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IN CHRISTMAS CAMEO
Date: 1950-5 Film Number: 12193
 
Christmas scenes from the Dempsey family. We see the family writing cards, wrapping presents and decorating the house. On Christmas Eve Mrs Dempsey reads to the boys in front of the fire and we see the boys hanging their stockings on the end of their beds. In the night Santa visits and leaves presents. On Christmas morning the boys open their presents and play with their toys. We see Mrs Dempsey preparing Christmas dinner and the family at the table eating it. Their relatives visit and we see them watching television, pulling crackers and watching a puppet show put on by the boys.
 
 
 
[ROWING RACE SCENES]
Date: 1950-5 Film Number: 8888
 
Starts with a rowing boat race that goes under a bridge. On the far side people are trying to outrun the boats with the Godfrey family watching. The next scene shows rowers preparing their boats and then cuts to another race. The final scene shows the rowers disembarking off their boat.
 
 
 
[HURDSFIELD ROSE QUEEN]
Date: 1950-6 Film Number: 5531
 
Compilation reel including scenes at a local fete - pony rides, dog show and country dancing. Members of a swimming and diving club pose with trophies at the club-house, and there are scenes of a toddler playing in the back garden at home. The Hurdsfield Rose Queen procession passes through the streets of the town, and there are scenes from a family holiday to Blackpool. Views of another procession, featuring servicemen and women, are followed by brief views of the Festival of Britain site in London. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
PICNIC WALKING DAY 1951
Date: 1950-7 Film Number: 8399
 
During a trip to Wales, the family stop their car to have a picnic by a river. Afterwards, they visit Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall. The film cuts to a phantom car ride through Prestbury. At Bramall Hall, the family look around the grounds of the Tudor house. The group of family and friends go on holidays to Criccieth in Wales. They walk along the promenade and visit the beach.
 
 
 
[SOUTHPORT FLOWER SHOW]
Date: 1950-58 Film Number: 7060
 
Scenes at Southport Flower Show showing close up shots of flowers, vegetables and of visitors. Includes brief shots outdoors of gardens, plants and a water wheel. Reel is mostly underexposed.
 
 
 
[MAY QUEEN AND DANCING]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 2075
 
Film featuring May Queen celebrations in the grounds of Samlesbury school. The May Queen and her attendents are seen , watched by a crowd, before children are seen dancing around a Maypole and engaged in Scottish dancing. The film closes with brief footage, in black and white, of a church and its grounds.
 
 
 
[HORSE RIDES IN THE COUNTRY]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1344
 
The Worthington family visit a farm in the country. The children are seen enjoying horse rides and feeding some baby chickens.
 
 
 
MACHINING LADIES PYRAMID HANDKERCHIEFS
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1352
 
A film showing a machine operator at the Tootal Factory in Manchester sewing hems on ladies and gentlemen's handkerchiefs.
 
 
 
[ILLUMINATIONS AND STEAM SHIP]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1388
 
Blackpool illuminations at night - includes shots of illuminated tramcars and a brief sequence at the end of the film, featuring a steam ship sailing away from the coastline.
 
 
 
HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS PART 2
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1390
 
Scenes of the Smith family on holiday in London, Morecambe and Scotland. Also includes shots of a large model railway and a small dog playing with a budgie in a cage.
 
 
 
ACCRINGTON AND THE RIBBLE VALLEY PARTS 2
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1394
 
Scenic views of the countryside in and around Accrington and the Ribble Valley.
 
 
 
HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS PART 3
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1397
 
Scenes of the Smith family on holiday in Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Conway. Includes shots of the children playing on a boating lake and other family members relaxing on deckchairs on the pier.
 
 
 
[BOATING AND BATHING]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1465
 
Six young adults are seen enjoying a relaxing holiday on board a small boat on the Norfolk Broads [?]. Includes scenes of them sunbathing, fishing, swimming and reading. The second half of the film focuses on scenes shot at an army barracks (location unknown).
 
 
 
[SCENES AT A WELSH FARM]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1528
 
Scenes shot around a Welsh farm yard. Includes footage of the farmhouse; surrounding countryside and the farmer putting his wellington boots on before getting the cows ready for milking.
 
 
 
[GARDEN IN BLOOM]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1533
 
Footage shot in the Wilkinson family garden - includes close up shots of the flower beds and garden gnomes.
 
 
 
A GROWING LAD
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1535
 
Wilkinson family footage shot during the first few years of a young boy's life. Includes scenes of the baby being spoon fed in a high chair; taking his first steps and being bathed in a tub on the kitchen [?] table. Concludes with an amusing shot of the young boy sitting in an armchair, blowing soap bubbles through an adult's pipe.
 
 
 
[TO CORNWALL]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1536
 
Footage of a family holiday in Cornwall. Includes scenes of children playing on the beach amongst the sand dunes; a trip on a boat to Seal Island and various shots of cars on board the ferry.
 
 
 
SONG OF SIXPENCE
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1545
 
A young boy finds a coin on the ground. He goes to a toy shop and looks longingly through the window dreaming about what he will spend his money on - a model train, a fairground ride ? After much deliberation he decides to buy an ice cream - but catastrophe strikes when he trips over and drops it in the path of his hungry dog.
 
 
 
SPRING SONG
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1546
 
A film about a woman waking up; running a bath; putting her make-up on and getting dressed to meet a man in a park. Each scene is interspersed with seasonal shots of flowers in bloom, blossom on trees and ducks swimming on a pond.
 
 
 
[MOVING HOUSE; A BLUSTERY DAY ON THE BEACH]
Date: c1950s Film Number: 1641
 
Film starts with the Hardman family moving to their new house in Southport. Removal men are seen unloading the van and taking the furniture into their new home. The rest of the film focuses upon three little girls playing in a sand pit in the family's back garden and Mr and Mrs Hardman walking along the beach with their young daughter on a blustery, winters day.
 
 
 
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