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Record 2412 – 2431 of 11529
| [ROSEMARY AND VALERIE] | |||
| Date: *1942 Film Number: 3644 | |||
| Rosemary and Valerie Hindley are seen outdoors, with a cat, with their mother, playing in the snow and picking flowers. Also a picnic in the countryside with cousins Brian, Roger and Rex Mayall. Three-legged races at home. Rosemary and Val on stepping stones across the river Ribble at Nappa near Gisburn. Christening scenes at Leach House, Colne. Rosemary and Valerie fishing with their mother at Nappa, near Gisburn. The girls playing on their bikes and finally playing with a puppy on the lawn. | |||
| [BARNTON WALKING DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOL TREAT] | |||
| Date: 1942 Film Number: 4337 | |||
| Views of a Walking Day in Barnton, Cheshire, showing the different banners, church groups and bands participating. Brief shots of fishing on a river and scenes from Winnington Methodist Church Sunday School outing to Delamere with games of tug-of-war and cricket, children playing on the swings and slide and sprint races. | |||
| HAPPY RETURN | |||
| Date: 1942 Film Number: 4398 | |||
| George Wain is seen leaving the family home in Hyde on his way to London. There are views of wartime London, including a procession of soldiers. Mr Wain then travels to Sutton in Surrey to make films for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents - children are seen being taught road safety in a school yard. On his return, the family are seen in the garden, and there is a special tea for Judith's sixth birthday. | |||
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| DICK EASTWOOD BESOM MAKER | |||
| Date: 1942 Film Number: 5114 | |||
| Follows the work of Dick Eastwood, from Grassington in Yorkshire, as he makes a besom (broom) using traditional tools and materials. After shots of Mr Eastwood gathering ling (heather) on the moors, the film cuts to the outside of his cottage where he washes thin strips of ash. He then uses these strips to bind the ling which is held in a vice. After the broom head is trimmed, a passer by approaches and admires the work. Mr Eastwood attaches the broom handle and the film ends as he puts the besom to use by sweeping his front path. 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 | |||
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| THE BESOM MAKER | |||
| Date: *1942 Film Number: 5115 | |||
| Follows the work of Dick Eastwood, from Grassington in Yorkshire, as he makes a besom (broom) using traditional tools and materials. After shots of Mr Eastwood bringing ling (heather) back from the moors, the film cuts to the outside of his cottage where he puts the ling in a knee vice. He uses thin strips of ash to bind the ling. After the broom head is trimmed, a passer by is seen admiring the work. Mr Eastwood attaches the broom handle and the film ends as he puts the besom to use by sweeping his front path. 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 | |||
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| OLD CRAFT SERIES [COOPERING / THE COOPER - SILENT] | |||
| Date: *1942 Film Number: 5150 | |||
| Follows the process of making a barrel using a variety of traditional and specialist tools at the Burnley workshop of skilled cooper Will Regan. Regan and his colleagues create and shape memel oak staves, join them together and guide them into a barrel shape with the use of truss hoops. With the joints sealed, the barrel head (lid) is prepared and fitted before the completed cask is branded with the name of Massey's brewery. 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 | |||
| OLD ENGLISH CRAFTS; THE COOPER | |||
| Date: 1942 Film Number: 5304 | |||
| Follows the process of making a barrel using a variety of traditional and specialist tools at the Burnley workshop of skilled cooper Will Regan. Regan and his colleagues create and shape memel oak staves, join them together and guide them into a barrel shape with the use of truss hoops. With the joints sealed, the barrel head (lid) is prepared and fitted before the completed cask is branded with the name of Massey's brewery. 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 | |||
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| [JUNE MILLER'S BIRTHDAY, 1942] | |||
| Date: 1942 Film Number: 6221 | |||
| June Miller's birthday party - the children participate in races on the lawn in the garden and are seen indoors enjoying a birthday tea. Includes shots of the birthday cake and of a baby in a pram. | |||
| [DONKEYS; GUESTHOUSE; BEACH] | |||
| Date: *1942 Film Number: 6257 | |||
| Scenes from a Miller family holiday to Blackpool - donkeys on the beach at Blackpool are followed by views in the front garden of the guesthouse and of the family swimming in the sea. | |||
| [STAND UNITARIAN AMATEUR DRAMATICS] | |||
| Date: *1942 Film Number: 6702 | |||
| Scenes from an amateur dramatics production by Stand Unitarian Chapel featuring an on-stage reenactment of episodes from the Chapel's history, performed by members of the congregation. | |||
| I SAW IT HAPPEN; WITH BEST WISHES | |||
| Date: 1942 Film Number: 8357 | |||
| A title card reads 'I Saw It Happen' - we then see a wedding invite to the wedding of Marion Peacock (daughter of Sir Peter Peacock) and Mr Thomas Lever on the 6th of June 1942. Crowds gather to watch as guests can be seen arriving at Bold Street Methodist Church in Warrington, some men can be seen in military uniform. Bridesmaids arrive soon followed by the bride and her father. After the service, the newlyweds pose for photographs on the church steps. The film cuts to guests arriving at St Wilfrid's Church in Grappenhall for the wedding of Greta Mary Hatton and Thomas Allen. The bride and her father arrive together and have photographs taken. After the service, the couple exit the church and make their way to the car while guests throw confetti on them. | |||
| [THE HEALEY CHILDREN OUTDOORS] | |||
| Date: *1942 Film Number: 9468 | |||
| Compilation of family footage of children’s early years, including a baby in a pram in the garden; later, when she is slightly older, on a rocking horse on the porch; three children sitting on a lawn as the oldest girl makes a daisy chain, and family members enjoying a picnic out in the countryside. | |||
| THE WEDDING OF P.A. DUXBURY AND WINIFRED GREENHALGH AT NEW ROAD CHURCH JULY 28TH 1942 | |||
| Date: 1942 Film Number: 10656 | |||
| Guests arrive at New Road Church in Bury for the wedding of P. A. Duxbury and Winifred Greenhalgh. Crowds gather to watch as the bride arrives with her father. The film cuts to after the service when the newlyweds exit the church. At the wedding reception, guests enjoy refreshments and the bride and groom can be seen cutting their wedding cake. | |||
| DISPLAY BY THE NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE, BOLTON | |||
| Date: 1942 Film Number: 428 | |||
| A display of drills and exercises in a Bolton park - team games on bicycles; extending ladders; horse-drawn fire engine; slapstick routine with a pantomime horse; extinguishing fires; soaking each other. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| PARADE: ASTLEY PARK - TOWN HALL | |||
| Date: 1942/43 Film Number: 625 | |||
| Parade of members of the armed services and civilians in Astley Park, Chorley; procession through the streets. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| OLD ENGLISH CRAFTS; THE CLOG BLOCK MAKER | |||
| Date: *1942-43 Film Number: 5128 | |||
| Features the work of Sam Smalley, a Lancashire farmer, as he makes clog blocks with the help of his daughter Emily. They cut down an alder tree, then measure and saw tree trunks into logs. The logs are then 'riven', with his daughter bringing down a large mallet onto the head of Mr Smalley's carefully placed axe to split the wood into workable sizes. The riven wood is shaped with a stock knife, and the clog blocks are stacked up to season before Mr Smalley is seen holding a finished block that is ready to be made into a clog sole. 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 | |||
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| CLOG MAKING [INSTRUCTO FILMS] | |||
| Date: *1942-43 Film Number: 5243 | |||
| The manufacture of colourful modern clogs and clog sandals at Pollocks, Burnley. A car pulls a trailer of sacks containing wooden clog blocks and leathers into a factory. Some workers work the leather into shape whilst others nail irons on to the clog blocks. The clogs are then assembled and some are packed into boxes labelled "for export" and taken away on the trailer. Includes shots of a group of children and adults wearing their clogs, plus a reverse action sequence of clogs being thrown into a box and 'The End' spelt out in clogs. 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 | |||
| [MACCLESFIELD CINEMA ADVERTS] | |||
| Date: *1942-44 Film Number: 6 | |||
| Adverts for 'Calvex O' ointment, 'Do-Do' tablets, H Warren & Sons (off-licence), Cheshire Building Society, Mabs Ladies Outfitters, William Golling (car hire), W McCarthy (bakers), A Gaskell (grocer). [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [WARTIME CHURCH SERVICE AND SKATING SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1943 Film Number: 5418 | |||
| Clergy are seen leading a procession, involving various service personnel including Air Training Corps, RAF, Air Raid Wardens, Cadets, Nurses and Women's Voluntary Service. They are seen leaving St Bartholomew's Church in Wilmslow after a service. Film ends with people skating on a frozen lake, probably Black Lake on Lindow Common in Wilmslow. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| CINE MAGAZINE PART 7 | |||
| Date: c1943 Film Number: 8352 | |||
| A group of young boys and a dog dive and swim in the canal. Later a young boy can be seen playing with a toy yacht. A group of men in military uniforms walk along the canal with their bicycles. A title card reads 'Food Production Country' followed by shots of a horse drawn harvester in a field. Another title card reads 'Food Production Home' - followed by shots of home grown tomatoes. Nance and Joan play with the kittens followed by scenes of Mary and John in the garden. Later, John can be seen wearing his scout uniform. The film cuts to shots of a sign for Wings for Victory Week and a measure for how much money has been raised so far. John rides his bicycle along a road. In Appleton, John plays with a dog in a garden. | |||
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