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[WALLASEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL INTERIORS]
Date: *1951 Film Number: 367
 
Shots of the school common room and the assembly hall.
 
 
 
[SPEECH DAY]
Date: *1951 Film Number: 368
 
Wallasey Grammar School - speech day and school trophies.
 
 
 
COTTON COUNTS
Date: *1951 Film Number: 417
 
A film made to advertise improvements to the life style of mill workers. Featuring streetscenes in Bolton; leisure activities; and the introduction of day nurseries for children. Interior shots of spinning, weaving, dyeing and printing. Shirley Institute Research and Development Labs. 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.]
 
 
 
[GARDENING]
Date: *1951 Film Number: 421
 
Girls and boys at Blackrod County Secondary School in the garden - pruning, and repairing the greenhouse, loading horse manure into a wheelbarrow.
 
 
 
[GLADIOLI AND TOMATOES]
Date: 1951 Film Number: 423
 
Shots of school girls (from Blackrod County Secondary School) cutting gladioli and arranging them in a vase. Brief shots of other gardening activities. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
[PRESERVING / APPLE PICKING]
Date: 1951 Film Number: 425
 
Underexposed interior shots of a school girl (at Blackrod County Secondary School) making jam. Outside, girls pick apples.
 
 
 
[TAKING CUTTINGS]
Date: 1951 Film Number: 426
 
Shots of a school girl (at Blackrod County Secondary School) watering plants in the greenhouse; picking tomatoes; preparing soft fruit cuttings. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
THE RIGHT MIXTURE
Date: *1951 Film Number: 461
 
A domestic science film, made at the Research Laboratories of the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited, to demonstrate the importance of accurate weighing and correct oven temperature in the home-baking of perfect cakes.
 
 
 
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING
Date: *1951 Film Number: 509
 
Fictional story - a man returns home from the pub after having too much to drink. Whilst his wife is out of the house, he decides to cook the Christmas pudding she has been making. He then falls asleep - wakes up when he smells burning. The pudding is ruined - he substitutes one he won in the pub raffle. The family are seen having Christmas dinner - everyone complements him on cooking the pudding - mother-in-law then finds a label in hers - 1s 4d. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
MOORLAND INCIDENT
Date: *1951 Film Number: 510
 
A fictional story set on Saddleworth moors - a farmhouse is burgled and the owner attacked. Hikers help the police to track down the burglar. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN CELEBRATIONS
Date: *1951 Film Number: 639
 
Newsreel film showing the festivities to commemorate transport through the ages, at Leyland. Includes decorated floats, a shot of the New Palace cinema, Leyland company transport, morris dancing, brass band. Also contains shots of the Festival Queen.
 
 
 
MANCHESTER WHIT WALKS: H. M. QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS MANCHESTER: OPENING OF THE FREE TRADE HALL
Date: 1951 Film Number: 655
 
Two large scale Whit processions in Manchester city centre, followed by the Queen's visit to Manchester Cathedral and the Free Trade Hall.
 
 
 
NORTHWARD BOUND - MOTOR TOUR OF SCOTLAND JUNE 1951
Date: 1951 Film Number: 672
 
A holiday in Scotland - includes general shots of the countryside, a visit to the zoo, fishermen unloading their catch, and a pipe band.
 
 
 
[A NEW TWIST TO AN OLD YARN]
Date: *1951 Film Number: 704
 
A look at the way technology has helped work at Whitehead Mill in the Rossendale valley. Different processes are seen, including cotton waste recycling; dyeing; pattern production - artists at work in the design studio. Construction work is seen at Whitehead's cotton plantations in Southern Rhodesia (now referred to as Zimbabwe). Some uses of the fabrics they produce - for bedding, clothing, furnishings; also used by the forces - members of the army, navy and airforce are featured.
 
 
 
A FESTIVAL OF FAITH
Date: 1951 Film Number: 706
 
Festival of Britain celebrations 1951 - views of London, including the exhibition site on the South Bank. Celebrations in Rawtenstall - a procession to Whittaker Park; crowning of the queen; Scottish dancing; a camera man with children on a slide. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
WEAVER NAVIGATION
Date: *1951 Film Number: 892
 
Weston Point Docks - a china clay boat enters Weston Point; the china clay is unloaded using a mechanical grab; Spelter (zinc) for the Midlands is loaded onto narrow boats; the Sutton Weaver Bridge - swing road bridge in operation; through Dutton and Saltersford locks; the Anderton Canal Lift - machinery in operation and boat in lift; salt for Liverpool is loaded in bags onto barges. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
THE POULTON-LE-FYLDE ANNUAL FESTIVAL AND SPORTS, WEDNESDAY 25TH JULY 1951
Date: 1951 Film Number: 1037
 
Scenes at the Poulton-le-Fylde annual festival and sports - a man in fancy dress sits in the stocks; horse-drawn floats in procession; morris dancers and brass band; the May Queen is crowned.
 
 
 
[EXPERIMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION WORK]
Date: *1951 Film Number: 1066
 
Conducting a test - air is directed at a piece of equipment. Construction work along the Manchester Ship Canal.
 
 
 
[THE ARRIVAL OF THE LOCK GATE]
Date: *1951 Film Number: 1067
 
Construction work along the Manchester Ship Canal. A lock gate is transported along the canal and manoeuvred into position at the dockside.
 
 
 
[WORKING ON THE LOCK GATE]
Date: *1951 Film Number: 1068
 
Men at work on a lock gate. Construction work on the Manchester Ship Canal at Eastham.
 
 
 
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