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Record 2626 – 2645 of 11096
| [GARDEN SCENES, HOLIDAYS IN LLANDUDNO AND SCARBOROUGH] | |||
| Date: 1945-48 Film Number: 7187 | |||
| The Hodkinson family relaxing at home and on holiday. Family members are pictured in their front and back gardens doing a variety of activities such as setting up deckchairs, riding a bike, trying out a model railway, blowing bubbles, playing with pets and gardening. After a newspaper headline declares the end of the war, a man runs a union jack flag up a pole attached to his garage. Also features holiday scenes from Llandudno and Scarborough. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [WELSH TRAINS] | |||
| Date: *1945-9 Film Number: 3965 | |||
| Views of the coastline and countryside near Barmouth in Mid-Wales, and shots taken from a train of two boys leaning out of a carriage window. There is also a shot of a steam train crossing a bridge over the river Mawddach, taken from high above. | |||
| [LAKESIDE SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1945-9 Film Number: 3976 | |||
| Footage of a woman walking on cliffs above a lake, and walking her dog in some woods. She is seen shopping, a man is seen paddling in the lake with two dogs, and there are shots of sailboats. | |||
| [SEASIDE; WEDDING; ROSE QUEEN] | |||
| Date: c1947 Film Number: 4362 | |||
| Scenes from a Siddall family holiday to the South Coast, probably in Torquay. Brief views of children with piglets. There are scenes from a wedding, presumably held in Cheshire. The film ends with a group of children in their Rose Queen costumes practising their routines in a cobbled street and in the back yard of a house. | |||
| OLD ENGLISH CRAFTS; CLOG IRON MAKING | |||
| Date: *1945-49 Film Number: 5351 | |||
| The making of clog irons by blacksmiths at Thomas Green's shop in Silsden. A mix of traditional and more modern tools and techniques are employed to make both the 'heel' and 'front' irons. The film includes the use of the foot-powered Oliver Hammer, hand-bellows for the hearth, the hardy, the anvil and a swage block to shape 'front' irons. The blacksmiths also use mechanical tools such as a punching machine to make nail holes in the 'heel' irons and a power hammer to reduce their physical work. They work as a team to increase productivity as the narrator notes the demise of the hand craft of clog iron making. The film ends with a pair of irons on display. 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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| SILVER LINING - A FILM ABOUT CHILDREN | |||
| Date: *1945-50 Film Number: 7126 | |||
| Scenes showing everyday life in the Bernhard Baron Sunshine Home Nursery School for Blind Children in Kingswinford, Staffordshire. Begins with shots of children playing on a beach, with toy boats in a paddling pool and in countryside with animals.- followed by a caption 'But for some children many of the usual pleasures are denied'. Continues with footage of blind children getting dressed and playing in the garden of the nursery school. Further scenes include children engaged in various indoor activities; including singing, learning Braille and painting. Shows children having a meal, at bath time and a nurse putting a young girl to bed. Ends with shots of staff members outside the school. 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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| [SALFORD SCENES: GARDEN GAMES AND REGISTRY OFFICE] | |||
| Date: c1945-55 Film Number: 3438 | |||
| Footage of family scenes in Salford: boys playing in tents and in the garden, followed by scenes of grown-ups in fancy dress. There are scenes of people attending a wedding at a Register Office (?) and shots of a woman having her photo taken with a kitten. A small boy is also seen playing with the kitten. | |||
| [CAMPING TRIP AND CHILDREN IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1945-55 Film Number: 3439 | |||
| Shots of children playing in a garden, and scenes at a school garden party with various stalls, and a group of children playing percussion instruments. Footage of holidays include a camping trip to Wales including several families and trips to Blackpool and Colwyn Bay. | |||
| [PARK SCENES, WALES AND BLACKPOOL] | |||
| Date: c1945-55 Film Number: 3440 | |||
| Shots of children playing in a garden, and scenes at a school garden party with various stalls, and a group of children playing percussion instruments. Footage of holidays includes a camping trip to Wales involving several families, and trips to Blackpool and Colwyn Bay. | |||
| [PRESTON LADIES FOOTBALL AND T.A. VOLUNTEERS] | |||
| Date: c1945-55 Film Number: 3441 | |||
| Footage of members of the Preston Ladies football team in Avenham Park Preston and at Towneley Park in Burnley. They also play several matches including ones at Seedhill in Nelson and at the Craven Park Stadium in Hull. There are also scenes of T.A. volunteers at the Cross Lane barracks of the Lancashire Fusiliers in Salford. 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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| [BIRTHDAYS, BLACKPOOL AND SNOW] | |||
| Date: c1945-55 Film Number: 3442 | |||
| Footage of the filmmaker's son, Tony Frankland as a very small boy playing in a park in Salford, and scenes of him on the beach in Blackpool and enjoying rides at the Pleasure Beach. There is footage of Tony's fourth birthday party, with games in the garden and a party. The film also includes scenes of sledging on a snow-covered hill, and of children making huge snowballs and throwing snowballs in the street. | |||
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| OLD ENGLISH CRAFTS; THE CLOGGER | |||
| Date: *1946-51 Film Number: 5287 | |||
| Traditional clog-maker John Casson produces a made-to-measure pair of boy's clogs in his workshop. After measuring the boy's feet, Mr Casson is shown using a variety of specialist tools and knives to carve out the wooden clog sole, hammer on the irons, cut the leather uppers to shape and fix them together. The film ends with the smiling boy trying on the finished pair of 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 | |||
| [CORNISH HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: c1945-55 Film Number: 1538 | |||
| The Wilkinson family on holiday in Cornwall. Includes scenes of the children playing on the beach and having a picnic. | |||
| [HARDMAN HOUSE AND GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1945-55 Film Number: 1621 | |||
| Footage of the Hardman family's suburban house and garden. Includes shots of Peter the dog and a man practising his golf swings. | |||
| [THE SCOTTISH RALLY 1951 AND OTHER TIME TRIALS] | |||
| Date: 1945-55 Film Number: 5706 | |||
| Black and white footage of time trials on hillsides and moorland. Colour footage of off-road racing in the countryside. Close up shots of spectators, adjudicators filling out paperwork and showing timing equipment. Successful teams celebrating, posing for the camera with their vehicles. Brief shots from The Scottish Rally, 1951. Scenes of a woman feeding a horse and of a spectator covered in mud splatters from the race. Brief family shots in a local village. Scenes of snowy mountaintops, vehicles moving through the ice on the dirt roads. Footage of a car driving through a stream. Close up shots of a broken-down car with a flat tyre and a man enjoying a bottle of beer. | |||
| [CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND FRANCE] | |||
| Date: 1945-56 Film Number: 521 | |||
| Members of the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club on a trip to Czechoslovakia and France - travelling and gliding; some aerial shots. Also scenes at Camphill, the home of the club; and the Lasham competitions(?). | |||
| [THE SILVER JUBILEE RALLY , THE CHESHIRE CAR CIRCUIT AND OTHER TIME TRIALS] | |||
| Date: 1945-58 Film Number: 5705 | |||
| Compilation of racing films, beginning with a long panning shot depicting an off-road racetrack in the coutryside. Detailed shots of mechanics exploring the interiors of the cars and making repairs. Footage of a crow performing with a cigarette in its beak. An off-road rally begins in the snow, and 'The Silver Jubilee Rally 1955' spectators help push a racing vehicle uphill. A small black poodle plays with a cup outdoors. Scenes of racing at the 'Cheshire Car Circuit', shots from the camera being fixed to one car, finally a group photograph is posed for. 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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| [RALLIES AND TIME TRIALS] | |||
| Date: 1945-58 Film Number: 5704 | |||
| Compilation of racing films; beginning with off-road time trials where the cars are racing over muddy moorland. Close-up shots of drivers and families enjoying picnics at the event. Footage of cars in a village square, then racing through parkland. Next, a rally begins and more long shots of off-road driving and close-ups of timing equipment. A mechanic performs repairs on a broken-down racing vehicle. A large crowd watch a racetrack event. Footage of the finish line at another race where the co-driver leaves the vehicle at the checkpoint in order to perform tasks, including hammering a nail into a plank of wood and threading cotton through the eye of a needle. | |||
| [Family holidays, bicycles and tricycles] | |||
| Date: c1945-59 Film Number: 1510 | |||
| The film begins with scenes shot in a terraced street, with little boys riding their bikes across some nearby wasteland. Further footage includes shots of a miniature railway; a man washing a motor cycle (with side car ) in the street and a little boy strumming a guitar in the back yard. Also includes footage of a family walking in a park, swimming in a lido and enjoying a caravan holiday in Blackpool [?]. | |||
| [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORTS TEAMS] | |||
| Date: *1945/48 Film Number: 2226 | |||
| Members of Lymm Grammar School's hockey, football, tennis and cricket teams; pose for the camera outside the school building. Also includes footage of a group of school girls doing country dancing at a Garden Fete; scenes from a school play and various close up shots of individual staff members and prefects. | |||
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