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Record 2252 – 2271 of 11529
| [MALPAS SCENES 1940] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 7769 | |||
| Scenes in Malpas, Cheshire during WWII - includes Home Guard and fire training exercises, winter scenes with children having snowball fights and an ice-hockey match. A retirement ceremony for the school's Deputy Head and the funeral of Rector A.R. Parker are followed by scenes of children fishing, playing and dining in the garden. Empire Day at Malpas school with the raising of the Union flag. Evacuees go for a walk in the hills, there's a trip to Southport and events during National Savings Week in the village, plus a visit by Czechoslovakian soldiers. The Home Guard are seen practising shooting, the Church choir receives a visit by Sir Sydney Nicholson, and the film ends with a trip to Chorlton Old Hall farm. | |||
| ST ANNES ON THE SEA WHIT WEEK 1940 [AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 7787 | |||
| Footage of the Brickhill family at Lytham, St Annes. The film begins with brief shots of the Brickhills loading luggage into their cars at Fulshaw Cottage in Cheshire. At Lytham, the group play at the beach; the children make sandcastles and the adults have a game of French cricket and rest in deck chairs beside the beach huts. There are then shots of pony rides on the beach, peddle and motor boats on the boating lake and Mr Brickhill swimming at the Lido. | |||
| [THE BRICKHILLS AND BABY JOHN HENZILL] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 7804 | |||
| Footage of the Brickhills at home with friends and family in Cheshire, 1940. John, the elderly dog is lying on the lawn as young David attempts to play with him. We then see a brief shot of a military plane circling overhead in the distance. We then see baby John Henzill with David as she plays with croquet balls and shuffles across the lawn in his nappy, followed by shots of the Brickhills and others laughing. | |||
| [ST ANNES - WHITSUNTIDE] | |||
| Date: May 1940 Film Number: 7812 | |||
| Film of the Brickhills and friends sat in deck chairs by the beach huts in St Annes, Lytham. The adults lark around beside the beach huts and the children eat ice creams; they are then seen running down the sand dunes and having piggyback rides. There are shots of the adults horse riding on the beach followed by the children play in the sand, enjoying pony rides and finally paddling in the sea with their nannies and dogs. | |||
| [DAVID BRICKHILL PLAYING IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1940 Film Number: 7785 | |||
| Film of young child, David Brickhill, playing in the garden of their family home in Cheshire with his mother and grandmother. He is shown walking among the flower bed and then running around in his underwear wearing an adult top hat. We also see his grandfather smoking a pipe and his grandmother knitting. | |||
| [FAMILY SCENES AND STEAM TRAINS] | |||
| Date: 1940s -1950s Film Number: 3099 | |||
| After footage of the countryside, there are scenes of children setting up desks in a ruined building, and then of various children playing with tricycles and other toys. Miscellaneous scenes include a mother and baby, a woman strolling in a garden, children playing in a toy car, children in the street, soldiers in transport vehicles and close-ups of tulips. After a sequence of a biplane taking off, there is footage of passing steam trains. | |||
| MANCHESTER TOOK IT TOO | |||
| Date: 1940/41 Film Number: 176 | |||
| Scenes of the Blitz damage to Manchester and the clearing up operations - shows the old Market Place, Corporation Street, the CWS building, Mitchell Hall, Piccadilly, Old Shambles, the Free Trade Hall, the Royal Exchange and the Cathedral. The work of clearing up is being done by firemen, soldiers and civilians, using a steam engine and a crane. | |||
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| MAYORAL PROCESSION / [GRACIE FIELDS HOMECOMING] | |||
| Date: 1940/1 Film Number: 553 | |||
| Procession of the Mayor and Mayoress of Rochdale through the town, the Mayor takes a salute. (b/w) Gracie Fields is greeted by cheering crowds. (colour) [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [WELSH WARTIME SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1940-41 Film Number: 4007 | |||
| Footage of a group of children enjoying a horse and cart ride. Also an oil cloud can be seen after the bombing of Pembroke Dock. Views of Orielton, Pembrokeshire and of construction work in the grounds. Beach scenes and views of Mary Gaddum horse riding and grooming a horse and pony. | |||
| WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG | |||
| Date: 1940-2 Film Number: 3791 | |||
| Footage of the newly-born Patricia Anne Preston (née Scarr) with her mother Ellen Scarr at the hospital in 1940. Anne is seen as a baby, being washed and eating in the back garden, pretending to smoke a pipe, and later, enjoying Christmas. Her first birthday, a visit to Blackpool with donkey rides and a trip to St Annes are also featured. | |||
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| [NORMA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY AND FAMILY GET-TOGETHER] | |||
| Date: *1940-2 Film Number: 4426 | |||
| Scenes from Norma's birthday party, with the guests enjoying tea, followed by party games, including attempting to eat apples hanging from string. The Hart family are seen having tea, accompanied by Ken Ayrton in his RAF uniform, and then at a family get-together in the sitting room, singing songs and watching one family member dressing up as a comedy character. 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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| [LAUNCHING A TRAWLER] | |||
| Date: *1940/1/2 Film Number: 4437 | |||
| A fishing trawler is seen being launched at a shipyard - men remove the wooden props and the ship slides into the water. There are views of a French submarine, and in wartime Fleetwood, a parade of servicemen and women passes in front of the town hall. | |||
| [SNOW PLOUGHS IN BOLTON AND WARTIME SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1940-2 Film Number: 7302 | |||
| Winter scenes in Bolton and two men in uniform posing for the camera with young Bill Hart. After a brief shot of soldiers marching along a street, there is footage of thick snow on Blackburn Road in Bolton and horses pulling snow ploughs to clear the road. The remainder of the reel features an army corporal and a sailor with Bill Hart on the same road and in a garden, where the sailor does a jig. Ends with Bill out in the countryside on his bicycle accompanied by his dog. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [GARDEN SCENES + WORKS TRIP TO BLACKPOOL] | |||
| Date: 1940-44 Film Number: 2609 | |||
| Scenes in a garden: women pruning flowers; two young girls grooming a horse, playing on a horse, sunbathing and walking around. The whole family then gathers around with the dogs for the camera. An elderly couple walk in the garden, there is then a formal walk (possibly a whit walk), and finally a roadside picnic. There is footage of a work's outing to Blackpool, groups lining up beside buses, and then a very indistinct view from what seems to be the tower. More mixed footage: a street procession; girls playing in the garden with the dog, trains departing from a station being waved off, street scenes in Manchester and then more scenes of the family in the garden playing with the dog. | |||
| [OLDHAM - OUTSIDE] | |||
| Date: c1940 Film Number: 4044 | |||
| Family footage shot in and around Oldham - children are seen in a garden (including the donor's mother, aged one), on their bikes in the street, playing in the snow, in the alley behind their home, and with the family in a park and in the countryside, including views of a large boating lake. The little girl tries on a gas mask, and there is footage of a fire-hose training exercise - the men are not in uniform (possibly ARP training). | |||
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| [BOATS AND BABIES] | |||
| Date: 1940-9 Film Number: 1213 | |||
| Footage of baby Gerald Beaver being bathed by his parents, dried and dressed for bed. There are also scenes of a boat sailing through the sea near to a seaside town with a large dock area, and battleships in the vicinity. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [PARADE AND DANCERS] | |||
| Date: c1940-9 Film Number: 1215 | |||
| Footage from a festival in Blackburn (?) featuring a procession and presentation of flowers to a festival queen, and a display of highland dancing. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [A WEDDING AND FIREWORKS] | |||
| Date: 1940-9 Film Number: 3136 | |||
| After a shot of army personnel demonstrating guns to small children, there are scenes of a wedding, with the bride entering the church, the happy couple posing for photographs, assembled guests with their hats, flowers and footage of the church exterior. There is then a short sequence of fireworks. | |||
| [GARDENS, WEDDINGS AND SNOW] | |||
| Date: 1940-44 Film Number: 2613 | |||
| Very brief shot of a woman in bridal wear, followed by a flash of a river and a lake. There are garden scenes: a woman hoeing, picking flowers, digging and then there are more garden scenes: gardening, people drinking and then what seems like a rehearsal for a wedding. A pair of girls repeatedly walk down a stretch of path in different clothes, followed by footage of snow - the garden covered over with it, roads with a layer of it, a man clearing a path and a woman struggling to walk in it. Another man amuses himself by throwing snowballs. In another scene, a mayor and mayoress enter and then leave a building. There is footage of crowds going to some event. | |||
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| [WALKING THE BABY] | |||
| Date: 1940-9 Film Number: 1214 | |||
| Shots of a couple leaving the house with a baby, putting it into a pram and taking it for a walk. This man is previously seen getting into a car, and wears a military-style uniform throughout. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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