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| [BOUNCING BABY] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 2092 | |||
| A man stands in the garden at the Beeches holding a baby. He bounces the child up and down in front of the camera. Other family members are also seen standing on the garden path next to them. | |||
| [CHILDREN AT 'THE BEECHES'; MAY 1927] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 2093 | |||
| Mary and Ruth Behrens are seen playing in the garden of a house situated on The Beeches in West Didsbury; May 1927. Includes brief scenes of the children, and their nanny, digging in the vegetable patch and having a game of croquet on the lawn. | |||
| [HOLIDAY IN SKERRIES; JUNE 1927] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 2094 | |||
| Members of the Behrens family on holiday in Skerries; June 1927. Includes various shots of a group of women standing outside in hats and overcoats. Two men, one on a bicycle, stand chatting to each other in the street. One of the men gets out a folded newspaper from his pocket and opens it up. Also features scenes of a girl guides' camp, possibly at Kilternan. Three women, wearing uniforms, sit around a small camp fire cooking a meal. | |||
| [KILTERNAN; JUNE 1927] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 2095 | |||
| Members of the Behrens family visit friends in Kilternan; June 1927. They are seen in the grounds of a large country house. A small boy plays on a child's scooter in the middle of the driveway and two adults ride a pair of well groomed horses around the garden. The film also features miscellaneous shots of a cricket game; a picnic on a hillside; a shepherd with his flock of sheep walking down a country lane and a mechanic working on a car. Concludes with shots of political propaganda posters stuck on a wall, publicising election candidates. | |||
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| [RUTHIN; SEPT 1927] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 2096 | |||
| Members of the Behrens family on a visit to Ruthin, North Wales; September 1927. Includes shots of a group of adults having a game of golf. Two men are seen wearing kilts, one of whom is Sir Harry Lauder. | |||
| [GO EAST YOUNG MAN PT 1 : LIVERPOOL TO SOUTH AFRICA] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 3638 | |||
| The first leg of John Hindley's world trip. Includes views of the liner leaving Liverpool harbour, people on the quayside and the pilot leaving the ship. Also Tenerife harbour, seen from the ship, Santa Cruz harbour with people diving for coins and an albatross in flight. On to South Africa and views of Table Mountain and Capetown. Also Wellington, a picnic near Breede River (with Vernie Haighton and Mr. Freeland?), a round of golf at Huot Bay and another picnic near Robertson. A train journey through the Hex River Valley, Kimberley market square, streetscenes in Johannesburg and at the Zoo. Views of Government House, Pretoria and of Durban. There are scenes of rickshaws, bullock wagons and kaffirs on the trip back to Capetown. The T.S.S. Nestor in harbour at Capetown and views of Capetown and Seapoint from on board ship. | |||
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| [GO EAST YOUNG MAN PT.2 : AUSTRALIA] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 3639 | |||
| Second leg of John Hindley's world trip. Includes views of the pilot boat at Fremantle and of the ship, the Orama. Also Sydney harbour scenes (with the Harbour Bridge under construction), general Australian landscape views, foliage and a parrot. Shots of flood waters and a trip to the zoo. | |||
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| [GO EAST YOUNG MAN PT.3 : NEW ZEALAND] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 3640 | |||
| Third leg of John Hindley's world trip. Includes scenes in Wellington harbour, New Zealand landscape and river views, assorted geyzers, trout fishing, Rotorua and Maori buildings. | |||
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| [GO EAST YOUNG MAN PT.4 : AUSTRALIA II] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 3641 | |||
| Fourth leg of John Hindley's world trip. Includes footage of a number of Australian locations. Views from offshore of Fort La Ramie, Goat Island, Cockatoo Island, Bondi Beach, Darling Point, Watsons Bay and others. Also streetscenes, a boy throwing a boomerang, a game of beach rugby, showjumping and racing and a group of porpoises at sea. | |||
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| [GO EAST YOUNG MAN PT.5 : THE FAR EAST] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 3642 | |||
| Fifth leg of John Hindley's world trip, showing various locations in the Far East. Includes streetscenes, possibly Manila, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Also Malaysia, Singapore and Penang. Views of houses, markets, rickshaws, people and a group of monkeys running around a lawn. | |||
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| [GO EAST YOUNG MAN PT.6 : THE FAR EAST II & INDIA] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 3643 | |||
| Final part of John Hindley's world trip. Includes streetscenes, ox carts, rickshaws and palm trees, possibly Penang. Also beaches, views from a train, ploughing with Oxen, local people washing clothes in a river, market scenes and colonial style buildings. Locations, Colombo, Madras and Bombay. | |||
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| [ON THE VERANDA, SEPTEMBER 1927] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 5901 | |||
| Footage of children on the veranda at Derwent Bank, Keswick on Good Friday,1927. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [FAMILY AT MORTIMER HILL] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 5902 | |||
| Family scenes, with women fussing over a baby. Views of the garden, landscape and exterior of the house with a dog sitting in the window looking on. 7th September 1927. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [FAMILY AT GREENBANK] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 5946 | |||
| Family scenes outside at Greenbank, Keswick. The children gather with their parents and pose for the camera, and an elderly couple walk around the gardens. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PRINCE OF WALES VISIT TO BLACKPOOL | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 4945 | |||
| The Prince of Wales is seen arriving at Blackpool to open the new miner's home. He greets the crowds, makes a speech and is seen opening the doors to the home. | |||
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| [LONDON ZOO, LAUNCHING BOAT, RAF DISPLAY, PRINCE OF WALES VISIT TO BLACKPOOL] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 6907 | |||
| Scenes at London Zoo showing children having rides on the back of an elephant and a camel, and shots of seals and bears in enclosures. People are seen on Hoylake coast raising sails on a yacht called 'Janet' and launching the boat 'Repose'. Family members are seen aboard 'Repose' as a woman rings a bell. Includes a Royal visit to Blackpool by the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) which shows him giving a speech and shaking hands with people. Continues with scenes from an RAF airshow, with various aircraft flying overhead and concludes with a sequence at Gisburn during a horse race in 1927. | |||
| TO CONSTANTINOPLE IN RMSP 'ARAGUAYA' 1927 | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 6909 | |||
| The Parkinson's take a cruise on the RMSP Araguaya through the Dardanelles and towards the Black Sea. Includes footage of the town of Tangier from aboard the ship and various street scenes showing Moroccans along the street and amongst buidlings. A short sequence shows the ships Araguaya and P&O Ranchi docked in Tangier harbour. Passengers aboard the Araguaya particpate in a horse racing game and play badminton. members of the party make trips to the Ancient Palace of Knossos, the Tower of the Winds in Athens and around Constantinople.The travelogue continues via Chanack, Cape Helles and stopping at Tunis, where street traders are seen selling their wares in around the souk market. Concludes with passengers playing acquatic sports on the ship. | |||
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| [THE 'MAGICIAN', DOGS AND ABERSOCH SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1927 Film Number: 6911 | |||
| Domestic scenes of the Parkinson family showing young girl (possibly Pam?) playing with toy car and with other children and pet dogs in the back garden of the family home. Includes sequences of a magician performing tricks for the camera, as he makes children disappear into a toy rabbit with his cloak. There are shots of Abersoch sea front with boats sailing close to the shore and people crowding around an aeroplane as it taxis along the beach. A couple in bathing costumes throw a hoop back and forth to each other. Concludes with shots of a waterfall in the Welsh mountains. | |||
| [AMERICA, CANADA AND DOMESTIC SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1927 Film Number: 6912 | |||
| Parkinson family trip to America and Canada. Scenes show New York skyline from ship approaching the harbour, unidentiified newly wedded couple (friends of the family) and their wedding party along from church and a couple (possibly Cyril Parkinson and wife) sitting on the side of a car and rowing a boat on a lake. Includes shots of Montmorency Falls and people waving farewell to a cruise ship (seen from deck) as it leaves Montreal down the St Lawrence River. Continues with shots of icebergs in the gulf, the Parkinson's and friends posing for the camera on deck, and the ship arriving at Liverpool docks. Concludes with adults and children having afternoon tea at the family home in Lancashire. | |||
| [SILVERDALE, WINTER SKATING AT BARROW, LUDLOW CASTLE, CHANGING OF THE GUARD] | |||
| Date: *1927 Film Number: 6914 | |||
| Varied compilation including a group of men visiting the Silverdale countryside, shots of dirt track racing in Blackpool and 'The Zedders' (a group of friends with dogs) getting out of a car and having a drink outdoors. Two women are seen stood in a back garden of a cottage clearing the pond of weeds and walking around lawn with dogs. A group of men and women link hands as they skate on frozen Barrow Park Lake. The Parkinson's visit the ruins of Ludlow Castle and two women sit in a open top car combing their hair and packing away flasks. The reel continues with shots of the changing of the guard outside Buckingham Palace. | |||
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