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Record 3126 – 3145 of 11241
| [CROWN GREEN BOWLS; YACHTS] | |||
| Date: *1949 Film Number: 10990 | |||
| Groups of men play crown green bowls watched by the women sat drinking tea in front of the clubhouse and a little boy plays with a toy fire engine. Two women climb into the back of a car. On board a yacht sailing on the river Mersey then views of other sailing boats. Taking the yacht out of the docks and a man being lifted by a crane to reach and remove the mast. More sailing scenes are followed by a car exiting the Tranmere Sailing Club. | |||
| [AMATEUR FOOTBALL MATCH; MOUNTAIN SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1949 Film Number: 10992 | |||
| The amateur football teams pose for the photographer then the match begins on a muddy park pitch with half time refreshments being ciggarettes, alcohol and cups of tea. Scenic views of the Scottish highlands mountains and lakes, underexposed pub interiors then couples beside a car on a cold but bright Winters' day followed by a car ferry boat crossing a river. | |||
| [MALPAS & OTHER SCENES 1949] | |||
| Date: 1949 Film Number: 7771 | |||
| Scenes of Malpas in 1949, tractor digging up a remaining trench with clips of war memorial services, wedding scenes and a wide range of outdoor children playing. A journey to the Lake District and Wales with film shots from in the moving vehicle. Polling station recordings and the Shrewsbury musical and floral fete of 1949. | |||
| [BURNLEY'S NEW CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY SHOP] | |||
| Date: *1949 Film Number: 8572 | |||
| After Co-op staff put the final touches to the Burnley Co-op shop, and a brief opening ceremony, customers are seen shopping and leaving with their purchases. In one scene, we see a Rationed Goods section. | |||
| COVENTRY SPORTS 1949 | |||
| Date: 1949 Film Number: 8578 | |||
| Visitors arrive by coach at the Coventry Chain Works for a sports day event. People stand, or sit in deckchairs to watch adults and children engaged in various activities including tug of war and egg and spoon races, or enjoying fairground rides. The film ends with an informal prizegiving ceremony. | |||
| VISIT OF SIAMESE AGENTS AUG 1949 [AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1949 Film Number: 8580 | |||
| Compilation reel: overseas visitors are shown around a factory floor and look at machinery. Mr Lewis M.D. looks round the Gibson Battle Company premises in Australia. Finally, a crate labelled for Mr Mackenzie is packed for dispatch home on the RMS Orion. | |||
| [A GARDEN AND LANE IN LANCASHIRE] | |||
| Date: *1949 Film Number: 8687 | |||
| A group of adults walk slowly through a suburban garden, chatting. One of the women is holding a stills camera (possibly a Box Brownie) and winding the film back; the older of the two men then takes over. The reel concludes with shots of a gatehouse on a country lane in Lancashire; a signpost to Blackpool and Preston appears in the first shot. | |||
| RENOLD SPORTS 1949 | |||
| Date: 1949 Film Number: 8581 | |||
| Company sports day with activities for children and adults, including races, tug of war, a motorbike display and a Scottish marching band. | |||
| FROM BALE TO FINISHED CLOTH | |||
| Date: *1949/50 Film Number: 515 | |||
| Premier Mills - Bury, the firm of Edward W Andrew Ltd. The various processes in the making of cotton and wool cloths is shown - from opening bales, through spinning, weaving and knitting, to the making of finished goods for mainly industrial purposes. The staff clock off at the end of the day. 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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| [HOLIDAY SCENES; BOURNEMOUTH] | |||
| Date: *1949-50 Film Number: 1896 | |||
| Members of the Preston family on holiday in Bournemouth. The film begins with scenes of the family sitting in a garden. A little boy turns somersaults on a rope hanging from a tree. They are then seen playing on a crowded beach, paddling in the sea and watching a Punch and Judy Show. The film concludes with shots of the seafront taken from on board the 'Bournemouth Queen'. | |||
| [BLACKPOOL SCENES AND ASHTON STREET PROCESSION] | |||
| Date: 1949/50 Film Number: 3515 | |||
| Views of the Townsend family in Blackpool and Cleveleys. They are seen on the beach and in the sunken gardens in Gynn Square. Also a street procession, including the Black Knight parade and Hurst parish Rose Queen, through Ashton-under-Lyne. Final shots of a woman and a baby in its pram. | |||
| [DOMESTIC SCENES; WALES; PETERHEAD] | |||
| Date: 1949-50 Film Number: 3960 | |||
| Footage of the Tomlinson family at home, and in their garden, playing with the baby and the family dog. There are also picnics in Wythenshawe park (?). Views from a holiday in a Welsh cottage include a game of cricket on the beach, numerous ducks and their broods on a pond, and sailboats on the sea. Footage shot at Peterhead in Northern Scotland includes a train journey, views of battered boats in dock, and fishermen unloading their catches at the quayside. | |||
| [GENERAL ELECTION COMMUNIST / LABOUR CAMPAIGNS 1950, BURNLEY] | |||
| Date: 1949-50 Film Number: 5277 | |||
| A Communist party rally and Wilfrid Burke MP on the stump during the 1950 General Election campaign in Burnley. At the Communist rally, a man uses a microphone to address a small crowd, who are stood on wasteland outside Holden & Hartley car dealers holding placards. Wilfrid Burke MP walks along a cobbled street and meets (mostly female) workers outside a factory. Burke talks and poses with them and they all walk towards the camera. The film ends with a shot of a polling station. 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 | |||
| WHITSUNTIDE 1950; SCORTON 1949; [LONDON AND IRELAND SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1949/50 Film Number: 6456 | |||
| Scouts climb onto a tour bus for Whitsuntide camp, where they are seen playing cricket, tree felling and eating dinner. Views from Scorton village during the 1949 Rally, featuring scouts on bicycles and the Scorton Cafe. A procession makes its way into a churchyard, where an inspection is followed by a prize giving ceremony. Scouts are seen climbing trees with step ladders at Windermere Great Tower camp and posing for the camera, followed by panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. Views of sightseeing around the borough of Westminster follow and a visit to Omeath, with scenes of paddling down a rapids in a dinghy, waiting for a steam train and street life. | |||
| [JUDITH IN BOURNEMOUTH AND OUTDOOR SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1949-50 Film Number: 6847 | |||
| Moss family holiday in Bournemouth including Judith Moss playing and dancing in the hotel gardens with other children, on the beach and paddling in the sea. Relatives are seen playing golf on the sea front and sunbathing on deckchairs as Judith builds sandcastles. Footage includes shots of the Blue Lagoon lake, a children's party and people walking up a Zig Zag path on the hillside in Bournemouth (with a short sequence in reverse). The reel concludes with horse riding in Southport. | |||
| [TRIP TO PARIS, BOURNEMOUTH, GARDEN AND BEACH SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1949-50 Film Number: 6850 | |||
| Children playing in a back garden in Prestwich, Manchester are followed by the Moss family on a holiday to Paris. Staff at the film-maker's scarf manufacturer's, including Phil Gold, are seen holding up printed scarves for the camera. Judith Moss is seen laying in bed during an illness, playing with a toy horse in the family back garden and on the beach with her mother Freda during a holiday to Bournemouth. The reel concludes with children dancing on an outdoor stage as part of a Summer fete. | |||
| [1950 CHILDREN IN LIVERPOOL - ANN,CAROL AND STAN] | |||
| Date: 1949/50 Film Number: 10633 | |||
| Stan playing with toy aeroplanes in the garden, the twins Carol and Ann write their names and the date on blackboards. The children are taken for a walk and at a level crossing they wait for the train to pass with Carol and Ann standing on the footbridge over the railway tracks. THe children play with a model train set and then complete a jigsaw puzzle with the help of some trick photography. Stan, Ann and Carol are next seen walking various streets in Liverpool city centre, they cross the road in front of St. George's Hall, stand at the entrance to the Mersey Tunnel and look into various shop windows including Bunny's toy shop before returning home on Granmore Avenue for their tea. | |||
| [ON AND AROUND AINSDALE BEACH] | |||
| Date: c.1949/50 Film Number: 8688 | |||
| On a cold day, DUKW vehicles travel over a sparsely populated Ainsdale Beach in Southport. People are mostly standing on the seafront itself or strolling along the pier. | |||
| [EDINBURGH - HOLYROOD AND CASTLE] | |||
| Date: c1950 Film Number: 5193 | |||
| A record of the Hanna family's visit to Edinburgh. Includes shots of tourists at Holyrood Palace and Abbey, Edinburgh Castle and the Scott Monument, high angle views of Princes Street and brief footage of traffic in the city 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 | |||
| [EDINBURGH CASTLE, AIRPORT, SCOTLAND SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1950 Film Number: 5194 | |||
| Record of the Hanna family's visit to Edinburgh and Scotland. After shots of Edinburgh Castle and surrounding area, there are scenes at an airport (presumably Edinburgh Airport) where passengers board a BOAC Boeing 377 and the plane is shown taking off. Following footage of a chain-link ferry transporting cars across a river, the film ends with shots of mountains and a loch. 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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