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Record 2512 – 2531 of 11529
| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 178 | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 5680 | |||
| Servicemen (and one woman) from the Royal Navy send personal messages to their loved ones back in Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Mossley and Wilmslow from a coastal location in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The film ends with the ‘boys and girls of the Royal Navy’ walking quietly away, smiling at the camera, with the sea in the background. | |||
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| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 212 | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 5684 | |||
| Men from the Army and RAF serving in Burma (now Myanmar) send personal messages back to their loved ones in Manchester and the North West. The messages are delivered straight to camera from a variety of locations: a riverbank, a jungle clearing, by a roadside, in a camp. The last group of men stand in front of a truck to deliver their messages before jumping into the back of it, cheering and waving, as the vehicle moves off. | |||
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| WINSFORD WATER 1944 | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 9120 | |||
| 'All aboard with skipper P. Millard!' Sailing scenes on the Flashes on the river Weaver near Winsford. Boats sail along, stopping so that people can socialise on the river bank. Views of the Flashes, seen from Winsford. Picnic tea on the riverbank, everyone waves to the camera and then heads back home. | |||
| EASTER 1944 - CROSBY | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 8350 | |||
| A group of family spend time in the garden of a house in Crosby. They sit in the garden reading the paper, play tennis and do some gardening. A young man in a sailors uniform can be seen, different members of the family try on his sailors hat. | |||
| TOTTENHAM COMES TO WALTON OLD HALL | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 8383 | |||
| Children evacuees from Tottenham can be seen arriving at the gates of Walton Hall. They are greeted by Lady Daresbury and the head warden, Mr. T. Plumpton outside the house. Lady Daresbury had invited the children there for a fete and tea. The children enjoy some fizzy drinks and food before donkey rides. Some of the younger children take part in a race. The children gather on the lawn for a Punch and Judy show. Afterwards, the children take part in a variety of races such as three-legged, skipping, egg and spoon and sack races. The children and adults are seen seated at tables in the garden for refreshments. | |||
| DEMOBBED | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 9720 | |||
| Demobbed is a 1944 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Norman Evans, Nat Jackley, Gus McNaughton and Dan Young. Billed as "a musical comedy burlesque," its plot concerns a group of ex-soldiers who attempt to gain employment after being demobbed from the army. Nat, Norman and Dan get new jobs, solve a crime and stage a concert party. | |||
| [DUKE OF WELLINGTON REGIMENT STAND DOWN PARADE] | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 9780 | |||
| The regiment marches along a country road before assembling on a field in front of a crowd of spectators. An inspection of the troops takes place, before the regiment marches away. | |||
| MALPAS 1944 | |||
| Date: 1944 Film Number: 7772 | |||
| Two Malpas weddings and two new teachers at the local school showing clips of the children playing in the yard and a children's opera which involves dancing. Musical band marching in the streets followed by a parade. Selected scenes of horse racing and jumping with a viait from the Mayor and Mayoness of Stretford. | |||
| RUBBER METAL BONDING | |||
| Date: 1944 - 47 Film Number: 3234 | |||
| A series of tests on the strength of rubber used to bond metals. The rubber is stretched and flexed at a number of different levels of pressure until it breaks. | |||
| [FLOODWATER] | |||
| Date: *1944/45 Film Number: 1132 | |||
| High water at Latchford(?). Lots of shots of fast flowing, rough water. Water on canal bank. | |||
| THE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NORTHWICH; TOWN PLANNING AND RECONSTRUCTION | |||
| Date: *1944/5 Film Number: 4196 | |||
| General views around Northwich including Witton Street, Greenhall Road and Warrington Road, showing run-down buildings and houses, presumably ear-marked for redevelopment. The film ends with construction of new housing - including pre-fabricated houses - on Dean Street and the Parkfield Estate in August 1945. | |||
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| [LIFE SAVING CLASSES AT GANNOW BATHS BURNLEY, CANAL RESCUE] | |||
| Date: 1944-45 Film Number: 5298 | |||
| Young men are taught life saving techniques at Gannow swimming baths in Burnley and a boy is saved from drowning in a staged rescue at the local canal. At the baths, the men work in pairs to demonstrate life saving manoeuvres both at the side of the pool and in the water as an instructor looks on. In a staged scenario, three boys play on a canal bank and one falls in. The other two boys run to get help - from a young man who rescues the boy from the water, and from the ambulance service who takes him away. 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; VILLAGE ROPE MAKER; MAKING HAY CREELS | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 5111 | |||
| Film showing a hay creel (a device used to carry large amounts of hay) being hand-made by a rope maker at W.R.Outhwaite in Hawes, Yorkshire. The rope maker is seen constructing the hay creel using curved lengths of hazel wood and bound with pieces of twine creating a large mesh effect. There are shots of hay creels being used in fields in Yorkshire and Pendle Hill, Lancashire 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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| [SAVINGS WEEK AND OTHER WARTIME SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 5416 | |||
| Posters for a local war savings campaign, followed by a parade and the arrival of 300 evacuees at Wilmslow station in July 1944. Savings week helpers board a train for the Buckingham Palace Garden Party and the Junior Service Corps and Church Lads Brigade compete at a sports day. A torchlit event takes place to change the savings target in October 1945 outside the Rex cinema and teenagers march during a recruitment week for Junior Services. The Air Training Corps, Girls Training Corps and RAF Cadets perform drills and the boy scouts and cubs are seen doing gymnastics. The film ends with cadets being presented with a ceremonial mace in 1945. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [LEISURE SCENES IN WARTIME] | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 5417 | |||
| Two men are seen looking at war savings campaign posters and smoking, and people leave a meeting room. There are posters for a Canada v USA baseball match and for the 1943 ceremony to mark Wilmslow's adoption of HMS Winchelsea, followed by scenes from the baseball match at Pownall College, Wilmslow during Merchant Navy Week. People skating on a frozen lake, baby Brenda sitting outside and a parade featuring the Air Training Corps. There is an outdoor gathering for Allies Day with an appearance from Commander Warwick Bracegirdle. The film ends with a football match, after which St Bartholomew's Prize Band play. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [QUEEN ELIZABETH IN PRESTON] | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 6207 | |||
| Queen Elizabeth is seen during a Royal visit to Preston in April 1945 - arriving, being presented to the Mayor and talking with wounded soldiers. June Miller and her sister are seen out and about in the Lake District - walking through woods and standing outside their school, St Anne's in Windermere. | |||
| [BY TRAIN TO THE TOP OF SNOWDON] | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 6233 | |||
| Scenery taken from the mountain railway as it travels up Snowdon are followed by views of the Miller family at the summit. | |||
| [ST ANNE'S SPORTS DAY] | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 6247 | |||
| Scenes from sports day at St Anne's School, Windermere - several races and the high jump are featured. The Miller family are then seen walking down a country lane. | |||
| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 59 | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 5674 | |||
| Servicemen from Warrington send personal messages back home to their loved ones from a film studio in Bombay (now Mumbai) set out as a mess room. Opens with soldiers playing darts as piano music plays in the background. After the messages have been delivered, it's over to 'Harry' who plays an upbeat 'We'll Meet Again' on the piano as the men gather round before joining in to sing and waving goodbye. | |||
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| CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 82 | |||
| Date: c1945 Film Number: 5675 | |||
| Servicemen from Manchester, Salford, Oldham and Edenfield send personal messages back home to their loved ones from a film studio in Bombay (now Mumbai) set out as a canteen. Piano music plays in the background. After the messages have been delivered, they all gather round the mess room piano to hear ‘Harry’ thump out some tunes. | |||
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