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| MUCH ADO | |||
| Date: *1942/5/6 Film Number: 4400 | |||
| Short fictional film - a small boy goes to visit his cousin with his brother and sister. After playing in the garden for a while, he wanders off unnoticed. He crosses a busy road, walks down a country lane, crosses the railway line and ends up by the canal. When the family finally notice he's missing, they start looking in the streets, but the boy manages to get back home by himself and is discovered sleeping in the garden shed. | |||
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| [THE TURNER FAMILY] | |||
| Date: *1942/5/6/8 Film Number: 855 | |||
| Family film - includes children playing in the garden and on the beach; in the open air swimming pool; having a picnic; shots in London - two Chelsea Pensioners pose in uniform. | |||
| [NELSON HOME GUARD 1942/46] | |||
| Date: 1942/46 Film Number: 1263 | |||
| The Nelson Home Guard fighting a mock battle in the middle of a bombed out street probably at the Home Guard Street fighting school in Birmingham. Includes scenes of the men practising fighting techniques and drills. | |||
| [FANCY DRESS EVENT NEAR HORWICH] | |||
| Date: *1942/46 Film Number: 3124 | |||
| Film featuring a young child - sometimes along with a friend - playing with her toys and then building sandcastles on a beach. Scenes from a fancy dress event in a field follow - people are seen fooling arund in some fairly bizarre costumes and indulging in a blindfold boxing match and playing a game involving fishing for bottles which are standing in the field. Closes with shots of a young girl playing with her toys. | |||
| [FIREFIGHTERS AND WORKS TRIP TO LONDON] | |||
| Date: 1942/6 Film Number: 6137 | |||
| Firefighters for Oldham & Son Ltd (battery manufacturers in Denton) are seen training on Amelie Street in 1942. Views around Denton, including the marketplace, local buses and a Boys' Brigade parade are followed by scenes from an Oldham & Son works outing to London in 1946. The group are seen posing for a photo by the coach, and visiting all the usual tourist attractions in the capital. Hyde fire brigade engines are seen on route to a fire at the Vinery Hat Works, and brief views taken from a moving train conclude. | |||
| OLD ENGLISH CRAFTS [EXTRACTS: THE COOPER, OAK SPELK BASKET MAKER, SNUFF MAKING, A WELSH SPOON, CLOG MAKING, HAFFE NET FISHING] | |||
| Date: 1942/46-51/66/68/70-72 Film Number: 5163 | |||
| Compilation of extracts from five of Sam Hanna's craft films. In 'The Cooper', Will Regan shapes staves to make a barrel using traditional tools. 'Oak Spelk Basket Maker' shows Charlie Airey weaving strips of oak into the frame of a swill basket, and 'Snuff Making' provides footage of tobacco leaves being ground in an old Kendal mill that is powered by a water wheel. 'A Welsh Spoon' shows a broth spoon being carved out with an axe and in 'Clog Making' John Casson uses specialist tools to fashion a man's clog. Finally, 'Haffe Net Fishing' sees Jim Braid catching salmon in the Lune Estuary with his wooden-framed net. 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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| [FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN / BURNLEY PAGEANT TRIMS] | |||
| Date: *1942/46/48/50-51 Film Number: 5315 | |||
| Trims from a historical pageant and an event at Thompson Park in Burnley as part of the local Festival of Britain celebrations. The film begins with a series of brief unrelated shots: two men on a perilously-high ladder fixing a union jack, the porch of a house, horses and carriages at the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show of 1948, a small crowd looking at vintage cars, shoe making in a factory and a cobbled side street (possibly in Burnley town centre). There follows footage of a Burnley pageant played out by characters in historical costume, intercut with shots of the crowd at the Festival of Britain event that includes a guard of honour formed by sea cadets. 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 | |||
| LINOLEUM RHAPSODIE | |||
| Date: *1942/7/9 Film Number: 7135 | |||
| Short fictional film. George Wain is relaxing in the garden when Mrs Wain comes out and orders him to choose the new kitchen lino. As he starts to flick through the sample book, the different designs and choices overwhelm him, and he ends the film laying on the grass, dishevelled and babbling. | |||
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| [CLUB CRICKET MATCH 1949 & MISCELLANEOUS LEISURE ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: *1942/8/9 Film Number: 6664 | |||
| Views of the Stand Unitarians Whit Walk procession through residential streets, followed by cricket and pony rides in a field, a group of women making sandwiches and the Men's Club cricket match of 1949. Concludes with a children's tea party, foot races and an informal game of 'tip and run' cricket in a field. | |||
| [TRAVELS BY TRAIN OVER THE YEARS] | |||
| Date: *1942/55/67 Film Number: 4126 | |||
| Footage of various trains and railways around the country. Views from a train leaving Doncaster during World War II. Views of the Ffestiniog Mountain Railway at Port Madoc and Minfford are shown, before footage of the Rendell family travelling to Devon on the Motorail Service. Trains at Kingswear and the Dart Valley Railway at Buckfastleigh, including derelict engines and carriages. The film ends with shots of the Motorail Terminal at Newton Abbott. | |||
| [APPEAL BY THE MAYOR OF BOLTON] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 16 | |||
| Alderman Alfred Booth appeals on behalf of Russia; shots of Russia, soldiers in battle, tanks etc. Finishes with a shot of the Mayor telling the people of Bolton what they can do to help. | |||
| HOLIDAYS AT HOME | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 219 | |||
| Film of Rochdale, showing a series of organised events attended and addressed by the Mayor (and party). The events comprise - the official opening with Gracie Fields; bowling; sheepdog trials; boating; cricket; agricultural show; fashion pageant; shooting; boxing; fairground; fire fighting; a dog show; and entertainers. | |||
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| SUMMER ON THE FARM | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 571 | |||
| Work on farms in Cheshire and Lancashire during the summer months - harvesting the crops, with emphasis on the interdependence of Manchester and the country districts during wartime. | |||
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| CLOGS IN LANCASHIRE | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 610 | |||
| A film advertising the manufacture and wearing of clogs in Lancashire. The stages of manufacture are shown from the felling of trees to the making of metal caulkers for the soles. There are a variety of shots of people wearing clogs, especially children, and of their repair. | |||
| THIRD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION HOME GUARD CHORLEY, SUNDAY 16th MAY 1943 | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 813 | |||
| Chorley Home Guard parade through the town. Field exercises in Astley Park. A newspaper headline tells of the King's pride in the Home Guard. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| MODEL PROCEDURE FOR WATER-RELAYING [EXTRACT] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 845 | |||
| A wartime fire service information film - hose relay vehicles fill up at a riverside; hose piping (6000 ft per vehicle) is laid along the streets - firemen run after the vehicles and straighten the piping; a burning building at night - close up of gauges on a Coventry Climax -fire engine; problems of burst pipes and low pressure. | |||
| ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ENSIGN TO WARRINGTON MAY 28TH 1943 | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 1201 | |||
| The presentation of the Royal Canadian Air Force flag to the Mayor of Warrington on May 28th 1943. Includes scenes of the Mayor inspecting a line of uniformed men and other civic dignitaries entering a civic building. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [CONGLETON HOME GUARD] | |||
| Date: c1943 Film Number: 1522 | |||
| Opens with footage of Congleton Home Guard with their rifles, followed by close-ups of individual guards marching past. Continues with shots of guards standing at ease, before shots of sandbags and explosives on a hillside. Ends with a shot of a home guardsman stood in a garden. | |||
| PRESENTATION OF ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ENSIGN TO WARRINGTON. MAY 28TH 1943 | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 2235 | |||
| Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force march through Warrington town centre, on May 28th 1943. The flag bearer presents the Royal Canadian Air Force's ensign to the Mayor of Warrington. Includes a shot of the mayor, and a group of civic dignitaries, inspecting the airman on parade. Large crowds line the streets as they watch the ceremony, procession and speeches. | |||
| MAINTENANCE OF METROPOLITAN VICKERS / LISTER MK II ALTERNATOR or THE REASON WHY YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR RADAR AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 2793 | |||
| The film begins with a dramatised demonstration of what happens to an RAF Communications centre when radar and electrical equipment is not properly maintained. An RAF officer addresses the camera, takes a tour of the Metropolitan Vickers factory in Trafford Park, and explains the need for accuracy in the construction and maintenance of electrical equipment. | |||
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