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| [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. | |||
| [SCOUTS SUMMER CAMPS] | |||
| Date: *1945/48-52/55-57 Film Number: 2225 | |||
| Members of a Cheshire Scout Troop are seen enjoying summer camp activities in Eire, Scotland and the Channel Islands. Includes scenes of the boys making a fire; peeling potatoes; cooking their dinner; washing up; having their kit and tents inspected and swimming in the sea. The film also includes the opening of Lymm Grammar School's, new outdoor swimming pool, which was built in memory of all the ex-pupils killed during the first and second world wars. 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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| [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - FOUNDERS' DAY AND LEAVERS' DAY] | |||
| Date: *1945/48/51-53/56 Film Number: 2237 | |||
| Pupils are seen arriving at Lymm Grammar School on a winters day. Snow covers the school buildings and a group of boys are seen sliding on a patch of ice. Members of the Geographical Society are seen on a school trip to the seaside. Also features footage of a school sports day; a cross country run; a girls v boys hockey match and scenes of people diving in the school's outdoor swimming pool. Concludes with scenes of school children and staff leaving the church on Founders' Day and school leavers playing bowls and tennis to celebrate Leavers' Day. | |||
| MEET THE FAMILY | |||
| Date: 1945/51 Film Number: 1349 | |||
| The Worthington Family on holiday in Blackpool in 1945 and 1951. The family is seen leaving the house and arriving in Blackpool. Includes shots taken from the top of Blackpool Tower and from a moving car. Also includes family members swimming and paddling in the sea. | |||
| [TRAINING EXERCISES] | |||
| Date: *1945/53 Film Number: 814 | |||
| Army training exercises, including various attempts to get into a building through a first floor window - ropes and teamwork; shots of ruined buildings. A show in the park - tents, a dog show, pony and trap, shire horses and show jumping, a gymnastic display and self defence demonstration. | |||
| [THE SCOTTISH RALLY 1951 AND OTHER TIME TRIALS CONTINUED] | |||
| Date: 1945-55 Film Number: 5707 | |||
| The film begins with close up shots of the races start line, the track is in a seafront with rolling hills in the background. There are close up shots of drivers and their families posing with thier vehicles. Footage begins from The Scottish Rally, 1951 with shots of the front of the event programme. Shots on the mountains of highland cows. Another off-road race track in green surroundings with a large crowd to support. Shots of owners and others cleaning vehicles . Drivers race to their vehicles at the start of the race at different racetrack, with wet grounds. Brief shots of cottages with manicured flowerbeds and close-ups of a child. Time trials with various components, such as finishing a bottle of drink dressed as a baby and throwing balls into buckets at different check points. | |||
| A CITY SPEAKS | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 19 | |||
| A promotional film made for Manchester Corporation about local government and plans for the redevelopment of Manchester in the post-war era. An introductory sequence shows the commerce and industry of the city and is followed by an historical account of its development from Roman times through the Industrial Revolution, social reform and public services. The electoral system is explained; the workings of various departments, eg libraries, housing etc, and utilities; the provision of health care; the relationship between health and housing, and the extensive plans for the development of Hulme along the lines of Wythenshawe which is shown as ideal. The leisure activities of the city are illustrated before a concluding sequence contrasting past and present. | |||
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| SCHOOL NEWSREEL [1946] | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 350 | |||
| Wallasey Grammar School boys - fruit picking and cricket. | |||
| [HIGH DIVING] | |||
| Date: *1946 Film Number: 375 | |||
| Wallasey Grammar School boys - running; high jump; diving; eating fruit. | |||
| MAKING COTTON CLOTHING | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 401 | |||
| How a dress is made, from design to finished product. Views of cutting room, sewing room, pressing room and packing department. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| CHASING THE BLUES | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 403 | |||
| Shows working conditions in the mill. Bad conditions - despondency and fall in profits. By introducing canteens, washing facilities etc. - increase in profits. (Optical animation sequences) [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| SCIENCE JOINS AN INDUSTRY | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 416 | |||
| The development of the cotton industry including spinning, weaving and bleaching processes. Establishment of the Shirley Institute for research into the cotton industry. Shows work carried out. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| AUTUMN | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 465 | |||
| Sequences of pretty countryside in the Lake District - trees, rivers, hillsides, lakes etc. - punctuated by poetic quotations. | |||
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| CHILDREN ON TRIAL | |||
| Date: *1946 Film Number: 469 | |||
| Case histories of 3 children from various backgrounds as they progress from crime, through the juvenile courts and probation, to approved schools and back into the world as reformed characters. The 2 boys come from Liverpool, one from the slums, (which are grimly portrayed), and one from a middle class background. | |||
| CALLING BLIGHTY NO.246 | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 624 | |||
| Servicemen from Moston, Salford and Atherton gather at Penang racecourse to send their messages home. They march towards the camera singing, 'It's a long way to Piccadilly', as the narrator bids 'Cheerio Manchester'. | |||
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| HAFFNER HOLIDAYS 9 | |||
| Date: *1946 Film Number: 690 | |||
| Brief shots of a stream, a waterfall and bridge. | |||
| HAFFNER HOLIDAYS 8 | |||
| Date: *1946 Film Number: 692 | |||
| Various scenes - docks and a waterfall; a large garden; a woman sitting with a red setter. | |||
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