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Record 2926 – 2945 of 11096
| [MAP READING AND DRIVING IN THE LAKE DISTRICT] | |||
| Date: *1948 Film Number: 5185 | |||
| Members of the Hanna Family study an ordnance survey map on the bonnet of their car in the Lake District before driving down into a village. The driving shots are taken from the passenger seat of the car as it travels down a track, under a railway bridge and past houses. 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 | |||
| [FURNESS ABBEY] | |||
| Date: *1948 Film Number: 5257 | |||
| Footage of Furness Abbey near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Various exterior shots of the abbey including visitors walking in the grounds and amongst the ruins, and a girl walking over a stone bridge. 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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| [SAFETY FIRST 1948] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 5260 | |||
| Scenes from a road safety film showing the flow of traffic and pedestrians in streets in Burnley, including several travelling shots taken from a car. Cars, buses, vans, motorcycles and bicycles are seen as pedestrians attempt to cross the roads. Some shots show different driving conditions, such as light snow on the road, and there is a high angle view of a busy street scene (possibly Burnley town centre). 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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| [ROYAL VISITS TO MANCHESTER AND HALE] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 5428 | |||
| Brief record of royal visits to Manchester and Hale. Crowds line Peter Street in Manchester as the royal motorcade travels past. After brief footage of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip indoors, the film cuts to shots of the crowds in Hale who watch and wave flags at the passing royal car carrying Queen Elizabeth through the village. | |||
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| [WINDERMERE AND LLANGOLLEN] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 6234 | |||
| Pam Cartmell and June Miller are seen in a boat on Lake Windermere and in the garden of a large house. Views of the River Dee at Llangollen and a train are followed by the Miller family having a picnic and playing on a beach in Anglesey. | |||
| [TENNIS AND DIVING SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1948 Film Number: 7143 | |||
| Scenes at a tennis court, followed by shots of naked boys and young men in bathing costumes diving into a lake. All footage is slow motion. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [JUMPING DOG AND TENNIS SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1948 Film Number: 7144 | |||
| Slow motion footage of a dog repeatedly leaping over a fence, a man jumping over a tennis net and two men playing tennis. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| W. RANGELEY AND F. AKISTER DEMONSTRATING FIELD EVENTS | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 7147 | |||
| Slow motion footage of men teaching and demonstrating various athletic techniques in a field (possibly near Tatton Park in Cheshire). Boys are taught how to throw a discus and hammer, and to perform a sprint start. A man is then shown throwing the shot putt, discus, hammer and javelin and performing handstands. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| FRANK AKISTER THROWING THE HAMMER | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 7169 | |||
| Slow motion footage of a man, Frank Akister, throwing the hammer in a field (possibly near Tatton Park in Cheshire). Concludes with Mr Akister performing handstands. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| FANCY THAT | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 7361 | |||
| This compilation of three newsreel stories opens with the work of Mrs Beatrice Parkinson, a lighthouse keeper on the Lancashire coast. She makes her way along the shoreline to the Plover Scar lighthouse near Cockerham, where she cleans and lights the lamps before returning to a second lighthouse at Cockersands. The reel also contains stories about a mysterious underground shell grotto in Margate and the workings of a 'Blizzard Machine' that produces fake snow for a London stage show called 'Stars on Ice'. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [BLACKPOOL - PLEASURE BEACH, STANLEY PARK AND BEACH SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 6945 | |||
| Scenes showing Blackpool Pleasure Beach with crowds of holidaymakers walking amongst rides close to the Funhouse and around the Noah's Ark attraction. Children, including the filmmaker's son David, take rides in Flying Machines, toy boats and on a miniature ferris wheel. Children ride on a horse carousel and play on swings and slides in a playground. A miniature railway carrying tourists is seen. David and friend Peter Hill are seen with other children rowing boats on Stanley Park lake and amongst flowers inside the Park conservatory. Concludes with family members on the beach near the North Pier, building sand castles and eating ice creams. | |||
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| [AMERICA 1948] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 6872 | |||
| William, Freda Moss and friends on a trip to America showing visits to New York, Washington DC and Boston. There is a short black and white sequence of the party in London, boarding a plane and Times Square lit up at night. The reel continues with excellent colour footage of Broadway at night, various street scenes with traffic and pedestrians along and a harbour trip with shots of the Statue of Liberty and the New York skyline. The party visit Capitol Hill and other monuments in Washington DC, then they take a boat trip on the Potomac River. There are shots of the countryside during a car journey with stops to the Cherokee Indian Reserve and the town of Asheville, North Carolina. The group are seen boarding a plane bound for Boston, where the reel concludes with general scenes of the city and the Charles River. | |||
| [THE CAMPAIGNERS - THANKSGIVING, RE-COMMISSION, REDEDICATION, 16TH OCTOBER 1948] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 8265 | |||
| The church movement holds a parade on Saturday 16th October 1948. There is an inspection of uniformed youth members in Albert Square. The Lord Mayor (Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones) inspects the ranks , then the Campaigners march past Central Library and down Oxford Road to All Saints. They enter a church; brief interior shot, then they come out and people disperse. Founded by Colin C Kerr in 1922, The Campaigners was an Evangelical youth movement for children of different ages. It serves to strengthen ties with local churches and develop the members Christian Faith. | |||
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| [SHREWSBURY 1948; PARTIES AT HOME] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 8387 | |||
| On a trip to Shrewsbury, a group go sightseeing, enjoy some ice cream, watch boats out on the River Severn and brief shots of the Shrewsbury flower show. Back home, the family and friends get together for a meal at home. Some guests take turns filming with a cine camera. | |||
| I SAW IT HAPPEN | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 8396 | |||
| Guests can be seen arriving at St Luke's Church in Farnworth for the wedding of David Alexander Mitchell and May (maiden name unknown). Soon, the bride and her father arrive at the church. After the service, the newlyweds exit the church and have photographs taken. The film ends with brief shots of the couple cutting their wedding cake at the reception. | |||
| [IN THE GARDEN AND CORNWALL HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 9287 | |||
| Mary and a elderly woman [grandmother?] with baby Elizabeth sat on a window seat with a cat. Elizabeth in a basket being tickled then Mary pushing a pram in the garden with two dogs running by her. In the garden Mary and elderly woman sat on a bench and then in a hammock are then joined by two young women and a man drinking tea. Brief street scenes in Tewkesbury, Cheddar Gorge then views from cliffs in Cornwall. The Sagar family sat in deckchairs on a beach followed by more clifftop views and Mary sat on the rocks before walking up a steep seaside village street. | |||
| [CARYLON BAY AND BUDE] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 9300 | |||
| Views of the beach then the flowerbeds in the grounds of Carlyon Bay Hotel followed by views of Bude. Mrs Sagar and friend struggling to walk on a steep hill then sat with friends larking about. | |||
| [WEDDING SCENES AT ST CUTHBERTS] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 10678 | |||
| The bride arrives at St. Cuthbert's church in Withington followed by the bride and groom exiting the church and departing in the wedding car. The wedding party walk in a park, pose for photographs and then brief shots of all the wedding guests. | |||
| [MALPAS & OTHER SCENES 1948] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 7770 | |||
| Malpas scenes of varies weddings, bee keeping and a Lambeth conference. A trip to the Isle of Man where you see the air craft taking off and aerial views from on the aircraft. A selection of sport footage women and men hockey, diving and football. clips of horse-drawn trams and faces of the men involved in the Paris council. | |||
| [A CHRISTENING] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 7805 | |||
| Footage of the Christening of an unknown child with the Brickhills in 1948, Mother and baby walk through the churchyard towards the church, they exit the church and family and friends hold the baby. Mother and child have photographs taken on the steps of a large house, then in the garden the mother plays with some black poodle puppies . | |||
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