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| [IN A COASTAL GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1925-9 Film Number: 12126 | |||
| We see a group of people posing on a bench for the camera, they are in a garden where the seafront can be seen in the background. They pose for the camera, mess about and approach the camera in groups of two and three. | |||
| PRODUCING A MODERN NEWSPAPER | |||
| Date: c1925-35 Film Number: 1195 | |||
| Documents the processes involved in producing a newspaper at the Bolton Evening News. Includes interior shots of the print works; people selling papers on the streets and paperboys delivering newspapers to people's homes. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| ASBESTOS MINE AT AMIANDOS | |||
| Date: 1925-35 Film Number: 10729 | |||
| Views of the asbestos mine in Amiandos in Cyprus followed by women and children posing for the camera and a church under construction in Amiandos town. On board a ocean liner we approach Malta, then views of Malta taken from the upper town followed by market and street scenes. After leaving Malta on board a liner we have views of Calais harbour and approaching the cliffs of Dover. | |||
| FARMING IN KENYA | |||
| Date: 1925-39 Film Number: 10716 | |||
| Bulldozing an antheap in Kenya followed by a gas powered traction engine ploughing a field before planting maize with an oxen pulled seed drill. After Oxen going to the water trough we have a mother and child then a small naked boy crying at the camera. A woman carrying firewood then a game of Polo with parts shot in slow motion. Two women carrying large bales of grass for thatching is followed by a 14 oxen team pulling a plough. | |||
| [VULCAN LOCOMOTIVES ON THE MOVE, 'OPERATION' MOVE', AND OTHER HEAVY HAULAGE SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1925-9/65-9 Film Number: 11046 | |||
| Heavy haulage scenes, this film opens with black and white footage from the 1920s. We see a Vulcan locomotive being transported by road. The driver manoeuvres the lorry through narrow shopping streets and crowds gather to watch. This is followed by scenes from 'Operation Move' in the 1960s. Huge industrial parts are transported by road, accompanied by a police escort. As with the scenes from the 1920s, there are large crowds of onlookers following the slow progress of the vehicle. The heavy haulage vehicle and its entourage eventually arrive at ICI Rocksavage Works. The rest of the film consists of other scenes of heavy haulage, and scenes demonstrating how extremely large items are transported. There are also shots of Widnes Foundry. | |||
| THE ANIMATED PORTRAIT GALLERY | |||
| Date: 1925/27 Film Number: 2774 | |||
| Various members of the Higginson family are seen standing around and also relaxing in a garden. They are also seen standing near The Lake Side Cafe and beside a car. The film features footage of Mr G H Higginson jumping around wildly and doing handstands and forward rolls. Following his exertions he is seen holding his daughter Sylvia. Sylvia is also seen two years later with her grandmother in a garden. | |||
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| [SKATING AT SEFTON PARK AND CAMPING SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1925/7-9 Film Number: 7116 | |||
| Scenes showing members of the Randall family and friends on a winter's day skating on Sefton Park Lake. Two men (one of them Ken Wilson?) play leapfrog in the garden of the family home, smoking a pipe and talking to the camera. A group of men are seen sitting outside their tents during a camping trip at Skelwith. Footage includes two older men dancing on the sidelines of a rugby pitch- on a windy day, followed by shots of unidentified teams playing in a rugby match. Further scenes show men and women skating on Sefton Park Lake, men on a camping holiday near Morecambe, including shots of a man dancing to a gramophone record and another pointing a rifle as he shoots at a bottle target. Ends with a group of men taking a pleasure boat trip on Lake Windermere, having a meal inside a tent and pulling a piece of farming equipment in a nearby field. | |||
| [PARKINSON FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1925* Film Number: 6905 | |||
| Scenes showing children of the Parkinson family playing in the garden, including twin sister girls sat on the laps of relatives, a child rides a tricycle and family members drive off in an open top car. Outdoor shots include a 'coy' young Brenda posing for the camera while a woman companion called Endy (a relative?) reads a newspaper. There are interior shots of a little girl opening a birthday present, baby Pamela's 'Premiere' as she is seen with a dummy in her mouth and a baby boy at bathtime. | |||
| OPENING OF MANCHESTER CIVIC WEEK 1926 | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 7 | |||
| The Mayor makes a speech to a crowd in Albert Square. Shots of a procession of floats and vehicles approaching the town centre, then a procession of soldiers and sailors. A night time shot of a firework display. | |||
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| MANCHESTER GREETS COBHAM | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 41 | |||
| Sir Alan Cobham flies in to the aerodrome at Hough End Fallowfield Manchester, to be greeted by the Lord Mayor and a large crowd. A part of the Manchester Civic week celebrations of October 1926. | |||
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| WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 66 | |||
| The tale of Mr. Jones, who has influenza; nothing makes him feel better until he dreams of visiting the Isle of Man. He boards a ship in the dream; arrives at the Isle and takes a ride in a horse-drawn tram with a young woman. A scene of a Manx traditional wedding; the dreamer proposes to the woman. | |||
| ALTON [COMPANY PICNIC] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 86 | |||
| A Carborundum Company day out at Alton Towers - the staff and children are shown arriving by train, in the gardens at Alton Towers, on a boating lake, taking donkey rides, running races, being entertained by fairground activities and a punch and judy show, and finally a tug-of-war. | |||
| A HINT ABOUT A GAS STOVE | |||
| Date: *1926 Film Number: 97 | |||
| A story about a woman who goes out shopping and forgets the joint of meat in the oven, with the result that it burns. To avoid this happening again she invents a gadget with an alarm clock and a hairpin, which will turn off the gas at the right time. | |||
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| KIRKHAM, NOVEMBER 1926 | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 98 | |||
| Unveiling of Kirkham war memorial. Procession to the war memorial, including a brass band, policemen, veterans, ambulancemen, boy scouts and girl guides, postmen or railway workers, and war widows. At the churchyard, arrival of Mayor and civic dignitaries, Lieutenant General Sir Richard Butler and Reverend Cresswell Strange. Memorial unveiled, last post sounded. Shots of spectators. Shot of Wesham war memorial. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| THE PRINCE OF WALES AT CHESTER | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 107 | |||
| The Prince of Wales is officially welcomed to Chester, is presented to various people, gives out medals, sees a display at the racecourse, and lays a wreath on a memorial. | |||
| [PEOPLE OF THE AXE] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 114 | |||
| A clip of a much longer film. A stone-age man (that is, a boy wearing animal skins) drinks from a pond. A bear is seen up a tree and the man runs away from it. Group of stone-age men working at a flint quarry; another runs down to them. Group of men following a horse. | |||
| NORTH END v LIVERPOOL DIRECTORS ANNUAL BOWLING MATCH, WEDNESDAY JULY 13TH 1926 | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 130 | |||
| Shots of the bowling match in Preston, followed by scenes of players enjoying some liquid refreshment, and generally fooling around in front of the clubhouse. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM AT ULVERSTON] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 163 | |||
| The treatment of a particular patient at High Carley tuberculosis sanatorium near Ulverston - he is shown arriving at the station, being admitted, examined and x-rayed, and a microscope slide of the tubercule germ is seen. The patient visits the dentist and is shown, with the other patients, participating in the routines of the hospital - treatment, rest and nourishing meals; work and exercise in the grounds in the form of building stables, poultry-keeping, croquet etc.; indoor recreation such as cards and billiards, music etc. The man is cured and leaves, and the final scenes are of children in the sanatorium, having lessons, treatment etc. 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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| ENGLISH CUP REPLAY NORTHEND v ROVERS THURSDAY JAN 14TH 1926 | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 263 | |||
| Preston Northend at home against Blackburn Rovers - views of the stand and spectators, followed by scenes of the action. Blackburn won 4-1. (Image very faint due to deterioration of the original.) [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| UNVEILING OF WAR MEMORIAL BY EARL JELLICOE | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 278 | |||
| Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Jellicoe of Scapa GCB, OM, GCVO, inspects troops, unveils Preston war memorial, and lays a wreath, in front of large crowds of spectators. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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