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[ANNUAL SCHOOL SPORTS DRILL DISPLAY]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 8984
 
The school sports day is held at Hindley All Saints school. It begins with children performing a drill display followed by the high jump competition. The film ends with prizes being handed out.
 
 
 
[TAHITI & MOOREA 1939]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 11477
 
On holidays in Tahiti and Moorea, the group go on a boat ride around the islands. On the beach we see a local woman and her baby. A local man catches and guts a fish in the sea. Another local woman preforms a traditional dance on the beach. The film ends with shots of a beautiful sunset.
 
 
 
THE WEDDING OF 2ND LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HEALEY TO FLORENCE MARJORIE ETHERINGTON
Date: 1939 Film Number: 9486
 
Cars pull up outside St Luke’s Church in Heywood on September 16th 1939, as smartly dressed wedding guests arrive, watched by a crowd of interested onlookers on the pavement. The single bridesmaid arrives, and then the bride with her father. After the ceremony, the couple – the groom in army uniform – make their way out of the church. In a sunny garden, the wedding group stands around and chats, and poses for photographs. Finally, the couple depart by car, the groom carrying a tin helmet under his arm.
 
 
 
[WENDY'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS 1939]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 10805
 
The film opens with scenes of children playing on a climbing frame in the garden. The children then tussle about and the younger one crawls around while adults sit in deckchairs and watch. A little boy holds a cat and Meriel does somersaults. A man then tosses some of the children in the air.
 
 
 
[PLAYING ON THE SWING TREE AT YEALAND]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 10806
 
A large group of children out in the countryside play on a huge low-hanging tree branch. Adults supervise the fun.
 
 
 
[DRAWING OFFICE MATERIAL MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS ASSOC. COUNCIL AT KESWICK JUNE 22-26, 1939]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 7790
 
Footage of the Association members on a break at The Keswick Hotel in 1939. The film begins with two elderly members sat on a bench in the hotel grounds before being joined by others. After some of the men do touching of the toes exercises and posing by various cars the members visit The National Trust's Druid Circle standing stones. The film ends back at the hotel as the men play at putting on the lawn.
 
 
 
[PARTY AT MAROLDA]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 7795
 
Film of a formal party held at the Brickhill's home in Cheshire on 28th January 1939. We see couples, including Harold and Mary Brickhill, in evening dress dancing in a large room with some women sat in chairs on the edge of the 'dance floor'. The couples split into groups and circle the floor doing the same dance and the film ends with guests digging for rewards in a bran tub.
 
 
 
[WEDDING OF PEGGY MARTIN]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 7802
 
Film showing the arrival of the wedding of Peggy Martin, 5th August, 1939, beginning with the bridesmaids followed by the bride and her father. The bride and groom then depart the church under confetti and pose with friends and family for the official photographs in a large garden.
 
 
 
[BRICKHILL FAMILY AT LYTHAM ST ANNES AND OTHER SCENES]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 7782
 
Film of Brickhill family at home and at the beach in Lytham, St Anne's. Scenes of baby, David Blackhill, learning how to walk in their back garden and in his pram with parents Harold and Marol Blackhill. We then see the family at the beach playing in the sea and eating ice creams.
 
 
 
[HANS RENOLD IN THE DRAWING OFFICE AND ON THE WORK FLOOR]
Date: *1939 Film Number: 8598
 
Hans Renold is seen with a draughtsman in the office, discussing plans pinned to a drawing board, then down on the factory floor, examining the output of one of the machines.
 
 
 
[BRUSSELS, BLACKPOOL, CORNWALL AND OTHER SCENES]
Date: 1939 Film Number: 8860
 
Scenes in Brussels including a boat journey upriver and street scenes; family holiday footage in Blackpool, where the Dorning children play on the beach and enjoy a donkey ride, and then down in Cornwall, near Newquay. Also scenes in the family's garden in Hale in Cheshire, where children play with their toys and have their tea.
 
 
 
THE WEDDING FILM
Date: 1939 Film Number: 9166
 
Scenes from the wedding of John Clegg and Marjorie Fleet at St Wilfrid's Church in Mobberley, Cheshire, on Saturday 6th May 1939 . The guests arrive, followed by the groom, the bridesmaids, and the bride with her father. After the ceremony, the wedding party leaves the church, and the couple, showered with confetti, depart by car. At the reception, people stand around in the garden and photographs are taken. The reel ends at the local railway station where the wedding guests gather to see the happy couple off.
 
 
 
[INGOT ROLLING]
Date: 1939/59 Film Number: 2809
 
Footage of red hot metal being rolled and shaped, backwards and forwards, in a foundry. (the last section, showing similar footage to the rest of the film, is in colour).
 
 
 
BLACKPOOL: A NATION'S PLAYGROUND
Date: 1939/40 Film Number: 481
 
A look at Blackpool's amenities and attractions for residents as well as holiday makers - schools, parks, sports, piers, swimming pools, beaches, the Tower, the Winter Gardens, and the Pleasure Beach. Three young women feature. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
[TREE FELLING AND GIRL GUIDE RALLY]
Date: 1939-40 Film Number: 4000
 
Gaddum family footage in the grounds of Orielton, their home in Pembrokeshire. Includes scenes of the Buffs at work felling trees, horse racing and general views of the house and grounds. Also a Girl Guide rally and procession in the grounds of a castle. Scenes from a wedding, of the guests and the bride and groom. The Gaddum family stood on a hilltop looking out to sea and final scenes of Mary and others horse riding.
 
 
 
AN HOUR AT REDESMERE
Date: *1939/40 Film Number: 4417
 
The Hart family are seen in the countryside at Redesmere, near Macclesfield. Norma is stung by nettles, and her brother is seen playing with a net in the lake and watching some fishermen. At home, family members are seen admiring a new fur cape, the children play with their teddy bear and a baby is seen in a pram.
 
 
 
[WEDDING; VARIOUS TRIPS]
Date: 1939-40 Film Number: 9641
 
A newlywed couple can be seen leaving the church after the wedding service, they then have photographs taken. The couple and their friends go on various trips such as to the beach, swimming pools, have picnics and play games.
 
 
 
[BRICKHILL FAMILY AT HOME - DAVID LEARNING TO WALK AND OTHER SCENES]
Date: 1939-1940 Film Number: 7783
 
This film shows the Brickhill family at their home in Cheshire in May and September 1939 (a week into the beginning of WWII). Scenes of Mary Brickhill teaching baby David Brickhill to walk at the front of the house. We then see him with father Harold Brickhill and grandparents as he plays with a toy train; this is followed by scenes of children playing in sand in the back garden.
 
 
 
[BRICKHILL FAMILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR]
Date: 1939-40 Film Number: 7784
 
Footage of the Brickhill family throughout the year at their home in Cheshire 1939-1940. This film begins with exterior and interior shots of the house and the baby David Brickhill at Christmas time; followed by scenes of January's heavy snowfall around the neighbourhood. We then see shots of the family in the living room and in the garden, with a chicken coop and playing with toys in the Spring.
 
 
 
[BURNLEY STREETS AND MARKET]
Date: c.1940 Film Number: 8684
 
Scenes in Burnley town centre in the early days of WWII. Shoppers pass by on the cobbled town streets and there are shots of window displays. At the town market at the end of the day, clearing- up is taking place. There are also brief shots of a country lane and suburban gardens.
 
 
 
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