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Record 2946 – 2965 of 11096
| OPENING OF NEW BOWLING GREEN AND TENNIS COURTS AT PRIESTNALL HEY BY RT. HON. G. A. ISAACS M.P. 15.5.48 | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 8577 | |||
| Renold workers and others walk around in the sunshine in the Priestnall Hey grounds, and watch the official opening of the new leisure facilities. Men are seen playing bowls on the green and there is a brief sequence on a tennis court. | |||
| INGLETON WATERFALLS | |||
| Date: *1948 Film Number: 5209 | |||
| Views of the Ingleton Waterfalls on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. In addition to lingering shots of the falls and rivers themselves, visitors are seen climbing stone steps, clambering on to rocks and walking behind one of the falls at Thornton Force. Also includes shots of the dales landscape. 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 | |||
| [LUGANO AND MILAN] | |||
| Date: 1948 Film Number: 6868 | |||
| William and Freda Moss' holiday to Italy with friends. General views of the mountains and lake Lugano are followed by scenes of a religious procession through village streets and of a visit to central Milan including the cathedral and of the party relaxing at the hotel. Views taken from a train and aeroplane conclude. | |||
| [EILEEN'S 21ST BIRTHDAY PARTY] | |||
| Date: *1948 Film Number: 8903 | |||
| Scenes from a 21st birthday celebration. Friends and family, all smartly attired in evening dress, sit down to a formal meal and then enjoy dancing to a small band. The reel ends with informal scenes - young people sit in a living room chatting and making a fuss of the family dog. | |||
| WARRINGTON AND DISTRICT MASTER BAKERS ASSOCIATION 1948 OUTING TO LLANGOLLEN; 1949 OUTING TO LLANDUDNO; BOWLING AT LYMM HOTEL; WINDERMERE | |||
| Date: 1948-53 Film Number: 8356 | |||
| On Easter Sunday 1948, members of Warrington and District Master Bakers Association can be seen sat on a coach ready to travel to Llangollen. They spend the day walking around the town and later stop for a picnic. On Easter Sunday 1948, the group travel to Llandudno. They travel by bus and stop off at The Singing Kettle in Lloc for a break. Once in Llandudno, they walk along the promenade and the beach. The film cuts to June 1949, some people play bowls on Lymm Hotel bowling green. Others have tea and refreshments outside on the hotel grounds. In 1951, the group visit Windermere where they look around the town and then take a boat trip out on the lake. In May 1951, they visit Llandudno again. They arrive at the hotel and walk around the grounds. The film cuts to Lymm Hotel in June 1951, a woman looks after a baby in a cot while others play bowls. In 1952, the group visit Betws-y-Coed where they stay at the Waterloo Hotel and visit Swallow Falls. In 1953, the group hold their annual party at the Grand Hotel in Llandudno. | |||
| [LIVERPOOL CINEMA ADVERTISEMENTS] | |||
| Date: *1948/49 Film Number: 295 | |||
| Caption advertisements for Nutex coke smokeless fuel and a clothes shop - Willsons, Liverpool's Centre of Fashion. | |||
| FIBRE TO FABRIC | |||
| Date: *1948/49 Film Number: 893 | |||
| Made for showing at an exhibition stand at the British Industries Fair, for the William Pickles Group of Manchester, the film shows the handling of cotton from the unloading of cotton bales, through the various processes of carding, spinning, weaving and dyeing, to a display of finished bales and made up goods. 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/ [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [STREET SCENES AND ACTIVITIES AROUND OLDHAM] | |||
| Date: 1948-49 Film Number: 1464 | |||
| Streetscenes and activities around Oldham in the late 1940s. Includes shots of the town centre; a busy market scene; men working on a building site; a woman pegging out the washing in the back streets; men tending to their allotments; people sat watching a brass band in the park; fairground workers setting up rides and stalls and passengers waiting on the platform with their luggage before departing on a steam train. | |||
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| [LORD RHODES OF SADDLEWORTH AT A GARDEN PARTY] | |||
| Date: *1948-49 Film Number: 1733 | |||
| Lord Rhodes of Saddleworth, Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne 1945-64, is seen attending a garden party in the grounds of a cathedral. | |||
| NEWS IN BRIEF [MONTGOMERY IN ALBERT SQUARE] | |||
| Date: c1948-49 Film Number: 2608 | |||
| Film of Lord Montgomery receiving the salute from troops in Albert Square Manchester in the company of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Miss Mary Kingsmill Jones. The 'drive for troops was promoted by the East Lancs Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association. | |||
| THE ICI RUBBER LABORATORIES | |||
| Date: 1948-9 Film Number: 3252 | |||
| A film showing the research department of ICI at Hexagon House in Blackley and the testing of new rubber materials. Various tests such as streteching, rubbing, abrasion distortion and reaction to temperature and atmospheric conditions are seen. The moulding of latex into model fish is seen, and also the testing of vulcanised latex rubber. | |||
| [SYKES FAMILY SCENES - CHRISTMAS AND JUDITH] | |||
| Date: *1948/9 Film Number: 4370 | |||
| Peter Sykes is seen putting up the Christmas decorations, as well as stockings for his son Geoff. Geoff Sykes plays with his presents in the sitting room on Christmas Day. Geoff and his father go to St Anne's on the Sea War Memorial Hospital to collect his mother Florence and baby sister Judith - whose Christening is also seen. Geoff learns to ride a tricycle and sail a model boat with his father, and there are scenes from a church fete, including a film show and an early version of a jukebox. Geoff is seen playing in the garden with some other children and his sister. A lorry is loaded with crates, probably connected to the family's engineering business, and the film ends with a family trip to the seaside. | |||
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| [BOY SCOUT SING SONG] | |||
| Date: *1948/9 Film Number: 4384 | |||
| A group of boy scouts and their leaders - probably 11th Lytham St Anne's - are seen singing around a fireplace with a log fire. | |||
| A LITTLE KNOWN COUNTRY - THE FAROES | |||
| Date: *1948/9 Film Number: 4433 | |||
| Film of a trip by trawler to the Faroe Islands - setting off from Grimsby, there are scenes from the journey and of the islands - including the towns of Sorvaag and Thorshaven, and the whaling station at Lopra. | |||
| [ROSSALL SEA WALL; MAYOR MAKING; HMS FLEETWOOD] | |||
| Date: *1948/9 Film Number: 4436 | |||
| Very rough seas are seen at Rossall near Blackpool, during repair work to the sea wall. A Mayor-making ceremony takes place at Fleetwood town hall, and HMS Fleetwood is seen at Dartmouth and the Wyre Dock. A civic visit - possibly from Fleetwood - is seen on the deck of the battleship. | |||
| [GARDEN SCENES; CHATSWORTH HOUSE; NAVY SHIP] | |||
| Date: 1948/9 Film Number: 4717 | |||
| Various members of the Hagon family are seen in the garden of Eric Hagon's mother in Erith, Kent, and there are views of the garden covered in snow. The family go on a picnic and visit Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Scenes on board a navy ship, with lifeboat practice and views of Gibraltar from the sea. | |||
| [SCHOOL SPORTS DAY] | |||
| Date: *1948/9 Film Number: 4766 | |||
| Scenes from a school sports day - the judges are seen, including the mayor and one of the De La Salle Brothers, and there are views of the sack race, the gymnastics display and the parent's race. Further views of the sports day taken from inside the school building conclude. | |||
| BURNLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE | |||
| Date: *1948-49 Film Number: 5153 | |||
| Film covering different aspects of the work and activities of the public library service in Burnley. After opening shots of library committee members studying a map in a committee room, a town council meeting is addressed by the mayor and the library chairman. Members of the public use facilities at Burnley central library including the reading and magazine rooms, a display of maps and the music and reference libraries. Staff undertake tasks such as shelving and withdrawing books, and preparing, sorting and cataloguing stock. Scenes of general activity at Marshall and Rosegrove libraries are followed by the opening of the new Burnley Wood Branch library, attended by the mayor. Speakers address an audience at the inauguration of the Gramaphone Record Library, before the film ends with shots of an art exhibition. 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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| [YORKSHIRE DALES, LITTONDALE] | |||
| Date: *1948-49 Film Number: 5173 | |||
| A holiday taken in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales. The film includes general views of the landscape and shots of individual buildings of interest (including Old Cotes, The Falcon Pub, St. Oswald's Church) in and around Arncliffe. Also features footage of livestock and of a man and boy walking in a field. 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 | |||
| [HANDICRAFT LESSONS, SCHOOL ASSEMBLY] | |||
| Date: *1948/49 Film Number: 5187 | |||
| Handicraft lessons and school assembly at Abel Street School in Burnley. Pupils are seen working on a variety of practical tasks in the school workshop, joining pieces of wood, planing, sanding and shaping bowls using mallets and hammers. Also includes footage of a school assembly in which children are addressed by the headmaster, sing from hymn books, pray and file out of the hall. 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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