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| [LOOKING AFTER THE NEW BABY] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 6843 | |||
| Domestic scenes showing new-born baby Vanessa Moss at home being fed and changed by her Mother and her nanny. | |||
| [MITCHELL FAMILY HOLIDAY AND KESWICK CONVENTION] | |||
| Date: *1952 Film Number: 8228 | |||
| Mitchell family holiday - posing on a walk, followed by a public gymnastic event in a park with a team of schoolboys. Brief scenes of shops in Keswick centre are followed by trips to Castlerigg stone circle and Windermere. Film ends with views outside the annual Keswick Convention - a religious event in a large tent and various stalls on the roads outside. | |||
| DAVID AT 7 MONTHS; OUR FIRST BABY | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 6474 | |||
| Various shots of David Waller as a baby with his mum Muriel, taken around the house and garden. | |||
| TEN YEARS LATE PRESTON GUILD MERCHANT 1952. | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 6552 | |||
| Scenes from the 1952 Preston Guild celebrations featuring commemorative perfomances, exhibitions, ceremonies and processions. REEL1 features: the Mayor's proclamation; a firework display at Moor Park; the Mayor opening exhibitions at the Harris Museum; the Guild's first Mayoral procession; going to the Parish Church for morning service and the Guild Festival at Avenham Park. REEL2 features: an outdoor ceremony for the presentation of a commemorative scroll, representing Preston's adoption of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment; a fireworks display and people arriving for a thanksgiving service. Reel3 features: a 'Merrie England' open-air performances; a procession of veteran cars; the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show in Ashton Park; a funfair at Moor Park and Preston North End playing West Bromwich Albion. Reel4 features: C of E, Catholic and Free Church processions, followed by the Merchant Trades and Friendly Society Processions. | |||
| STAND UNITARIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL WHITSUNTIDE PROCESSION 1952 | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 6669 | |||
| Scenes from the Stand Unitarian Sunday School Whitsuntide Procession, featuring the walkers assembling and then the march into town. Views of pony rides in a field continue, followed by cricket and running races. Shots of the Rose Queen and party and a girl playing on the beach at New Brighton conclude. | |||
| [LAYING OF A FOUNDATION STONE 1952] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 6692 | |||
| A brief glimpse of workman laying the foundation stone for the new Stand Unitarian Chapel, using a block and tackle. | |||
| GOLBORNE COUNTY INFANTS SCHOOL ROSE QUEEN GARDEN PARTY JUNE 1952 | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 6793 | |||
| Scenes from Golborne County Infants School Rose Queen Garden Party in 1952, featuring a procession of pupils in fancy dress across the school fields, the coronation of the Rose Queen and a series of rustic dance routines. Ends with everyone enjoying an outdoor lunch and dancing the hokey cokey. | |||
| SPHINX REEL - HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMEM WEEK | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 8285 | |||
| Student production documenting some of the events taking place during Liverpool University's annual Commemoration Week. Includes footage of rehearsals for Twelfth Night, a table tennis tournament and events at the garden party at Wyncote House (including an appearance by American jazz singer, Lena Horne). The film ends with scenes from the Commemoration Ball, led by Cyril Stapleton and his band. | |||
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| [THE CAMPAIGNERS - NORTHERN PARADE AND THANKSGIVING SERVICE, 10TH MAY 1952] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 8267 | |||
| Display and inspection in Albert Square. The Chief and the Lord Mayor come out of the Town Hall and a bouquet is presented to the Lady Mayoress. Followed by the participants marching down Oxford Road and everyone then entering the church. Ending with some brief shots of the service inside the church. Founded by Colin C Kerr in 1922, The Campaigners was an Evangelical youth movement for children of different ages. It serves to strengthen ties with local churches and develop the members Christian Faith. | |||
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| LE TELLIER WINS THE CHESTER CUP | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 4011 | |||
| Newsreel item from the Chester Cup race of 1952. On a rainy day, horses are seen at the start and during the race. French horse Le Tellier wins and is seen in the Winner's Enclosure. | |||
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| ON THE FLASH YACHTING AT WINSFORD, CHESHIRE 1952 | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 8389 | |||
| Scenes from a sailing competition on the Winsford Flash. A group of people watch the event and enjoy a picnic on the banks of the lake. | |||
| [MR AND WATSON’S WEDDING AND COTSWOLD SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 8612 | |||
| Wedding guests arrive followed by the bride and her father; after the service, the newly weds exit the church and depart, showered with confetti. A visit to the Cotswolds takes in Bourton on the Water model village and the nearby town of Burford. | |||
| [MR AND MRS WATSON’S HOUSE AND GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 8614 | |||
| Mr and Mrs Watson take it in turns to film each other in their garden; there are shots of the house exterior and Mr Watson admires a tall plant. | |||
| [MANCHESTER – SOME VIEWS OF THE CITY AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 8621 | |||
| Compilation reel of footage shot in Manchester city centre and other scenes, including the Ship Canal, and the miniature railway and fairground rides at Belle Vue. | |||
| [HINDLEY MOTORCYCLE ROAD TRIAL] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 8991 | |||
| Crowds gather to watch the Hindley Motorcycle and light car club Main Road Trial which took place between the 24th and 25th of May 1952. Drivers can be seen setting off, driving down roads and later stopping at a filling station. | |||
| [DORSET HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 9303 | |||
| Elizabeth and Richard on a see-saw and rope swings then climbing over a 'pirate ship' in a children's playground. The Sagar family and friends on the beach enjoying a picnic. The Sagar children in bathing costumes running around the garden at Brooklands and playing in a paddling pool. | |||
| MAKING TOOTAL TIES AT THE TOOTAL HEMMING WORKS MANCHESTER | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 11299 | |||
| This film follows the process of making ties at the Tootal Hemming Works, Manchester. There are titles describing each stage of the process. We see cloth hooking, marking the outline of ties on cloth using chalk and cutting to size. The bias lining is cut in a similar way. The tape lining is cut on rollers and the linings are joined together. We then see the four stages of hemming. All pieces are joined together, then we see the iron pressing of seams and the sewing in of the lining. The ties are turned right side out and then they are ironed and inspected. The ties are boxed and given a final inspection. We also see a shorter sequence showing how the 'black quality' ties which have a satin lining are made differently. | |||
| [A PARADE - MAJORETTES AND HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLE] | |||
| Date: *1952 Film Number: 11436 | |||
| A man speaks into a microphone in front of a small crowd of men before a group of pom-pom waving majorettes march at the front of a carnival parade followed by a decorated horse-drawn vehicle. | |||
| JOINING THE ARMY | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 9459 | |||
| This short comedy compilation of army sketches stars Frank Randle, Dan Young and Diana Dors. The sketches begin with Frank and Dan being drilled by a sergeant major then mishaps with a tea trolley. The sergeant major talks to Diana Dors and tries to persude her to accompany him in his sports car only for the car to break down. Next we see Frank being massaged for a fight and then the wrestling match itself with Diana offering help and encouragement. | |||
| JOINING THE ARMY | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 9461 | |||
| This short comedy film stars Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss in a series of army sketches. The first sketch features Jimmy and Ben visiting the army medical officer then on the parade ground the sergeant mayor has the troop doing physical exercises including Jimmy and Ben having a boxing match. | |||
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