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| A TRIBUTE TO BEAUTY | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 561 | |||
| This promotional film on behalf of CWS Soapworks begins with a depiction of the beautiful flowers used for the soaps' perfume. Shows production sequences - the finished product being a bar of commemorative Coronation soap. | |||
| TODMORDEN CORONATION DAY CELEBRATIONS | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 657 | |||
| A procession to celebrate Coronation Day. Includes shots of a brass band; fancy dress; decorated transport floats; historic tableaux; costume competition; official ceremonies; acrobats. Also shows a bonfire at night and a firework display. | |||
| CORONATION CELEBRATIONS. WIDNES SCHOOLS PAGEANT AT THE WADE DEACON GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAY 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 722 | |||
| Pupils from Widnes schools re-enact scenes from the reigns of past monarchs as part of Widnes's celebrations for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - costume drama; dancing; singing; sports. | |||
| MANCHESTER CORONATION DECORATIONS 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 800 | |||
| Shots of the decorations in Manchester to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 - flags and banners in Albert Square; also seen are Kendals, Central Library, St. Peters Square and Piccadilly gardens. | |||
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| LAYING OF FOUNDATION STONE BY THE EARL OF DERBY, WIDNES COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 890 | |||
| The Earl of Derby lays the foundation stone of Widnes College of Further Education - shots of the building site; guests arrive; speeches are made; laying of the stone. | |||
| INTRODUCING WILLIAM PICKLES GROUP | |||
| Date: c1953 Film Number: 895 | |||
| A film to show the variety of goods produced by the William Pickles Group of Manchester - clothing, which is modelled; furnishing fabric and handkerchiefs. 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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| EASTHAM OIL DOCK JULY 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 1072 | |||
| The completion of construction work at Eastham oil dock on the Manchester Ship Canal - a look around the recently completed lock. | |||
| EASTHAM OIL DOCK 26 MARCH 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 1073 | |||
| Construction work in progress at Eastham oil dock on the Manchester Ship Canal - shots of the site and the canal beyond. | |||
| [TANKER ENTERING DOCK] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 1120 | |||
| A tanker and tugboats on the Manchester Ship Canal. The vessels pass through a lock before docking. | |||
| [WORKS SPORTS AND SOCIAL DAY] | |||
| Date: *1953 Film Number: 1229 | |||
| Sports and social day for workers at the Tootal Factory in Manchester. Scenes include a cricket match, tennis, bowls, golf putting, tugs-of-war, side shows and childrens races. Concluding footage is of a fashion show. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [NEWTON HEATH EMPLOYEE EXODUS] | |||
| Date: *1953 Film Number: 1230 | |||
| Workers leaving the Tootal Factory in Manchester. Shots of company vans standing stationary outside the building. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [STREET PROCESSION AND MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE] | |||
| Date: c1953 Film Number: 1268 | |||
| Scenes of a street procession. Colour footage of Oxford Road and the Refuge Building, also includes shots of the City Centre with buildings covered in buntings. Concludes with a train leaving a station. | |||
| [LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE AT THE NEW CIVIC HALL 1953] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 1295 | |||
| The laying of the foundation stone at Ellesmere Port's new Civic Hall on 2nd May 1953. | |||
| [WALKDEN ANNIVERSARY SERMON AND PROCESSION] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 1350 | |||
| Walkden Parish Church Anniversary Sermons - Sunday May 3rd 1953. Includes a procession of young girls in their dresses and headresses and the crowning of the Rose Queen. | |||
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| CORONATION CELEBRATIONS HALEWOOD 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 1542 | |||
| Celebrations in Halewood to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Opens with a tug-of-war, races and playful fighting amongst children, also features a balloon race. Followed by footage of a procession, headed with a banner reading 'Long May She Reign' and containing floats, adults and children in fancy dress and decorated prams and tricycles. A procession queen and flags are also seen. Closes with crowds walking around after the procession has finished. | |||
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| HALEWOOD AND TARBOCK ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 1543 | |||
| Crowds sat around in a large tree lined garden, a maypole is visible. The 1952 Rose Queen and attendents are seen before the 1953 Rose Queen and her party parade in front of the crowd. A man in a suit shakes the hand of the Rose Queen prior to scenes of children dancing with each other and around a maypole. A uniformed brass or silver band is seen playing and crowds are seen walking down a road. Ends with shots of people eating ice cream in a field with food stalls visible | |||
| CORONATION CELEBRATIONS MAY AND JUNE 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 1684 | |||
| The people of Rossendale are seen celebrating the coronation with a street procession, balloon race, acrobatic displays, torchlit procession and fireworks. Also includes family footage of Auntie on her 80th birthday and the wedding of Dorothy and Jim Hoyle. The film concludes with members of the Bethesda United Methodist Church celebrating their 75th Anniversary with a street procession and fun races. | |||
| [A DEVONSHIRE HOLIDAY AND PAT AND SAM'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 1693 | |||
| The film begins with a brief shot of the minister leaving Bethesda United Methodist Church in Waterfoot. Further footage includes scenes of a family holiday in Devon - a woman is seen sitting on a crowded beach doing her embroidery and a group of people are seen having a ride on a miniature railway. The film concludes with scenes of Pat and Sam's wedding on the 5th September 1953 and various miscellaneous shots of an elderly man walking through a church yard; fox hunters and a stream in full flood. | |||
| FELTS FOR PAPERMAKERS | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 2714 | |||
| After shots of old company ledgers and their other factories, wool is seen being delivered to the Porritt and Spencer mill in Bury. Fleeces are sorted by hand, cleaned in a scouring machine, and then blended. After being fluffed up (a process called willying), the wool is sprayed with oil, put into a disentangling machine called a devil (because of its many spikes) and blown into a bin where it is packed up. The wool fibres are teased out in a machine called a scribbler, then made into a fine web and gently wound onto large bobbins. The soft fibre is then spun on a large automated mule, twisted into yarn and tested. It is woven into cloth on looms and shrunken and stretched until it becomes felt. | |||
| E II R 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 3458 | |||
| Footage of Coronation celebrations in Manchester city centre; crowds of people throng around Piccadilly Gardens, St Peter's Square and Albert Square, and there are floats and decorations on the buildings they pass. The film ends with shots of Blackpool: flags fly on a very windy day. | |||
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