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[BOATS, HOME GUARD AND SLEDGING]
Date: 1939-40 Film Number: 8861
 
Compilation reel - family holiday scenes in Cornwall; the Dorning children playing in the garden, also at Lindow Common and Dunham Massey; Christmas scenes with decorated tree; children out and about in the snow and ice; skating on a frozen pond; Home Guard activities - marching, receiving their colours, and doing first aid training; sports day scenes at a local preparatory school.
 
 
 
[TEA IN THE CONSERVATORY, CHRISTMAS AND COAST]
Date: c1940 Film Number: 8426
 
Compilation reel of family home and leisure footage, including people having tea in the conservatory; young John Jeremy Kaye in the garden with his toys; Christmas scenes with family members larking around by the tree; out on the beach on a cold day, or rolling down the sand dunes; having afternoon tea indoors and outdoors; playing tennis. The reel ends with close-up shots of bees outside the hive.
 
 
 
PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR SENIOR BOYS
Date: *1939-41 Film Number: 7125
 
Scenes showing gymnastics training at Greenfield Street School in Hyde, showing a class of school boys finishing their lesson, changing into sports clothes and heading to the gym. The boys demonstrate a range of exercises, rope climbing and on a vaulting horse (including some slow motion sequences). Ends with brief shots of the school boys in the showers.
 
 
 
[WEDDING OF MARGERY WALKER TO MARK THOMPSON]
Date: c1940 Film Number: 2263
 
The film opens with close ups of wedding guests and continues with footage shot outside St Thomas' Church, Newhey. The bride and groom are seen being showered with confetti as they leave and various people pose outside the church door. The film closes with Heather Buckley and her mother Dorothy standing in the garden at home in Newhey.
 
 
 
[LITTLE LEVER EVENTS 1939-1941]
Date: 1939-41 Film Number: 2278
 
A variety of events in Little Lever 1939-41. Includes the opening of a new library 17-8-40, soldiers putting on a display for the crowds, a Whit Friday procession 1939 and snow scenes around the village. Also ARP exercises in the village, such as firefighting and first aid and a procession of servicemen, women and fire-fighters for Weapons Week, Feb 1941.
 
 
 
[CIVIC SUNDAY PARADES]
Date: 1939-41 Film Number: 6140
 
Footage from three Civic Sunday processions in Fulwood, Preston. Assorted clergy, dignitaries, servicemen and youth groups are seen on route to Fulwood Parish Church. Following the service, they are seen leaving the church and heading back through the streets. No servicemen or police are filmed at the 1940 procession due to "war restrictions." Also includes brief scenes of children playing in a park, and exterior and interior views of the new County Branch Library.
 
 
 
[CONWY HOLIDAY, SEASIDE, FAMILY AND GARDEN SCENES]
Date: 1939-41 Film Number: 7185
 
Family films recording a variety of subjects including garden, seaside and snow scenes, and footage of Conwy in North Wales. Adults and children play and have tea in a garden. Children feed swans, play with model boats and watch a Punch and Judy show. After shots of the suspension bridge and 'Smallest House in Great Britain' in Conwy, there is more holiday footage and scenes near the family home after heavy snowfall. The film features a pair of twins throughout; as babies dressed for christening and then later as toddlers. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[RIVINGTON HALL AND FAMILY SCENES]
Date: c1940 Film Number: 7305
 
Assorted scenes featuring members of the Hart family - Bill Hart paddling in a pool on the sea front, riding in a toy car on the street with a friend, eating ice cream, sweeping snow and posing with two girls in a back yard. The family visit Rivington Hall and Barn and there are scenes from a holiday to Barmouth in Wales featuring shots of a miniature railway, a beach and sand dunes. Concludes with brief footage of a parade by the Home Guard in Bolton. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
HOLIDAYS 1939 - A WEEK IN JUNE [AND OTHER SCENES]
Date: 1939-41 Film Number: 8934
 
The Griffiths family set off on a holiday to Chester and are seen being greeted by Uncle Percy and his family. They all visit Chester Zoo. The two mothers go to Liverpool for the day and the dads and children stay home doing the chores! They also visit the beach at Talacre and Gronant, North Wales. Lots of footage of Pat and Peter Griffiths in the garden at home in Blackburn. Baby David arrives and there is lots more footage of them all in various places. Another trip to the zoo ends the film.
 
 
 
[BEWDLEY AND PRESTATYN]
Date: c1940 Film Number: 7798
 
Footage of the Brickhills at the elder Brickhills' home: Bewdley, Alderley Edge and on holiday in Prestatyn, 1940. The film begins with brief scenes of the the Brickhills (Mr and Mrs, young David and grandparents) in the garden; we see a kitten and a croquet game played on the lawn. Then we see the family on holiday at the beach; the children climb the sand dunes then David pushes a train stroller in the garden. There are also shots of kitchen interiors and David riding a tricycle in the garden. The film ends with the Brickhills sat in front of some beach huts, enjoying pony rides on the beach and David running around the garden.
 
 
 
[FUND-RAISING IN WARTIME]
Date: c.1940 Film Number: 8912
 
A fragment of a film, in which a crowd of people stands around a clock and war memorial adorned with a "We Want A Million" banner from a WW2 fund-raising campaign. The Lady Mayor then steps forward to address the crowd from a microphone.
 
 
 
[FARMS, FAMILIES, FACTORIES AND FISHING]
Date: 1939-42 Film Number: 1525
 
Miscellaneous scenes, include various activities taking place in a children's playground; factory workers leaving their place of work; a farmer trying to dislodge a bull's head from a metal dustbin; people sitting outside a teashop and a group of women knitting in a field.
 
 
 
[HART FAMILY AT FLEETWOOD]
Date: 1939-43 Film Number: 7298
 
Assortment of pool and seaside scenes begins with a boy and his father at an open air swimming pool. There are shots of the sea front and pier at Fleetwood. Adults and children have fun and play football on the sand and there is a brief shot of a toddler walking towards some sandcastles. Ends with shots of young Bill Hart in a garden near the sea. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[HOME GUARD PLUS MISCELLANEOUS]
Date: c1939-45 Film Number: 1433
 
Scenes from a garden featuring a woman with dogs, followed by a variety of scenes including a football match, snow scenes, streetscenes, men walking with a small girl, men bowling; sat outside Harbour Restaurant, a cricket match and further bowling scenes. Also footage of a camp, men playing golf and a man on a bench with four women and dogs. The film also features a variety of military scenarios, the Home Guard in procession in Middleton(?) and scenes from a camp.
 
 
 
[PROCESSION IN DUKINFIELD AND MISCELLANEOUS SCENES]
Date: c1939-45 Film Number: 1514
 
Film featuring a wartime procession in Dukinfield, involving a wide variety of groups of diverse ages, some military, some civilian and some religious. Many carry banners and flags. Intercut with this is; footage of children in a street with some adults, scenes at the seaside and some fires at night. There is also footage of a family game of cricket in a park, children racing and scenes from Stamford Park, Ashton-under-Lyne, including boats and a bowling green. In addition there are shots from Belle Vue amusement park and zoo. The film closes with further shots of the procession in front of Dukinfield town hall.
 
 
 
[DUKINFIELD PROCESSION AND MISCELLANEOUS]
Date: c1939-45 Film Number: 1515
 
A miscellany of footage including shots of a juggler, military fire-fighters, a scout camp, a wedding, a beach, ships, an aeroplane, model boats and a procession in Dukinfield. There are some under exposed shots of a baby and people swimming as well as footage of children playing in a playground, the street and a park. There are also shots of adults playing tennis and golf and of water birds and farmland.
 
 
 
[DUKINFIELD PROCESSION, PARKS AND BEACH]
Date: c1939-45 Film Number: 1516
 
Opens with people sat in a park, shots of mountainous countryside and a beach. Also features scenes from a park, with fountains, statues and caves intercut with beach scenes. Includes shots of wedding guests leaving a building, shots of a procession in Dukinfield and people leaving a church hall (?). Features further park scenes, including model boats and water birds on a pond, more procession footage and shots of an outdoor concert held on a bowling green. Ends with shots of people walking down a street.
 
 
 
[A.R.P. FIRST AID INCIDENT]
Date: 1939-1945 Film Number: 6132
 
Training exercise for air raid precaution wardens in Monton, Eccles. Three wardens go to the aid of an 'injured' man - strapping his legs and moving him onto a stretcher.
 
 
 
[GAS ATTACK DRILL]
Date: 1939-45 Film Number: 6133
 
Training exercise in dealing with a gas attack for air raid precaution wardens in Monton, Eccles. 'Victims' are given gas masks, moved onto stretchers and taken away by ambulance.
 
 
 
[GARDEN SCENES & DAMAGED TRAM]
Date: 1939-45 Film Number: 7051
 
Scenes showing a family gathering on the back garden of a house with people posing for the camera and dancing. A brief shot shows a damaged tram going along a street past onlookers. Includes short sequence of a snow covered front garden and driveway. Possibly the family home in Walton/Hartley village area of Liverpool.
 
 
 
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