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| [POLICE DRILL TRAINING IN PRESTON] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 6213 | |||
| A group of Special Police Constables are seen practising marching in formation in Preston cattle market during World War II. | |||
| [JUNE MILLER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, 1943] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 6222 | |||
| Scenes from June Miller's birthday party - games are played in the garden and the children enjoy a birthday tea indoors. The children are seen wearing paper hats, playing on a slide and in the garden again. | |||
| SOME OF THE WARTIME ACTIVITIES OF HARRY MASON & SONS LTD OPEN STORAGE | |||
| Date: *1943 Film Number: 6614 | |||
| Views of the wartime Rosin open storage site near Bolton being prepared by heavy vehicles moving earth, followed by large bales of cotton being stacked on brick platforms and covered by tarpaulins. Large metal drums are next seen being unloaded from lorries before a fire-fighting practice takes place on the site, presided over by the visiting Colonel Lyon. Divisional Officer Bentley awards prizes and delivers a speech to competitors and there is a final shot of the brothers Harry, Will, Tom and Jim Mason posing for the camera. | |||
| [SLINGSBY FALCON 1 GLIDER, FEB 1943] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 8432 | |||
| Footage of a Slingsby Falcon 1 Glider modified to take off from the water, 1943. The film begins with the sea plane being wheeled out of the warehouse and inspected by a group on the lake side. This cuts to scenic wide shots of the vessel on the water with the surrounding landscape of the Lake District; we then see the plane taking off from the water and flying low before landing back down. | |||
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| SOMEWHERE ON LEAVE | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 9719 | |||
| Somewhere on Leave is a 1943 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Frank Randle, Harry Korris and Dan Young. Private Randle (Frank Randle) and army pals, Privates Young (Dan Young) and Enoch (Robbie Vincent) are invited by Private Desmond (Pat McGrath) to spend some off-duty time at his stately home. Private Desmond is too busy courting an ATS girl (Antoinette Lupino) to notice the squaddies are running riot in his house. | |||
| [MALPAS SCENES 1943] | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 7768 | |||
| Scenes in Malpas beginning with two wartime weddings, a school trip to a local farm and the 1943 Eddisbury by-election including John Eric Loverseed standing as the Common Wealth candidate. Scenes from the Malpas and District Easter Wings for Victory week including the Good Friday fish queue, fund-raising, horse jumping and dancing in the streets. Sunday school treats including rounders and football are followed by Malpas and district farmers, a home guard shooting competition, Remembrance Sunday, and Boxing Day football. | |||
| COTTON BLOSSOMS | |||
| Date: 1943 Film Number: 6033 | |||
| Film about the production of cotton and fabric in Bury and Lancashire during World War II. Includes a brief history of the origins of the industry in Lancashire; cotton being grown, harvested and baled in the USA; and cotton arriving, being sorted, graded and then transported to Bury by rail. Mill processes - including carding, mule and ring spinning, dying and weaving - are all shown in detail, and there are views of the kitchens, boiler room and maintenance department. A lunchtime concert is held in the staff canteen, and the nursery is also seen. An explanation of how waste cotton can be turned into cloth is followed by views of office and clerical staff, and different kinds of cotton products - both war and peacetime - are seen. The film ends with a look to the future and introduces some new innovations, such as modern weaving sheds, automatic looms, a Works Council, first-aid provision and new training methods for recruits. 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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| [JOHN MARSHALL BARKER AND BLACKPOOL 1944] | |||
| Date: 1943-4 Film Number: 3792 | |||
| Compilation of footage of John Marshall Barker Scarr and his sister Patricia Anne. John is seen in his pram, being bottle-fed by his sister, sitting in a deck-chair with his grandma (Marsha Butterworth) and being towed around the garden behind Patricia Anne's tricycle. There are shots of a trip to Blackpool, Christmas at home, John's second birthday and the children playing in a snowy back garden. | |||
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| [BURDEKIN DAY AT THE BEACH] | |||
| Date: c1944 Film Number: 7883 | |||
| Burdekin family at the beach and playing in the sea with a boat. Ends with shots of men in a rowing boat. | |||
| [INDIA PART 1 - HMS GARUDA] | |||
| Date: 1943-45 Film Number: 8868 | |||
| Scenes at HMS Garuda Naval Station near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu in wartime, including a parade of inspection, leisure time at the beach, everyday tasks, and even a wedding. There is also footage of life in rural India - local people, farming and the landscape. | |||
| [INDIA PART 2 - DAILY LIFE AND RETURNING HOME] | |||
| Date: 1943-45 Film Number: 8869 | |||
| Scenes on and around HMS Garuda Naval Station in Coimbatore - rural life in India, and miscellanous scenes on the base - weddings, naval officers and local workers, leisure activities in the countryside and at the beach. The reel concludes with the journey home on HMS Hunter, travelling through the Suez Canal to Gibraltar. | |||
| [PANTOMIME PERFORMANCES] | |||
| Date: 1943-47 Film Number: 1385 | |||
| Various pantomime performances shot at the Queen's Park Hippodrome, Manchester; Empire Theatre, York; Grand Theatre, Doncaster and Manchester Hippodrome. | |||
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| SUNNY GUERNSEY | |||
| Date: *1943 - 48 Film Number: 668 | |||
| A family holiday in Guernsey - includes views of the harbour and a close up shot of a couple on the deck of a ferry; shots of a market; cliffs and rock climbing, and a sunset. | |||
| [JOHN THIS IS YOUR LIFE - 7 TO 15] | |||
| Date: 1943-51 Film Number: 8364 | |||
| Compilation reel begins with John looking at all the birthday cards he received for his seventh birthday. Later, he runs and plays in a field dressed in a Native American costume and pretends to hit his mother with a tomahawk. In December, John counts down the days to Christmas Day and writes his letter to Santa Claus and puts the letter in the fireplace. On Christmas Eve, John hangs up his Christmas stocking and reminds his mother to not forget the party. Through the use of trick photography, presents, decorations and food 'magically' appear on the table. John decides it's time for him to go to bed. While he sleeps, Santa brings his toys to life. The next day, friends and family gather around the table for Christmas dinner. They light candles on a cake and John blows them out. Shots of friends and family (some wearing military uniform) drinking tea and generally fooling around. A woman and her husband (who is wearing a military uniform) pose for the camera with their young baby. John holds a calendar up to the camera, the 8th of July is marked for John's birthday. In the newspaper we see an article for the 1944 Holidays At Home. As well as a leaflet for Poole's Caucasian Circus. At the circus grounds, John goes on some of the rides such as the merry-go-round and waltzers. The film cuts to scenes of young boys playing football. The family stop at Mersey View, Frodsham to visit some friends, we see views of the helter-skelter. On Porth Wen beach they go swimming in the sea while others sit in the sun. The film cuts to a mother and her baby waiting for her child to come out of Warrington Grammar school. Back at home, family and friends sit around the table for tea and birthday cake. John can be seen blowing out the candles and cutting the cake. At an outdoor swimming pool, some adults watch as others dive from the diving board. Includes some slow motion shots of diving. Afterwards, they all enjoy a picnic together. The film ends with scenes of Grappenhall youth football team competing in the 1951 semi-final. | |||
| [HORWICH INDEPENDENT METHODISTS EVENTS] | |||
| Date: 1943-45 / 47-48 Film Number: 3127 | |||
| Film featuring activities undertaken by Horwich Independent Methodists. These include various sports and games - including cricket - a stone laying ceremony at Top o' th' Brow and a Young Person's Rally at Rivington Pike. There is much larking about and posing for the camera. A couple of weddings are featured - people are seen visiting a farm, a man in a suit is seen sitting on a cow - and various processions are seen. There is also footage of a group of people, mainly middle-aged women, relaxing in a large garden. They dance around and play with a whoopee cushion. Children are also seen playing in a park, taking part in a fancy dress event and dancing. | |||
| [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORTS TEAMS AND PUPILS] | |||
| Date: *1943/45-49 Film Number: 2239 | |||
| Various events and activities attended by the pupils and staff of Lymm Grammar School 1946-49. Includes scenes of a school cross country run; a school sports day; children leaving the church on Founders' Day and the cast of the school play dressed up in their costumes. Concludes with various shots of the 1948-49 school sports teams; prefects; school leavers; new pupils and the head boy and girl. | |||
| SAM HANNA CRAFTSMAN, TEACHER, FILM MAKER | |||
| Date: *1943/45-46/50/54-55/74 Film Number: 5220 | |||
| Sam Hanna narrates a story of his working life, from his training as a craftsman and teacher through to his film-making. Mr Hanna works on a cabriole leg and shows examples of furniture he has made in his home. After brief shots of Sam writing notes for his handicraft teaching, the film concentrates on Mr Hanna's film-making as he sets off in his car with his wife to film craftspeople around the country. Sam's films of the Burnley Home Guard are featured together with footage of his father meeting King George VI, holidays in Switzerland and his links with the local Swiss community. The film also includes shots of Mr Hanna's workshop and pioneering film equipment and ends with Sam at his typewriter writing a book about his life. 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 GRANITE QUARRY | |||
| Date: *1943/49 Film Number: 5206 | |||
| Depicts the work of a granite quarry, from extraction to the creation of granite blocks. After shots of a village and neighbouring allotments, there is footage of an excavator at work in the quarry. A man scales and descends a rock face using a rope, and workers pack dynamite into the rock and detonate it. Stone is carried away on a cable crane and emptied into a sorting machine. A variety of tools are used to split rocks into workable sizes and then to dress them into standard-sized blocks. The film ends with black and white footage of workmen laying tarmacadam on Coal Clough Lane, Burnley. 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 | |||
| 28TH LANCS B. N. HOME GUARD. OFFICERS CAMP BARLEY. 5/6TH JUNE 1943 | |||
| Date: 1943/55 Film Number: 1264 | |||
| 28th Lancs B.N. Home Guard at Officers training camp at Barley on the 5/6th June 1943. Includes shots of men being trained in defence and camouflage techniques. Also includes the Royal visit to Malvern Mill in Nelson on 14th April 1955. | |||
| FIELD DAY MOSS ROSE | |||
| Date: *1944 Film Number: 4 | |||
| Scenes of a sports day cum fete at the Moss Rose sports and football ground. Fairground stalls, a brass band, and tents are featured. Events shown include running races, a three-legged race and a tug of war. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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