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| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT HELMSHORE | |||
| Date: *1951-52 Film Number: 1841 | |||
| Film showing the testing of textile machines by TMM Research at Helmshore. The film opens with an aerial shot of the factory. The shop floor is seen with women at work. Men are seen conferring over notes. TMM carry out spinning tests. Three tests are seen, intercut with explanatory subtitles. Various machines, made by Platt's textile machinery makers are seen in action and being inspected. Yarn from bobbins is also tested. The film closes with an employee preparing a final report and a panning shot of a testing laboratory. 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/ | |||
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| [RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT HELMSHORE - VERSION 2] | |||
| Date: c1951-52 Film Number: 1842 | |||
| A re-edited version of film number 1841, Research and Development at Helmshore. The scenes are identical yet edited into a different order and lacking the explanatory subtitles. | |||
| [RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT HELMSHORE - TRIMS 1] | |||
| Date: c1951-52 Film Number: 1843 | |||
| Trims from film number 1841, Research and Development at Helmshore. Also features a map of the world with Helmshore highlighted. Some of the shots are upside down. | |||
| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT HELMSHORE [TRIMS 2] | |||
| Date: c1951-52 Film Number: 1844 | |||
| Trims from film number 1841, Research and Development at Helmshore. Also features a map of the UK and the title frame which is upside down. | |||
| [RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT HELMSHORE - TRIMS 3] | |||
| Date: c1951-52 Film Number: 1845 | |||
| Trims from film number 1841, Research and Development at Helmshore. Some of the shots are upside down. | |||
| [THE ENGLISH RIVIERA] | |||
| Date: 1951/2 Film Number: 3527 | |||
| The Townsend family on holiday in Devon. Includes views of Torquay, Cockington, Paignton, Totnes and Dartmouth. | |||
| THE CHARM OF THE ENGLISH LAKES | |||
| Date: *1951/2 Film Number: 8269 | |||
| A compilation of scenic views around the Lake District; also snow scenes, occasional shots of Gleave family members out and about, an impromptu game of cricket, a trip out on the lake and a man painting a boat. The reel ends with scenes from a trip to London, visiting the Tower of London and other historic sites. | |||
| [SCENES FROM A WEDDING CEREMONY] | |||
| Date: *1951/2 Film Number: 8274 | |||
| Scenes from a Roman Catholic wedding ceremony, shot from high up at the rear of the church. The reel end with shots of the wedding photographer waiting outside. | |||
| [LORNA MOON'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: *1951/2 Film Number: 8277 | |||
| Lorna Moon's wedding begins with the bride at home, arranging her veil in her dressing table mirror. At the church, the guests, bridesmaids, bride and father arrive, and make their way into church watched by a group of interested onlookers. After the wedding, confetti is thrown as the couple leave the church. At the reception, at the Wyre Bank Hotel, photos are taken outdoors, and there are brief indoor shots, including the cutting of the cake. | |||
| THE INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS TRIAL, VARESE, ITALY AND AUSTRIA | |||
| Date: 1951-52 Film Number: 8576 | |||
| Scenes from two separate international motorcycle trials in Italy and Austria in consecutive years. Includes technical preparation, the trials themselves, and shots of the British party in between events. | |||
| [MOSS FAMILY IN THE GARDEN AND BLACKPOOL, LLANDUDNO HOLIDAYS SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1951-57 Film Number: 6844 | |||
| Sisters Judith and baby Vanessa Moss at home in the garden with friends and other family members. Their mother Freda is seen bringing newly-born Vanessa home from hospital accompanied by Judith, wearing a nurse's outfit. Also features trips to Heaton and Broughton Parks as well as holidays to Blackpool and Llandudno. There is an interesting sequence where a glamorous model poses inside a giant bottle aboard a procession float, advertising Plastics Limited, Manchester. Film concludes with birthday parties for Vanessa and Judith. | |||
| SPRING TIME IN LAKELAND | |||
| Date: *1951/2/3 Film Number: 470 | |||
| Scenic Lake District, featuring a little girl with lambs, rivers and mountains, daffodils and a sunset. 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/ | |||
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| MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY EASTHAM OIL DOCK | |||
| Date: 1951-3 Film Number: 1058 | |||
| The progress of the building of Eastham oil dock is followed by filming at different stages of construction - includes work on new dock buildings; the construction of the entrance lock, and some of the men and machinery involved in the work. | |||
| SPINDLE VIBRATION INVESTIGATIONS | |||
| Date: *1951-53 Film Number: 1840 | |||
| Film focussing on the design and testing of cotton machinery. Opens with shots of men testing cotton mill machinery and of a board meeting regarding technical problems, subtitles illustrate the action. Designers are seen discussing machines and viewing technical drawings and files. More machines are seen working, tests are carried out, a woman takes notes before the film closes with shots of a board meeting and office work. | |||
| UNVEILING OF THE GLADSTONE HALL SIGN BY C. A. GLADSTONE, ESQ, D.L. J.P. JULY 3 1953 | |||
| Date: *1951-53 Film Number: 1865 | |||
| Film footage of the unveiling of the Gladstone Hall sign, on July 3rd 1953, by C.A. Gladstone Esq. D.L. J.P. Various civil dignitaries attend the ceremony including the Mayor and Mayoress. The film also features shots of Port Sunlight including scenes of the first diesel locomotive called 'Lady Leverhulme' in the works grounds, the unveiling of a plaque on the 'Duke of York Cottages' and shots of the Estate Gardens and Nursery. | |||
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| [ISLE OF MAN HOLIDAY, HOUSE AND GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1951-53 Film Number: 2221 | |||
| Members of the Edwards family on holiday in the Isle of Man. Includes scenes of the Manx Grand Prix motorcycle race; landscape shots of the coastline at Port Erin and scenes of the boat journey home. Domestic scenes include a man and woman mowing the lawn and tending to a garden (located in Wimbledon). Also features brief shots of a wedding; a family group standing around a motor bike in the country; Mrs Edwards sitting on a static stage coach in Snowdonia and various shots around a holiday cottage in North Wales. | |||
| [PLAYING IN THE PARK AND IN THE STREET] | |||
| Date: c1952 Film Number: 3497 | |||
| Peter Summers, dressed as a cowboy, is seen playing with friends and his father in Alexandra Park. They feed the ducks and there are scenes of the children playing in the street near their home in Annie Street, Hulme. | |||
| LONDON RIVER - A REVIEW OF CROSSLEY ENGINED SHIPPING ON THE RIVER THAMES | |||
| Date: 1951-3 Film Number: 3856 | |||
| Film depicting boats at work on the River Thames powered by Crossley engines. A journey down the river from Oxford shows various tugs, barges and leisure craft in action, and scenes in London include footage of the 1951 Festival of Britain and of Crossley-engined boats participating in a river pageant before Queen Elizabeth II. Other footage shows the timber wharves at Surrey Docks, customs houses and boats being launched onto the river. | |||
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| [MISCELLANEOUS TRIMS - AEROPLANES, BOATS AND LONDON] | |||
| Date: *1951-53 Film Number: 4049 | |||
| Assorted shots taken from and of planes taking off and landing (possibly at Ringway Airport, Manchester). Brief views of Tower Bridge, the Tower of London and a duck. A street decorated with banners is seen and brief views of boats in a harbour. Ends with coastline and skiing scenes. | |||
| [SUSAN ON THE BEACH; WEDDING AND COUNTRYSIDE] | |||
| Date: c1952 Film Number: 4193 | |||
| Susan Oldfield as a small child is seen riding a donkey and building sandcastles on the beach at Blackpool, as well as playing with a ball in a park, outside the family home and in the garden. General views of Blackpool from a train, and scenes from a wedding, the groom being a soldier dressed in Scottish National Costume. There are views of a group of men rowing out to sea, and countryside scenes next to a river with an angler. | |||
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