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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.]
 
 
 
[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.]
 
 
 
[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.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
[THE OPENING OF GRANVILLE HOUSE CLINIC STOCKPORT]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 1838
 
Footage shot at the Stockport Spastic Society's headquarters in 1953. Includes interior shots of 'Granville House' and further footage of Lady Derby opening the Stockport Clinic for Spastic Children. The film concludes with interior scenes of Lady Derby talking to some of the children and staff.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
HOW TO PLAY CRICKET BY DON BRADMAN
Date: 1953 Film Number: 3469
 
A film narrated by the Australian test cricketer Sir Don Bradman, who describes how to make various shots while batting. There is also a short introduction describing Bradman's career.
 
 
 
[CORONATION PARADE AND FIREWORKS]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 3522
 
Scenes in Ashton-under-Lyne of the parade to celebrate the 1953 Coronation. Includes footage of the participants, the Black Knight on horseback and brief shots of a firework display at Belle Vue.
 
 
 
[DECK OF A CRUISE SHIP]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 3563
 
Shots of the deck of a cruise ship on a sunny day, with passengers relaxing in deckchairs and strolling around.
 
 
 
[SAWLEY CORONATION CELEBRATIONS]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 3632
 
A procession of people in fancy dress and decorated floats passes through the streets of Sawley before congregating in a field. Views of a girl dressed as a Queen with her attendants. A brass band playing, possibly Pendle Hill and final brief shots of people in a car.
 
 
 
[WYNNE SCOTTISH HOLIDAY]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 3759
 
Film opens with Jean sitting in a garden in Wythenshawe, reading. The rest of the film is a record of a touring holiday of Scotland. A motorbike (with sidecar) is regularly featured. Includes visits to Dumfries, Edinburgh, The Trossachs, Ballantrae, Kirkcudbright Castle, Wanlockhead lead mines, general countryside, lake and camping scenes. There is also a shot of Robert Burns' house, and views of pylons and an electrical generator in the fields.
 
 
 
[PICCADILLY GARDENS IN CORONATION YEAR]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 3987
 
Shots of Piccadilly Gardens and surrounding streets, decorated to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Flags are draped from buildings, and people walk in the gardens.
 
 
 
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