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| FIRE CALL FATALITY | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 285 | |||
| A Stockport fire engine crashed through a bridge parapet, killing the Fire Chief, Howard Beckwith, and injuring two other officers. Shots of the scene, followed by a sequence showing the funeral procession and interment. | |||
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| [FASHION & BATHING AT SOUTHPORT] | |||
| Date: *1926 Film Number: 288 | |||
| Around the open air swimming pool there is a parade of women's and girl's fashions. High divers show off and adults and children splash and frolic in the pool. 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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| KING FUAD VISITS METROVICK | |||
| Date: *1926 Film Number: 960 | |||
| King Fuad visits Metrovick - he arrives by car, is welcomed, and then tours the factory floor, meeting the workforce and examining various products. | |||
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| [AT GLENGARRY - AND OTHER PLACES] | |||
| Date: *1926 Film Number: 1946 | |||
| Members of the Preston family walk along the South Shore promenade in Blackpool. They visit the fun fair and have a ride on the merry-go-round. Includes various streetscenes - of Liverpool, Southport and Lloyd Road in Levenshulme. Also a brief view of a train on the Liverpool Overhead Railway. The family are also seen standing in the garden at Glengarry. Includes close up shots of hens feeding with their chicks and a group of baby ducks paddling in their water bowl. | |||
| [FOX-HUNTING, BROADWAY APRIL 1926] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 2085 | |||
| Family footage of a fox hunt shot in Broadway; April 1926. Crowds of people gather in the countryside to watch the hunt assemble. The huntsmen are seen milling about amongst their horses, dogs and the rest of the crowd. Scenes of the chase include a shot of the pack streaming through an opening in between some trees and across a field followed closely by the rest of the riders. | |||
| [HOLIDAY IN BROADWAY; APRIL / MAY 1926] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 2086 | |||
| Family footage shot in Broadway; Spring 1926. The film opens on slow moving shots taken from a vehicle travelling down a quiet village street. Includes brief scenes around a dairy farm - cows are seen eating hay in a farm yard and grazing in a meadow; two men are seen ploughing a field with the aid of four shire horses and a close up shot of a gaggle of geese includes an array of farming equipment and machinery in the background. Also features a group of adults walking in the country and sitting in the back of a convertible car. | |||
| [MAY 1926; BRASTED] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 2087 | |||
| Various members of the Behrens family are seen standing outside a house in Brasted. Miscellaneous shots include a woman walking through a gateway, arms interlinked with a maid (in uniform); a young child walking down a garden path towards the camera and a convertible car travelling slowly down a country lane. | |||
| ['HOLY ROYDE', THE BEECHES MAY/JUNE 1926] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 2088 | |||
| Various scenes of children playing in a garden situated in West Didsbury. They are seen bouncing up and down on a wooden washing line support. The toddler is also seen pushing a doll around the lawn in a toy push chair. Some of the footage is also shot in the garden of Mr and Mrs Behrens who lived in 'Holly Royde', Withington. | |||
| [WEDDING; CASTLE HOWARD JULY 1926] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 2089 | |||
| Members of the Behrens family attend the wedding of Edgar Behrens and Winifred Luckhurst at Castle Howard on the 12th July 1926. The film begins with the bride-to-be and her page boys and bridesmaid, practicing walking up the castle steps with a long train. Includes various landscape shots of the building and its grounds. On the day of the wedding the guests are seen milling around socialising with one another. Prominent among the guests are Lord Oxford, Asquith and Philip Godlee of Manchester. The page boys, dressed in sailors outfits, try to amuse themselves by leapfroging one another and doing somersaults on the grass. The bride arrives in a car and is seen walking up the steps dressed in her finery. Concludes with various shots of the married couple. A few guests are seen getting into a convertible car and driving off. | |||
| [PENSARN; JULY/AUGUST 1926] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 2090 | |||
| Members of the Behrens family on holiday in Pensarn, North Wales, in 1926. Two little girls are seen digging a huge hole on the beach. They wear dresses and are covered in wet sand. Concludes with a shot of the family group sitting on the beach, some in deckchairs and one man in the hole the girls have made. | |||
| [HOLIDAY IN ITALY; SEPT/OCT 1926] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 2091 | |||
| Members of the Behrens family on holiday in Italy; 1926. Includes scenic views of the surrounding landscape and various buildings and boats situated along a riverbank. Also features brief shots of two Italian women carrying their clean laundry and washing equipment back from the rivers edge; a moving shot of a train travelling along the railway line towards the camera and a farmer sitting on a trailer that is being pulled along the road by two oxen. | |||
| BURY CIVIC JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS - MAYORAL PROCESSION, SUNDAY, SEPT 5th 1926 | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 4020 | |||
| The Mayor and Mayoress of Bury are seen with various civic dignitaries prior to participating in a procession through the streets of the town to the Parish Church. The procession is also seen leaving the church following the service. | |||
| [ROYAL VISIT TO MACCLESFIELD] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 5983 | |||
| Film documenting King George V royal visit to Macclesfield in 1926. The procession starts with police officers followed by a silver band passing down a street with crowds gathered on either side. Many of the crowd are carrying umbrellas due to the bad weather. A number of bands follow as well as officials, firefighters and police officers in ceremonial dress, one of whom was Henry Sheasby Chief Constable of Macclesfield. | |||
| [BOAT RACE, FLIGHT TO PARIS, HORSE RACES AND CUMBRIA SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 6904 | |||
| Scenes from the 1926 Cambridge v Oxford boat race showing Cambridge winning the race. A plane makes a departure flight from Croydon to Paris, with and aerial views of the English Channel and French countryside, then stops at Abbeville to refuel. Footage includes shots of Parisian streets, with the Arc de Triomphe seen from a moving taxi and horse racing on Easter Sunday at the Longchamps race course. Continues with a trip to Grasmere and Easedale valley. Concludes with a brief sequence of holidaymakers on Blackpool beach and scenes showing people walking along the deck of a cruise ship and wishing farewells to friends, as the cruise liner RMS Laconia is seen leaving Liverpool harbour. | |||
| [GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, RAF DISPLAY, CRICKET MATCH & BEAR SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 6906 | |||
| Scenes from the presentation of the Ashton Trophy and the Open Golf Championship in 1926 showing golfers on the course as crowds watching match play. Includes footage from a Royal Air Force display with a variety of aeroplanes on parade, including biplanes flying in air and on parade, the Cierva Autogyro and an experimental tailless aircraft called the Pterodactyl flying as crowds watch from field. Continues with a cricket match at Blackpool cricket ground with Australia and interior shots of the Blackpool Tower Bear playing in enclosure. | |||
| CHRISTMAS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA 1926 | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 6908 | |||
| A four part travelogue to the West Indies during Christmas 1926: Reel 1 Begins with shots of an ocean liner RMSP Arcadian setting sail across the Atlantic and includes a graphic sequence showing a map of the Atlantic as a hand holds a pen highlighting various destinations of the trip. The Parkinson family and friends are seen aboard the ship sitting on the deck reading, playing games and participating in races. Scenes show Afro-Caribbean people rowing off the coast of Barbados, including a harbour police boat on patrol. Continues with footage of streetscenes with horse-drawn vehicles and people walking along past shops in unidentified town. Members of the holiday party are seen bathing at Crane beach and travelling by car to the Port of Spain. Scenes show a Trinidadian young man climbing up a coconut tree and preparing fruit, while local women carry goods on their heads and a woman called Mandy poses for the camera as making a straw hat. A brief sequence shows a man holding a devil crab. Concludes with shots of a lone man smoking on a boat interspersed with a hand writing postcard style notes to friends. Reel 2 Continues with Trinidadian streetscenes showing a local woman selling fruit. Scenes aboard the ocean liner during a boat drill, people are seen in emergency boats as being lowered to sea. There are shots of the port La Guaira seen from the ship deck, with mist covered mountains in the background. Footage includes a train journey on the Caracus railway, with a brief stop in Caracus and shots of the Venezuelan countryside from the moving train. Passengers take a break after the train stops to clear a landslide. Scenes in Willemstadt, Curacao show bustling streets and a visit to an ostrich farm. Various streetscenes and the docks of Cristobal showing the entrance to the Panama Canal as boats sail along. Includes more shots of passengers participating in deck games aboard cruise ship, including a tug-of-war match. Ends with passengers stood at the docks of Colon and shots of the harbour. Reel 3 Ocean liner Arcadian makes it's way up the Panama Canal passing through the Gaillard Cut, past boats and docks as passengers sit watching from the ship deck. Footage includes a trip to Panama City with a panoramic view from the hillside and a visit to the Presidential 'Heron' Palace. The trip continues to Jamaica with shots of a cotton tree, the Lord Rodney memorial in Spanish Town and a young Jamaican boy poses for the camera. There are shots of Kingston streets and the ocean liner Arcadia docked in the harbour. Members of the party play tennis and paddle in a swimming pool, while a couple practice dance steps in a large room. More scenes include a day at the horse races and Havana streets and harbour. Reel 4 Final reel of the Parkinson's trip around the Caribbean trip, including harbour and forest scenes around Bermuda and the Azores Islands. Begins with shots of men playing with a tortoise on an outside patio, streetscenes with horse-drawn vehicles along in unidentified town and people buying souvenirs from street sellers. Passengers are seen in a small boat climbing ashore. Includes a sequence showing two exotic birds stood on top of a cage. Parkinson family members are seen sat on deck having drinks and a picnic, a couple play a hoop throwing game and a group of men (some dressed in uniforms) smoke as posing for the camera. | |||
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| HELLO FOOTBALL 1926-1927! BURNLEY A.F.C. | |||
| Date: 1926/7 Film Number: 646 | |||
| The film shows the 1926-7 season team of Burnley F.C. at practice - running, stepping, sprinting, mock fighting, etc. Includes shots of the goalkeeper and the mascot dog as it plays with the ball. | |||
| [HOLIDAYS, TRAINS AND TRAFFIC] | |||
| Date: *1926-27 Film Number: 1158 | |||
| The Preston Family on holiday at a southern seaside resort. They are seen picnicing outside a bathing hut on the beach; swimming in an indoor pool and walking along the seafront. Also includes footage of rough seas taken from the pier, traffic at a busy crossroads, a railway station and various shots of Mr and Mrs Preston getting into and out of a chauffeur driven car. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [WIGWAM ON THE LAWN] | |||
| Date: 1926-27 Film Number: 2200 | |||
| Two young girls are seen running and dancing around a garden. They sit on a blanket playing with their dolls. A homemade wig-wam is situated in the middle of the lawn. Two women sit in deckchairs watching the children play. | |||
| A VISIT TO THE LONDON ZOO | |||
| Date: *1926-28 Film Number: 535 | |||
| An extensive tour of the pens and cages at London Zoo with elaborate explanatory titles. The trip was made by pupils of Stockport School though they do not appear, except perhaps as passengers on elephants etc. | |||
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