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| MORECAMBE | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 1256 | |||
| The Jones Family on holiday at Morecambe in 1947. Includes scenes of two young boys enjoying a ride on a merry-go-round, eating ice creams and playing on swings and slides. | |||
| PRESTON GUILD LODGE LADIES SOCIAL EVENING | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 1353 | |||
| Worshipful Master greets those attending the Preston Guild Lodge Ladies Social Evening. Presentations and toasts follow before dancing and whist playing begins. The film closes with footage of the gutted Guild building, destroyed by fire three weeks after Ladies Evening. | |||
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| [TWO LITTLE BOYS] | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 2142 | |||
| Two little boys are seen playing in the Behrens family garden. One of the boys sits in a small trolley and is pulled across the lawn by the other child. | |||
| [BEHRENS FAMILY - NETHERBY GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 2143 | |||
| Scenes of Mr and Mrs Behrens with their daughter Ruth, and her three children, in the family garden; 1947. Includes shots of a summer house in the background. | |||
| WATERWORKS. A SHORT STORY OF BRITAINS WATER SUPPLY | |||
| Date: c1947 Film Number: 2514 | |||
| Film dealing with how water is collected, treated and distributed to customers. | |||
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| THE SCHOOL SPORTS 1947 | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 2864 | |||
| Crowds are seen assembled at Bolton School for the 1947 Sports Day. Pupils compete in high jump and long jump competitions and a middle distance race. Some footage is shot in slow motion. | |||
| THE NEW FOREST CAMP 1947 | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 2865 | |||
| Film of a camping trip undertaken by pupils of Bolton School to the New Forest. Children are seen traversing a string bridge, swinging on a rope, chopping wood and preparing a meal using a gas stove and an oven made from soil and stones. The schools headmaster tours the camp. | |||
| SCOUT DISPLAY 31ST MAY 1947 | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 2866 | |||
| Film of a scout display at Bolton School. Scouts demonstrate the building of various structures from wood and rope. A stretcher constructed in this manner, is used in the staged tending of a bicycle crash victim. There are also cooking demonstrations. Closes with shots of a speech being delivered in a hall, to a non-scout audience. | |||
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| [AFTER THE WEDDING AND COASTAL HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 3115 | |||
| Film opens with footage of people - including the bride and groom - leaving a wedding. Continues with footage of children in a garden, a man writing at a desk in a garden and high angle shots of a coastal town. Also features footage of three elderly people on a windswept beach. They are seen playing boules with some stones and struggling up sand dunes to a Union Jack. The same people are seen playing pitch and putt golf and picnicing on a beach, closes with shots of people walking around a garden | |||
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| [FIREWORKS AND GORTON WHIT WALK] | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 3459 | |||
| Footage of an elaborate firework display, and a whit walk on the streets of Gorton, with a brass band, brownies, girl guides and little girls in their best dresses. | |||
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| [ON THE PROM AT BLACKPOOL] | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 3460 | |||
| Footage of the beach and promenade at Blackpool, with people sitting in deckchairs on the sand and walking along the prom. There are views of the tower and North Pier from the beach, and shots of surging, crashing waves. | |||
| [DENIS PRESTON ON HOLIDAY TO BOURNEMOUTH] | |||
| Date: *1947 Film Number: 3554 | |||
| Shots of Denis Preston at Victoria Station in London with several steam engines. After brief views of Bournemouth, Denis is seen on the beach with his mother Margaret and sister Angela. Denis is also seen on a motorboat ride at a fun fair. | |||
| [PONIES] | |||
| Date: *1947 Film Number: 3628 | |||
| Rosemary and Valerie Hindley and family friends, including Michael and Bill Bannister, are seen practising over the jumps at Manor House, Blacko and looking after their ponies. | |||
| POWER FOR SHIPS | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 3861 | |||
| A film about the use of Crossley Engines in shipping, with a description of how they are designed, constructed and installed. There are views of various ships which use Crossley engines in action, and the advantages of Crossley engines are detailed. North West examples show the Knott End ferry in Fleetwood and tugs and other vessels on the Manchester Ship Canal. | |||
| [AT CRICCIETH IN 1947] | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 4120 | |||
| Joan Rendell is seen outside a house, next to the car. Various members of the Rendell, Hill and Welch families are also seen on the beach and playing in the sea at Criccieth. | |||
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| [GLASSON DOCK SCENES AND MISC.] | |||
| Date: *1947 Film Number: 4216 | |||
| Collection of miscellaneous shots - Beatrice Eastham asleep in deckchair; lads diving into harbour; sailing ships; a couple and a dog outside a terraced house; children building a snowman. The film ends with scenes from Glasson Dock near Lancashire - two boys in a rowing boat on a wet and windy day, people on the quayside and the boys are finally seen washing the deck of sailing boat. | |||
| SCOTLAND 1947 | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 4224 | |||
| Holiday in Scotland, around the Firth of Forth - shaky views from a moving vehicle, a trip on a paddle steamer, with views of the boat from the shore. Also views of the steamer, Queen Mary II, and the liner Aquitania in dock. The film ends with shots of the Flemings on the seafront at Blackpool. | |||
| [BUSINESS TRIP TO USA] | |||
| Date: 1947 Film Number: 4376 | |||
| Film of Peter Sykes' business trip to America in December 1947 (family business was engineering). He is seen on deck with colleagues on the Queen Mary, before they arrive in New York. General views of the city, as well as the interior of a supermarket. Brief shots of Pennsylvania and an Amish community as well as a visit to Niagara Falls. There are views of Washington DC including the White House, the military cemetery at Arlington and George Washington's house at Mount Vernon. A Christmas parade in New York is seen, before they set sail for home on the liner Mauretania. | |||
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| [EDITH HANNA PICKING DAFFODILS WITH JOHN WINDOW] | |||
| Date: *1947 Film Number: 5133 | |||
| Footage of daffodils growing in a field next to a stream. An elderly gentleman (John Window) with a walking stick is pictured with a daffodil in his coat lapel. The film ends with shots of Edith Hanna picking daffodils. 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 | |||
| [SLIPPER MANUFACTURE] | |||
| Date: *1947 Film Number: 5191 | |||
| Close up shots of a man operating a machine (believed to be at Lambert Howarth and Sons Ltd in Burnley) that staples the upper piece of the slipper to the sole. 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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