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Record 2232 – 2251 of 11529
| [RELAXING IN HAMMOCKS] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 2139 | |||
| A man and a woman are seen relaxing in hammocks in the Behrens family garden; May 1940. The adults, including Mrs Behrens take it in turns to ride a child's bicycle. The bike has four wheels and is propelled forward, by a quick push/pull movement on the handle bars, known as the "push-me-pull-you". 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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| [BUCKLEY FAMILY IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 2264 | |||
| Hilary Buckley is seen running around in the garden at home in Newhey. She plays with a teddy bear and a small trolley whilst her mother and grandmother sit in deck chairs. She is also seen playing with her father in the garden. | |||
| "A" COY. 15. E.L. HOME GUARD 1940 | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 2754 | |||
| Film of Lostock Home Guard. Members are seen preparing a trench, complete with sandbags - a guardsman is seen standing in a trench training a gun on an imaginary enemy. Members of the Home Guard are also seen at a shooting range and being drilled in the use of rifles and bayonets. The guardsmen are also seen milling around after being dismissed from parade. | |||
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| [CHILDREN :CHRISTMAS, SLEDGES AND GARDEN] | |||
| Date: *1940 Film Number: 3621 | |||
| Rosemary and Valerie Hindley are seen opening their presents under the Christmas tree at Leach House, Colne. Also sledging with cousins at Stone Edge Farm, Blacko. Slow motion footage of Archie Haighton on a pony and of a girl being led on a pony. Scenes from a visit to Sybil Hindleys family home in Newport Monmouthshire for the girls to see their grandmother. Rosemary picking snowdrops at Leach House and the girls on the swings with the Mayall cousins. | |||
| [SAM HANNA] | |||
| Date: *1940 Film Number: 5135 | |||
| Close up shot of a man's face (Sam Hanna) as he laughs and talks. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
| [CHISELLING A MORTISE JOINT] | |||
| Date: *1940 Film Number: 5324 | |||
| Short film showing a man in a workshop making a mortise joint in a piece of wood, held in a bench vice, using a chisel. He does this by hitting the chisel with a wooden mallet, before gouging out the hole from the marked area of the wood. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
| [MARGARET COOMBES' CHRISTENING] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 5529 | |||
| Footage of a sundial in the grounds of St Mary's Lowe House followed by scenes of Margaret Coombes, her parents and god-parents leaving the church following her Christening, being shown to a nun and the camera with close ups, and posing out on the church grounds for the camera. | |||
| CAVE DWELLERS 1940 | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 6151 | |||
| Tongue-in-cheek film about the 'panic' caused by German air raids. Mr and Mrs Want are seen taking supplies into the air raid shelter in the back garden. On hearing the air raid siren, the family, friends and neighbours calmly make their way to the shelter, where they are seen smoking, chatting, knitting and making tea. Film ends with the air raid warden giving the all clear - everyone in the shelter has fallen asleep though. 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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| [THE TAYLOR WEDDING 1940 AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 6152 | |||
| Brief views of a dog and a man playing with a tennis training machine in a garden are followed by scenes from the wedding of Kenneth Taylor and Winifred Taylor at Holyrood Church, Moorside on 11 May 1940. The film ends with a young couple out and about in the countryside. | |||
| [THE WEDDING OF STANLEY BROWN AND EDNA PARKINSON] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 6219 | |||
| Scenes from the wedding of Stanley Brown and Edna Parkinson, 4 May 1940. The couple are seen leaving St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham St Anne's following the service and there are scenes from the reception at the Clifton Arms Hotel - guests are seen eating and drinking, speeches are made and the cake is cut. The couple are then seen on route to the station, where they board a train and head off on honeymoon. | |||
| MENNONITE RELIEF IN ENGLAND: 1940 WAR RELIEF: TAXAL EDGE- A CONVALESCENT HOME FOR BOYS | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 6956 | |||
| Footage of the Taxal Edge convalescent home for boys. Begins with shots of bombed out buildings in an unidentified location and children obtaining drinks from a mobile canteen van. A group of boys arrive by steam train are greeted by nurses and staff at Taxal Edge home. Scenes show the boys having health checks, helping with household chores, feeding chickens, playing with animals and walking in the countryside. Also includes shots of the boys outside being served meals by nurses, playing darts, washing the home's van and finally saying goodbye to staff. The reel ends with the departure of the boys before the next group arrives. | |||
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| MARRIAGE OF MISS IDA PEARSON WITH MR FREDRICK JACKSON AT ST JAMES' CHURCH BIRCH-IN-RUSHOLME | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 6995 | |||
| Scenes from the wedding of Ida Pearson and Fredrick Jackson showing guests, the vicar and Ida the bride with her father arriving at St James' church in Birch-in-Rusholme. The newly-weds appear from the church entrance followed by their family and friends. Celebrations continue with black and white footage of the couple and guests are seen sat at their wedding reception listening to after dinner speeches. Colour footage shows the wedding party in a garden posing for photographs, friends decorating the back of a car and the newly wedded couple in their going away outfits leaving the reception as people wave them farewell. | |||
| [ST ANNES SEPT. 1940] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 7800 | |||
| Film of the Brickhill family holiday to St Annes in 1940. Family and friends are seen by the beach huts and the children play in the sand before eating ice-creams by the car. The adults are seen sitting in deck chairs reading the newspapers and knitting while the children play on the dunes, but soon everyone joins in. 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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| CROSTON CHURCH CLOCK | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 8290 | |||
| A look at the workings of the church clock in Croston. A man is seen winding it up and then there are close ups of the different pieces of machinery which operate it. There are intertitles which give information about the clock and its history. | |||
| EVACUATED | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 8403 | |||
| A day at a St. George's Home for Boys which was run by the Waifs and Strays society. The boys and staff were evacuated to Pont-y-Pant in North Wales in 1939. The morning starts off with gargling before the boys head to school. While the boys are at school, the matron does the housework and the master does the gardening. During their lunch break, the boys go for a walk and look at sheep and their lamb in the fields. It starts to snow as they head back to school. After school, the boys have more work to do, helping out with chores. Some of the boys have their cut. The day ends with a game of marbles. | |||
| [CHRISTENINGS, XMAS & MISC.SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 7893 | |||
| Hazel's christening on September 29th 1940 with family in the garden and baby Hazel in her christening gown. Brief scenes from a Whit walk with a marching band and children with their mothers. Hazel in her pram with Mareen blowing bubbles Scenes from another christening with cake and family in the garden. Christmas scenes with a boy sat under the tree playing with a ribbon then in the garden cutting the grass with a push mower. A group of children enjoying a picnic in the garden then a boy plays with a football on the street with other children before playing on a beach with a ball in the sea. | |||
| A VISIT TO THE ZOO | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 9454 | |||
| A look at the various animals to be found at Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester Narrated by Lionel Marson, we take a look at the various animals to be found at Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester. Various animals are seen in their enclosures, and there are shots of people wandering about enjoying their day. Includes views of the famous Belle Vue tigon – a rare cross breed between a lion or a tiger. | |||
| [WENDY, MERIEL AND JOHN ELLIS] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 10817 | |||
| Wendy and Meriel play in a garden with John Ellis who rides a tricycle. Wendy and Meriel's mother is briefly seen. | |||
| [MERIEL'S SUNHAT] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 10819 | |||
| Children play on a climbing frame in the garden. Meriel is seen in the garden, wearing a sunhat at a jaunty angle. She picks some flowers. | |||
| [HOME GUARD TRAINING AND CAMPING] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 5522 | |||
| Footage showing members of the Home Guard training and being shown how to correctly use a weapon. The film contains images of the Home Guard marching along streets to a church, with onlookers watching as they go past. Flags are waved and a military band marches with the soldiers. At the end of the film an army camp can be seen with soldiers using a make-shift kitchen outdoors to cook food and feed the rest of the troops at the camp. | |||
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