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| 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. | |||
| [SILVERDALE, GREAT HUCKLOW AND ABERSOCH] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 9491 | |||
| Compilation reel of family holiday and leisure material, including Bury Unitarian Church’s trip to Derbyshire, complete with picnic, and holiday scenes in firstly Silverdale, and then Abersoch, with family members playing on the beach and in the sea, and the Children’s Special Service Mission holding a Beach Mission. | |||
| INSKIP LEAGUE OF FRIENDSHIP FOR DISABLED, HEYWOOD - TRIP TO RHYL 1952 | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 9493 | |||
| Members of the Inskip League of Friendship accompany a group of mostly elderly people with physical disabilities on a day trip to Rhyl. After the coach journey, and lunch at the Plastirion Hotel, the visitors brave the weather and set out in wheelchairs provided by St John’s Ambulance Brigade for a tour of Rhyl seafront and attractions, including the beach, rollerskating rink, fairground, and garden of remembrance. There is also a Punch and Judy show, a comedy diving display at the open-air baths, and brief scenes at the Coliseum with Will Parkin’s Summertime Show. The return journey to Heywood sees the coach stopping at the Royal Oak Hotel in Kelsall for refreshments. | |||
| [THE WEDDING OF PAT AND DENNIS] | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 9548 | |||
| Scenes from the wedding of Dennis Bray and Patricia Shaw at St James’ Church, Clifton, Rotherham, on 20th September 1952. The film begins with Deirdre, one of the bridesmaids, trying on her new dress for the occasion. At the church, the bridal party and guests arrive; there are then scenes at the reception at Davy’s Café, and the reel ends with the bridal couple being seen off at the railway station. | |||
| IN SEARCH OF SCOTLAND - EDINBURGH E II R | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 9565 | |||
| Edinburgh prepares for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II; the royal cars and accompanying procession are seen making their way along Princes Street, filmed from a high vantage point. There are also family holiday scenes, with a visit to the castle where there is a gun salute for the Queen’s birthday, and a trip to the zoo. | |||
| SUMMER MEETING IN BRISTOL MAY 1952 | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 9566 | |||
| Shot on a trip to Bristol for a meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the film includes a tour of Bristol and its environs, including scenes at the docks, Clifton Suspension Bridge, and a visit to the site of a reservoir under construction. | |||
| WHITBY HOLIDAY 1952 | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 9567 | |||
| Scenes from a holiday in Whitby, including activity in the harbour as the catch is unloaded from the boats, and fishermen mend their nets. Family members are seen playing on the beach, fishing in rockpools and attaching bait to lines and trying unsuccessfully to fish in the sea. | |||
| 64TH SERMONS JUNE 15TH 1952 | |||
| Date: 1952 Film Number: 10060 | |||
| Celebrating the 64th Anniversary of the Bollington Methodist Church Sunday School, children exit the church followed by adults and a brass band. Hymns are sung in various locations in the neighbourhood accompanied by the brass band. After the procession and services by the Rev Rutherford Basham of Hanley the congregation exit the church with the reverend talking and posing for the camera. A group of women sit and sew in a garden at the fortnightly sewing meeting. Members of the congregation board a bus to visit Gawsworth New Hall where they are welcomed and enter the hall. | |||
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