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[GRIFFITH FAMILY COMPILATION]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 8933
 
Compilation of Griffiths children - playing in the garden at home in Blackburn, out in the countryside and on a farm in May 1953. Coronation decorations at home, a local cricket match and scenes from a school pageant with maypole dancing and other dances from around the UK, sketches and physical exercise displays and music.
 
 
 
[GARDEN, SEASIDE, FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN, AND OTHER SCENES]
Date: 1950-3 Film Number: 8744
 
Compilation of family leisure footage including scenes at Southport, Morecambe and Heysham, fruit-picking in the garden, and a visit to the Festival of Britain in London. The reel ends with a procession through Blackburn with decorated floats and a marching Highland Band.
 
 
 
[A FAMILY WALK IN THE COUNTRY]
Date: c1950-4 Film Number: 3968
 
Shots of parents (possibly the Tomlinson family) walking in the countryside with their baby (first the mother, then the father), accompanied by their dog. They walk in fields and woods, and use a footbridge over a stream.
 
 
 
[COALBROOKDALE FOUNDRY AND CHRISTMAS PARTIES]
Date: c1952 Film Number: 6125
 
Scenes inside the Coalbrookdale foundry with molten metal being poured into moulds are followed by the staff's children's Christmas party - Santa is seen giving out presents. At the staff Christmas party, the workers are seen playing silly games and dancing.
 
 
 
[NEW MOSTON WHIT WALK; FAMILY PARTY; CONNOR FAMILY HOLIDAYS]
Date: c1952 Film Number: 6280
 
A Whit Walk in New Moston is followed by scenes of people eating at a Connor family party. Family members are seen in the garden with a baby and there are scenes from Connor family holidays to Windsor, Bournemouth and the Isle of Man.
 
 
 
[MOTHER WITH DAUGHTERS SUSAN & FRANCES ON THE BEACH]
Date: 1950-54 Film Number: 7090
 
Scenes showing two young girls (Susan And Frances?) playing with a ball and building sandcastles on a beach, while their mother and friend sit on nearby deckchairs. Continues with colour (underexposed) footage of the girls playing and eating sweets on the seafront.
 
 
 
[INSPECTION OF FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 2800
 
Female police officers are inspected by senior policewomen, and then sit talking with them more informally.
 
 
 
[SIGHTSEEING IN NORTH WALES]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3913
 
Views of various sights and tourist attractions in North Wales - Gwydir Castle, Conway, the Menai Strait, Beaumaris. Llandudno, and the Great Orme Railway.
 
 
 
[BAKERY MACHINE]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3951
 
Footage of a bakery machine which shapes four dough rolls into one line and drops them into tins on a conveyor belt. The hand of an operator is occasionally seen re-arranging the loaves.
 
 
 
[DEVON HOLIDAYS - NEWTON ABBOT]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3952
 
Footage of a holiday to Devon featuring scenes shot in Newton Abbot. Seagulls are on the seafront, there are views of the harbour, and streetscenes in the town.
 
 
 
[HOSEPIPE IN A GARDEN]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3985
 
Footage of children playing with a hosepipe in a garden in Whalley Range, while their mother relaxes in a deckchair. Shots of a flowerbed in another garden (possibly St Annes) are also featured.
 
 
 
[YACHT RACES IN POOLE, YARMOUTH, CHERBOURG AND COWES]
Date: 1950-54 Film Number: 8866
 
Compilation of sailing and racing scenes shot mainly in and around Poole Harbour, as well as the1950 Yarmouth Race, 1953 Cowes Week and a race to Cherbourg in 1954. Dorning family members can also be seen at their Dorset home and on holiday in Cornwall.
 
 
 
[INSPECTION OF OLDHAM POLICE BY HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTOR]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 2799
 
Police officers assemble for the visit of Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary. Uniformed officers, police dogs, women officers, drivers and motorcyclists are inspected by HMI and the Mayor. A squad of beat officers then marches in formation in an exercise yard, and there are scenes inside a court-room.
 
 
 
[THE CHESHIRE HUNT; MENAI STRAITS; GARDEN VIEWS]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3897
 
Footage (underexposed) of a Cheshire hunt meet, with participants gathering and shots of the hounds. Other footage includes shost of streets, a pub called the Hatton Arms, and a level crossing. There is a brief view of the Menai Strait, and shots of a family playing with their dogs in a very neat, well-ordered garden.
 
 
 
[ISLE OF MAN - AROUND THE ISLAND]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3910
 
Various locations on the Isle of Man shot while on holiday: Castletown, Laxey, Snaefell, Port of Ayre with shots of the countryside and coastline.
 
 
 
[ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE ROYAL REVIEW AND CADET'S OUTING]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3917
 
Footage of events held by the St John's Ambulance. At Southport, Princess Margaret inspects nurses and cadets in a sports arena and gives out awards - similar activities take place at Belle Vue, with processions and prize givings. There is also a sequence showing cadets on an outing to Llandudno, including a boat trip, and another showing a trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
 
 
 
[CASUALTY SIMULATION CLASS]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3947
 
Children, presumably cadets of the St John's Ambulance Service, create fake wounds on each other using a variety of materials.
 
 
 
[SWIMMING PRACTICE]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3948
 
Footage of a group of young people at a swimming pool (possibly Trafford Park). Swimmers are seen practising breast and back-stroke, while more reluctant participants gather tentatively at the pool's edge.
 
 
 
[SWIMMING SAFETY]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3949
 
Footage of a group of young people (probably cadets of the St John's Ambulance Service) doing various swimming exercise, swimming whilst wearing clothes, and removing clothes whilst in the water.
 
 
 
[TIMPERLEY CRICKET]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 3966
 
Shots of a cricket match being played in Timperley.
 
 
 
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