River Brun, Heasandford House, Towneley Hall, Gawthorpe Hall and Scott Park. Locals are then seen enjoying themselves at a fairground and browsing stalls on market day. Ends with shots of Victoria Hospital, the Odeon Cinema and the bustling streets of Burnley. | |||
| STAND UNITARIAN CRICKET CLUB (OPENING OF THE NEW PAVILION) | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 6660 | |||
| Scenes from the opening of the New Pavilion at Stand Unitarian Cricket Club on 20 July 1939, as part of the club's Silver Jubilee celebrations. Guests are seen arriving, players and public congregate for a smoke and a Mr Cheetham formally opens the building. There are scenes from the cricket match, and the film closes with a line up of the members, who stand in date order from eldest to youngest and a group of older women larking about in the rain. | |||
| ROCK CLIMBING IN CUMBRIA | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 6961 | |||
| GS Samsom and eldest son John climb Napes Needle, Great Gable. Begins with a solo ascent of Napes Needle, then a party of two men are seen from a slightly closer viewpoint tackling the rock face, climbing up and down the Needle with the aid of ropes. Ends with a high angle shot of the top pitch of Napes Needle as a man climbs to the tip with others stood below. | |||
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| [MOTHER AND BABY CHRISTINE IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: *1939 Film Number: 7021 | |||
| A mother and baby are seen in the garden of a house on a sunny day. The baby is shown inside its pram, then on mother's knee, holding a rattle and being cuddled. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [IN & AROUND MALPAS 1939] | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 7767 | |||
| Life in and around Malpas in Cheshire - the local hunt assembles in the village various sport scenes, children working in the gardens, and a prize-giving and physical training at the local school. Shots of motorcycle trials at Higher Barnes, scenes by the river and a games of football. A music festival with improvised musical instruments is seen in Chester in 1939, a trip to Chester Zoo and the circus comes to Malpas. St Oswalds' walking day is followed by holiday scenes and footage from the Shrewsbury Show. The makeshift band travel to London to perform on Children's Hour on the BBC, and evacuee children arrive in Malpas at the start of WWII. Film ends with scenes from the school fishing competition. | |||
| THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 5622 | |||
| There are shots of Whalley village, including the railway, Whalley Arms pub, river Calder and local church. This is followed by shots of Pendle Hill and the surrounding countryside, with interposed slides giving some contextual information about the witches. There are shots of flowers, and a farmer with his cattle. This is followed by scenes of Downham, including a local church, Sawley, which includes ruins in a field, Whitewell in Bowland forest, including shots of The Inn at Whitewell, and the Trough of Bowland. A river flows through a valley bottom as a car drives slowly up the hill. 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/ | |||
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| [BUILDING BURY TOWN HALL] | |||
| Date: *1939 Film Number: 6042 | |||
| Scenes from the construction of Bury Town Hall as it nears completion. The building is covered in scaffolding and bricklayers are seen lowering large blocks into place with a crane. | |||
| [PARKINSON FAMILY DOMESTIC SCENES AND AT SEA] | |||
| Date: *1939 Film Number: 6926 | |||
| Scenes showing Parkinson family children playing in back garden with toys, animals and riding on tricycles. Also includes footage of the children with their mother posing for the camera on the deck of ship and general views of the boat at sea. A group of adults are seen bowling on the lawn of the family house and having a picnic. | |||
| [MOFFAT AND ANDERSON FAMILY GATHERING AND GARDEN SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 6931 | |||
| Family scenes showing filammaker Gladys Anderson in the garden with her children Valerie and Roger. Shots include baby Roger lay in his pram and toddler Matthew Bruce Moffat with his mother Mildred playing with toys. | |||
| [ROGER GEORGE ANDERSON'S CHRISTENING] | |||
| Date: 1939 Film Number: 6932 | |||
| Scenes showing the Anderson family wth relatives and friends celebrating the christening of their son Roger George. Shows male members of the family around swing and others gathered in the garden. Includes shots of filmmaker Gladys Anderson holding baby Roger for the camera. | |||
| [LYTHAM CLUB DAY PROCESSION & ROSE QUEEN ARRIVES AT CEREMONY] | |||
| Date: *1939 Film Number: 6951 | |||
| Scenes from a Lytham Club Day showing children aboard floats, a brass band marching along the seafront followed by procession of Rose / Carnival Queens sat in horse-drawn vehicles, a young group of girls dancing and firefighters stood on top of a fire engine. Continues with shots of Rose / Carnival Queens arriving with a entourage of attendants for a crowning ceremony in Lowther Gardens as a seated crowd watch newly crowned Queens walk by. | |||
| [MAYORAL SUNDAY- ST ANNE'S SQUARE] | |||
| Date: *1939 Film Number: 6954 | |||
| Scenes from a procession in St Anne's for Mayoral Sunday showing various groups in uniform, including police officers and a brass band marching along. A group of uniformed men- some wearing medals, stand waiting for the arrival of the Mayor, as an attendant carrying a spectre leads the Mayoral procession towards a church entrance. | |||
| [YEALAND MANOR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: *1939 Film Number: 7044 | |||
| Scenes from Yealand Manor School showing evacuee children during a gym lesson on the lawn, playing in a sandpit and walking amongst flowerbeds (during a nature study lesson?). Includes footage of kitchen staff carrying saucepans into the school dining room as members of the school queue for their dinner posing in the doorway and children sitting in a window of the school house. Continues with scenes showing Headmistress Elfreda Vipont Foulds surrounded by some of her pupils posing for the camera, a group of children singing in front of the Manor and performing in a play entitled 'Woods and Copses'. | |||
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