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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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| [ALONG THE THAMES AND FUN ON THE FARM] | |||
| Date: *1927 Film Number: 9475 | |||
| Compilation reel of Healey family and leisure footage, including a boat trip along the Thames and a countryside picnic; women taking part in an egg and spoon race; children and a dog playing in the garden and in farm fields when the haymaking is underway. | |||
| [SALE CARNIVAL 1927] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 10641 | |||
| Decorated cars and lorries, horse-drawn floats, brass and kazoo bands and people in fancy dress make their way through Sale town centre in the local carnival, and the Carnival Queen lays a wreath on the war memorial, with a film cameraman at the roadside recording the event. | |||
| [CARRIED IN A CHAIR] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 10713 | |||
| Lord Egerton and a companion are carried shoulder high in chairs through the waves to the landing craft that will take them to the liner. | |||
| [THE MASAI TRIBE] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 10714 | |||
| A large gathering of Kenyan Masai tribesmen and women, a young boy is sat down and circumcised by a woman then covered with a cloth. The film ends with the Masai dancing and pans across the tribesmen. | |||
| [GAMES IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 9964 | |||
| The Blake family have fun in their garden. We see them dancing, singing, playing musical instruments and messing about and joking for the camera. They also take tea, blow bubbles and play with their dog. There is also a game of leapfrog. | |||
| [DHOWS & HILLSIDE VIEWS] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 10717 | |||
| Sailing boats, Dhows at sea followed by a rowing boat with multiple rowers. Lord Egerton sat in a chair which is being carried by locals. After hillside views and the exterior of a house and garden we see locals on a ship and a young boy wearing a fez. | |||
| [AFRICAN CHILDREN DIGGING] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 10724 | |||
| African children digging in a field and making bonfires of the vegetation taken from the fields. Men working with oxen ploughing the earth and pulling carts then the men cutting wooden stakes and putting them into bundles. Men removing rocks from a cart then a man breaking a large rock with a hammer The film ends with a carpenter planing wood followed by a herd of oxen crossing a river. | |||
| [ON THE BEACH] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 8445 | |||
| The Gee family, friends and children build sandcastles in the dunes, take photographs and a woman (Mrs Gee?) spoon feeds a bay while sat in a car. | |||
| [GOLF ON THE BEACH] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 8452 | |||
| The Gee family have a picnic in the countryside. The children run around chasing sheep and lambs. A young boy pretends to hand crank start the family car. The adults play golf on the beach then join the children in rolling down sanddunes. | |||
| [A PICNIC AND BEACH SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 8454 | |||
| A young boy, his parents and Grandparents enjoy a roadside picnic. The boy on the beach makes sandcastles and goes paddling with his parents. | |||
| [ON CAMERA IN THE GARDEN[ | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 12119 | |||
| A family group pose for the camera in the garden, and some of the family members mess about. | |||
| [MORE CAMERA IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 12120 | |||
| A family group pose for the camera in the garden, and some of the family members mess about. | |||
| [CRUCIBLE MELTING] | |||
| Date: *1927/28 Film Number: 973 | |||
| Metallic squares of solder are melted - they are placed into an induction box containing crucible; the power is applied; the metal spark, then melt, is seen in close up. Numbered cards are held up to the camera before each stage. | |||
| STOCKPORT CARNIVAL QUEEN CROWNED | |||
| Date: *1927-28 Film Number: 1920 | |||
| Mr Joshua Preston, Mayor of Stockport, attends the crowning ceremony of the Stockport Carnival Queen. Includes shots of the carnival celebrations and entries for the decorated bicycle competition. The film also features members of the Preston family on Brighton beach; visiting a farm and wandering around the grounds at Glengarry. | |||
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| PART THREE LAS PALMAS. THE CAPITOL OF GRAND CANARY. | |||
| Date: *1927-28 Film Number: 1954 | |||
| The Preston family, from Stockport, on a Royal Mail Line cruise to the Grand Canaries. They are seen visiting Las Palmas and travelling on board a ship to Cadiz. | |||
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