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| HMS OBDURATE IS AT HOME TO THE PEOPLE OF STOCKTON HEATH | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 8392 | |||
| The HMS Obdurate can be seen docked at Walton Lock Branch of the Manchester Ship Canal. Crowds of people can be seen walking around the decks. | |||
| [ASPULL CARNIVAL] | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 8986 | |||
| Scenes from the Aspull Carnival, including a procession of bands, children in fancy dress and the 'Peace Queen'. The film ends with children dancing together. | |||
| BRITISH GAUMONT NEWSREEL | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 9226 | |||
| This newsreel includes the following items; 'Loneliest Mine High in the Pennines' about lead mining in Scarsdale in Cumbria; 'U.S. Airborne Men Learn Flame Warfare' about flame thrower training and a 'Rover Camera Report' featuring items about British experimental rocket propelled robot plane trials in Cornwall and about a circus in Hamburg. 'Many Sides to the Question of Transport' includes items on motor powered bicycles, as demonstrated by the film star Anne Crawford, bicycle manufacturing, motorboats, Thames water buses and skid training for the drivers of London buses. | |||
| [LIVERPOOL SCENES – SHIPPING, DOCKS AND OVERHEAD RAILWAY] | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 7968 | |||
| Fascinating record of shipping on the Mersey and activity in Liverpool docks in the immediate post-war years. The variety of shipping using this busy port is clearly documented, including naval and cargo ships, ferries and tugboats, and there are also scenes of the RMS Mauritania 2 in dry dock undergoing post-war reconditioning. Crowds of people on the quayside wave at men in passing lorries, probably newly disembarked troops returning home. The reel also includes shots in Brunswick Dock with the grain silo in the background, a trip on the Overhead Railway as it passes through the dock area, and people standing watching as an ocean liner makes its way out to sea. | |||
| [THE WEDDING OF BRIAN HEALEY AND STEPHANIE BLUNT] | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 9487 | |||
| Smartly dressed wedding guests arrive at Bury Parish Church, followed by three bridesmaids and the bride with her father; they pose for photographs. After the ceremony, the bridal couple greet their guests at the reception in the Public Rooms at Derby Hall in Bury, and are seen cutting the wedding cake. | |||
| [DIGGLE VILLAGE VICTORY CELEBRATIONS] | |||
| Date: 1946 Film Number: 10684 | |||
| A parade in celebration of victory in WW2 by the villgers of Diggle with brass bands, cub scouts, children in fancy dress with floats and a Highland pipers band. The film ends with the Rose Queen being crowned and the fancy dress contestants being held up to the crowd of spectators. | |||
| [SHEEP, OWLS AND GARDEN SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1946 Film Number: 8911 | |||
| Assorted wildlife in the countryside and at home: sheep and lambs in a field, owls in a tree, and a spaniel in the back garden with a group of people, including a woman with a tennis racquet and a man doing a headstand. | |||
| [SHIPS AND DUCKS] | |||
| Date: *1946 Film Number: 1216 | |||
| Shots of low-flying aircraft over the sea, followed by scenes of a launch / lifeboat being raised up the side of a ship. A pulley system is seen being set up between that ship and another, and supplies are transferred. There are also shots of a man leading ducks down a path, and then the ducks walking into a pen. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| GERALD BEAVER - RASCAL NO 1 | |||
| Date: 1946-7 Film Number: 1212 | |||
| Shots of Gerald Beaver as a baby, playing and staring at the camera, and scenes at a children's party. Other footage includes shots on a boat in choppy seas, a dog on the deck of a boat, bread being loaded from a launch onto a ship and a seaplane taking off. There are also scenes from a fete featuring highland dancers. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| BRITAIN TODAY | |||
| Date: *1946-47 Film Number: 1454 | |||
| This film illustrates Britain's return to prosperity after the depression. It features brief sequences filmed in each of the major industrial cities - Manchester represents the cotton industry with shots of Piccadilly, Manchester docks and trams. Blackpool also features, with shots of crowded beaches and fairground rides. | |||
| [HOLIDAYS TO SWEDEN 1946 AND DENMARK 1947] | |||
| Date: 1946-47 Film Number: 1592 | |||
| Footage of family holidays to Sweden and Denmark. Swedish holiday includes scenes from Stockholm, Tylosand (fencing and swimming) and Gothenburg. Danish footage includes scenes from Meulenborg, Caroes and Helsingor. People are also seen playing tennis | |||
| [CLIMBING IN DERBYSHIRE AND THE LAKE DISTRICT] | |||
| Date: *1946/7 Film Number: 4423 | |||
| A group of climbers, both male and female, are seen scaling a number of different rock-faces in the Peak District and the Lake District. Includes a demonstration of lowering a 'casualty' down safely on a stretcher. | |||
| VILLAGE POTTER | |||
| Date: *1946-47 Film Number: 5108 | |||
| Follows the work of Sam and John Bradley of Pepper Hill Pottery, Northowan, Calderdale, Yorkshire. Shots of clay being dug up and collected from clay beds are followed by footage of the clay being washed, sieved and channelled into a settling pit. The film switches to inside the potters' workshop where the clay is kneaded in a pug mill and worked and shaped by one of the potters at his wheel. The items are seen drying on shelves, some pots are glazed and then a variety of objects are stacked in a kiln and fired. The film ends with a woman inspecting some of the finished items. 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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| [VILLAGE POTTER - edited version] | |||
| Date: 1946-47 Film Number: 5109 | |||
| Follows the work of Sam and John Bradley of Pepper Hill Pottery, Northowan, Calderdale, Yorkshire. Clay is dug and collected from clay beds then washed, sieved and channelled into a settling pit. The film switches to inside the potters' workshop where the clay is shovelled into a pug mill for kneading. There are shots of the glazing process and the fire for the kiln being prepared. A variety of objects are stacked in a kiln. The film ends with clay being worked and shaped by one of the potters at his wheel. 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 | |||
| THE PENDLE COUNTRY THE HOME OF THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES | |||
| Date: *1946-47 Film Number: 5270 | |||
| Collection of shots about the landscape and buildings in and around Pendle Hill in east Lancashire. The film opens with a map of the area and some locations are pointed out with a pencil. There follow shots of Pendle Hill, the gates of Whalley Abbey as they open and close, churches in Whalley, Newchurch and Downham, the river Calder, Castle Street in Clitheroe, the village of Roughlee and other houses and cottages in the area. The opening titles include a reference to the Amateur Cinema League. 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 | |||
| [JUDITH'S EARLY YEARS; FAMILY AND FRIENDS] | |||
| Date: 1946-47 Film Number: 6845 | |||
| The early years of the film-maker's daughter, Judith Moss. She is seen playing in the garden and inside the home on her own as well as with family and friends, including her 2nd birthday party and posing for a professional photographer. There are also shots of Judith playing and skipping with others in Heaton Park and of men sat at a table having spoof fight over a game of cards. | |||
| [FRENCH SCENES, JUDITH, FRIENDS HAVING FUN] | |||
| Date: 1946-47 Film Number: 6860 | |||
| A family holiday to Paris is followed by William and Freda Moss holding baby Judith at the coast. Around Christmas time staff from Hart's Warehouse are sat around a food-laden table drinking and dancing, with some of the ladies showing their stockings. Toddler Judith Moss is seen playing with an apple in her playpen and sitting in her pram. | |||
| HOLIDAYS 1946 - 1947 | |||
| Date: 1946-7 Film Number: 8349 | |||
| In Blackpool, two women can be seen leaving the Seymour hotel. They then visit the boating lake followed by Blackpool Tower. Views of Blackpool filmed from the tower, shots of the promenade, beach and the Winter Gardens. Next the group visit Stanley Park and walk around the gardens and spend time on the boating lake. A title card reads 'Whit-Monday 1947' - the group travel through Wales visiting Betws-y-Coed, Llanberis Pass and Beaumaris. They stop for tea at the Gadlys in Cemaes Bay. In August 1947, they visit Porth Wen beach where they go swimming. They then have a picnic on the beach. | |||
| [FARM AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS] | |||
| Date: *1946 Film Number: 3581 | |||
| Largely footage of farm animals, especially horses and foals, dogs and cats playing and fighting. People also occasionally feature, probably the farmer and his family: a teenage girl in riding gear, a woman being led about on horseback, a man feeding chickens and playing with a horse for the camera. Lots of close ups, also general views of the surrounding fields and houses, and the occasional passing vehicle. | |||
| [ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL] | |||
| Date: c1947 Film Number: 4352 | |||
| Brief scenes of a cricket match are followed by a Rose Queen Festival in Cheshire. The band is seen and there are people in fancy dress. The film ends with the Rose Queen crowning ceremony. | |||
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