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| [1950s BEACH SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 11284 | |||
| We see a woman paddling in the sea, and views of white cliffs. People feed swans and walk in the hills surrounding the seaside, there are scenic views of the beach and surrounding area. There are scenes of people sitting in deckchairs on a very crowded beach. The film ends with shots of the exterior of a church, and a very brief shot of a groom and best man walking towards the camera. | |||
| [OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6267 | |||
| Short film of a group of men and women, including John Nolan, walking in the countryside, probably Wales. | |||
| [SHIPS AT LIVERPOOL] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6268 | |||
| Brief street scenes are followed by views shot from the Liverpool Overhead Railway of a number of ferries and liners at Liverpool docks. | |||
| [NOLAN HOLIDAY IN WALES] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6269 | |||
| A baby boy is seen in a pram and playing on a beach with a woman. Brief shots of a man and a woman in the Welsh countryside follow. | |||
| [COACH TRIP TO LONDON AND WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6270 | |||
| Brief shots of boats in a harbour are followed by a group of women on a coach trip to London. A wedding party is seen posing for photographs outside a church. | |||
| [ENTHRONEMENT OF DR G A BECK IN SALFORD AND MISCELLANEOUS SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6272 | |||
| The marriage of Barbara Calvert and Malcolm Espley is featured and guests are seen leaving church. The enthronement of Dr G A Beck as Bishop of Salford in January 1956 shows clergymen being cheered by crowds of people outside a church. A young man is seen wearing a boy scout uniform. A scooter is driven by father and son through residential streets and steam trains are seen at a railway junction. | |||
| [GILWELL PARK QUEEN SCOUTS' CAMPING TRIP, NORTH WALES] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6273 | |||
| The Gilwell Park Queen Scouts are seen on a camping trip in North Wales: sailing, cooking at the campsite, walking in the hills (possibly Trer Cein on the Llyn Peninsular), swimming, sunbathing and competing in team games such as tug-of-war. The scouts are also shown participating in a street procession. Interspersed are brief shots of steam engines, animals in a zoo and London streetscenes. | |||
| [LONDON PARK SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6274 | |||
| London park scenes. People are seen sitting in deckchairs and walking, and there are views of flower beds, a lake and fountains. | |||
| [NOLAN FAMILY WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6275 | |||
| Various wedding guests and the bride and groom are shown arriving at the church and walking up the path. After the service they are seen leaving the church and gathering outside. | |||
| [DUBLIN AND SURROUNDING AREAS] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 6276 | |||
| The film begins with scenes of wedding guests arriving at a church, walking up the path, then gathering on the lawn. There are exterior shots of Christ Church Cathedral. The majority of the film features views of Ireland, including the River Shannon, the docks in Dublin, the promenade at Bray and the village of Dalke. | |||
| [A PICKFORD PARTY] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 8321 | |||
| This film shows a party with the Pickfords and friends drinking. dancing and singing at their home in Oldham. | |||
| [CLEARING SNOW DRIFTS] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 8323 | |||
| Footage of snow scenes near Oldham and then a road being cleared with a mechanical digger from the Pickford's coal yard. | |||
| [WHIT WALK IN OLDHAM] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 8324 | |||
| Footage of a Whit Walk and crowds lining the cobbled streets in Oldham. The processions, in different sites throughout the day, include scout troops, a Rose Queen, religious services and brass bands. Wooden stages have also been set-up in the street for speeches. | |||
| [PLAYING WITH A PUPPY] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 8325 | |||
| A short film showing the Pickfords playing with a small black Labrador puppy (the family pet, Picky) in the garden at their home in Oldham and out in the street. | |||
| [COAL YARD SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 8326 | |||
| Footage of Oldham golf course and the Pickford coal yard. This film begins with various poorly executed camera tricks, including stop-motion animation, with golfing scenarios. The film ends however with good quality footage of the coal yard with the loading of coal sacks and wagons. | |||
| FLIGHT TO AN ISLAND | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 12181 | |||
| Scenes from a trip to the Isle of Man. We see the small plane taking off from an airfield and there are shots of moving scenery taken from the aeroplane window during the flight. The Dempseys stay at the Balqueen Hydro Hotel and take organised group daytrips around the island. They go rambling in the hills, on a boat trip to Chicken Rock Lighthouse, on a coach tour to Douglas, on a cycle ride to Rushen Abbey and a visit to Port Erin. There are scenes around the island including horse-drawn trams along the seafront, boats in the harbour, haymaking in the fields and The Witches Mill. We also see the group taking part in what appears to be a ballroom and country dance lesson. Mrs Dempsey is seeing taking photos of things that interest her, such as a seagull and a Manx cat. | |||
| 80,000 BOOKS | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 12186 | |||
| This film is about Fulwood Branch Library, the 80,000 books in the title refers to the fact that the Fulwood branch issued 80,000 books a year. In this film we see the library staff at work. They unpack new books from crates, prepare them for the shelves and later we see books being issued to library users. We see the staff at work shelving and doing various tasks around the library. We see the library users browsing the shelves and taking out books. The film shows us the full range of books on offer to demonstrate that there is something to suit everybody's taste, and we also see the children's library. We are shown the practical uses of the books. For example, we see cookery books, and then we see a lady in her kitchen at home using the book for recipes. There are similar scenes of people using the books to instruct them in gardening, decorating, bicycle maintenance, sewing, embroidery, crafts, tennis and cricket. We are shown the quick reference service, where people can telephone the library staff, who will look up information for them and relay it over the telephone. We also see various members of the Dempsey family at home enjoying their books. | |||
| [80,000 FILMS - EXTRACTS] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 12187 | |||
| This film appears to consist of extracts of film made for RR1464/24. We see scenes from Fulwood Branch Library such as the staff at work around the library doing various tasks, such as shelving books. There are also brief scenes of the Dempseys at home, including a boy eating cereal and an elderly lady reading a book. | |||
| [CINE CLUB FILM] | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 12191 | |||
| This is an amateur film, presumably produced by Preston Cine Club, John Dempsey was their founder member. We see a short sequence of events. We see men going up some stairs in a building, looking furtive. One of the men enters the room where a man at a desk gives him something hidden in a box of matches. The other man spies on them through the keyhole. After one of the men has left the room, the man spying on them enters and ties up the other man. He injects him with syringe and appears to leave him alive, but in a noose attached to the ceiling. We then see two cleaners in the building, who debate entering the room but leave without doing so. So we are left in suspense as to the fate of the man tied up in the office. | |||
| COMING SHORTLY | |||
| Date: 1950s Film Number: 12192 | |||
| This appears to be a spoof trailer made for showing at cine club screenings. It advertises a film about a woman from 'the wrong side of the tracks'. | |||
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