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WONDERFUL BRITAIN HOLIDAYS WITH THE CO-OPERATIVE HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION PORLOCK, TOTNES, DAWLISH
Date: *1953 Film Number: 5140
 
Members of The Co-operative Holiday Association on holiday in the south-west of England. The holidaymakers are shown relaxing and playing games in the grounds of various large CHA guest houses (Doverhay Place, Follaton House), walking in the countryside and visiting towns, beaches and other places of interest in Somerset and Devon. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html
 
 
 
[MILITARY PARADE, BURNLEY]
Date: *1953 Film Number: 5181
 
Shots of a military parade in a town street (possibly Burnley). A military band plays and soldiers carrying rifles march down the street in front of a crowd of onlookers. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html
 
 
 
[DIGNITARIES AT MILITARY PARADE, BURNLEY]
Date: *1953 Film Number: 5184
 
Two VIPs talk on a viewing platform and acknowledge the camera before there are shots of a military parade in a town street (possibly Burnley). Soldiers carrying rifles march down the street in front of a military band and a crowd of onlookers. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html
 
 
 
BLACKBURN DIOCESE G.F.S. AND C.L.B. CORONATION DISPLAY 9TH MAY, 1953
Date: 1953 Film Number: 5344
 
Coronation display at Ewood Park football ground, Blackburn. Features an inspection and parade by the Church Lads Brigade followed by dance and gymnastic displays (including slow motion reverse photography). There are team games featuring members of the Girls Friendly Society. Young boys, dressed as colourful clockwork soldiers, march rigidly then fall down in sequence. There follow displays of maypole and country dancing. The film ends with a ceremony in which a clergyman addresses the crowd in the main stand and a regimental flag is lowered. The film features military, brass and pipe bands throughout. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html
 
 
 
[MANCHESTER AND TRAFFORD CORONATION DECORATIONS]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 5429
 
Scenes in Manchester and Trafford of buildings and streets decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Includes shots of St. Ann's Street, Deansgate (including Kendals department store) and King Street. Ends with scenes of a decorated residential street in Trafford Park.
 
 
 
[HALE AND MANCHESTER CORONATION DECORATIONS]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 5430
 
Scenes in Hale and Manchester of buildings and streets decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In Hale, flags fly from the front of houses and kerbstones and gable walls are painted in patriotic colours. In Manchester there are shots of decorations in Piccadilly, Albert Square and St Peter's Square. Also includes footage of people admiring the flowerbed displays in Piccadilly Gardens.
 
 
 
[CORONATION DECORATIONS, LITTLE MORETON HALL PAGEANT]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 5431
 
Footage of residential streets decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and a record of an historical pageant set in the grounds of Little Moreton Hall near Congleton. Banners, bunting and flowers cover the decorated streets, believed to be in Trafford Park and Salford. After a shot of a specially-designed coronation flowerbed in the countryside, the film then moves to Little Moreton Hall where adults and children in Elizabethan costume perform an historical pageant.
 
 
 
STREET DECORATIONS IN BOOTLE
Date: 1953 Film Number: 5788
 
A terraced street in Bootle is decorated to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Shots of hand-made decorations including a giant red, white and blue crown and bunting aligning all the houses across the street. The residents gather for a group photograph, a girl dances in the street to an audience and residents and children are interviewed by a man with a microphone. Brief footage of children racing each other along the street. 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/
 
 
 
SPECIAL EDITION
Date: *1953 Film Number: 6158
 
Want family members are seen leaving the house with the baby on the way to the Christening. Scenes outside the church, and of the family back at home in the garden afterwards. Dad is seen pegging out nappies on the washing line.
 
 
 
[LIVERPOOL WELSH CHORAL UNION AT 1953 EISTEDDFOD]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 6837
 
A trip made by the Liverpool Welsh Choral Union to the National Eisteddfod of Wales. People are seen arriving at the festival by bus and entering the venue building. There are brief views of a BBC outside broadcast unit and the film ends with still photographs of various choirs seated in the concert hall and close ups of the programme.
 
 
 
[EGERTON YOUTH CLUB FOOTBALL SEPT. 19 1953]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 7158
 
Action from a boys football match at playing fields in Knutsford on September 19th 1953. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[F.A. CUP SEMI-FINAL BLACKPOOL V TOTTENHAM]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 7334
 
Brief extract from newsreel footage of the FA Cup semi-final match held at Villa Park on 21st March 1953. Blackpool's winning goal is seen. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[LOCOMOTIVE MANUFACTURE AT VULCAN FOUNDRY]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 7362
 
Scenes inside the Vulcan foundry in Newton-le-Willows. A locomotive's valve gear is inspected during rolling road testing before there are travelling high angle shots of the erecting shop. A cast is removed from a furnace and there are shots of a locomotive being manouevred through the air by an overhead crane. A locomotive made for Nigeria leaves the foundry on a low loader and after further crane shots, the film ends with an engine's steam test and workers riveting. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] 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/
 
 
 
[WORKERS LEAVING VULCAN FOUNDRY]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 7364
 
Scenes outside the factory gates at Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows. After an opening shot of the closed gates and people walking past, there is footage taken from different angles of workers leaving the premises on foot and by bicycle. Ends with an underexposed shot of a woman winding film. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[FIRE DRILL AT VULCAN FOUNDRY]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 7365
 
A fire training exercise at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows. Men wheel out a fire pump from Fire Station 2 at the rear of the foundry, before unrolling hoses and spraying water over trackside sheds. The trainee firefighters then climb a ladder to take hoses to the roof of one of the main works buildings. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[NEW YORK AND TORONTO, MOSS FAMILY DOMESTIC SCENES]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 6864
 
Compilation including Judith Moss playing in the garden at home, dressed up in a nurses outfit and celebrating her 6th birthday party. Night shots of neon signs in Times Square, New York, and a number of street scenes and buildings around Toronto. Other footage includes brief sequences of the American coastline filmed from an aircraft and shots of an ice hockey match. The reel ends with sisters Judith and Vanessa playing with their father Willie in front of the camera, and a Moss family holiday to Bournemouth.
 
 
 
FLEETWOOD IN CORONATION YEAR
Date: 1953 Film Number: 6989
 
Scenes of Fleetwood during Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Year showing the Mount Pavilion, Esplande with colourful flowerbeds and the seafront. Children play in bathing pools, watching 'Bilton's Marionettes' perform on the promenade and posing by a model yacht as a man launches it on a boating pool. Continues with boats sailing on a lake, beach scenes, people playing crazy golf and on a giant board game of draughts. Includes shots aboard a ferry to Knott End, the Isle of Man Steamer departing the harbour and the two Fleetwood lighthouses. 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/
 
 
 
[LONDON SCENES & GIRLS IN A SNOWY GARDEN]
Date: 1953 Film Number: 7086
 
Scenes showing a trip to London during Coronation Year, including shots of Buckingham Palace with Coronation decorations in the foreground, The Mall and young girls feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square. Footage includes the neon lights of Piccadilly Circus, exteriors of the Haymarket Theatre and under exposed shots of the Thames at night. Continues with a visit to a zoo showing various animals in enclosures. Ends with scenes of a winter's day as two young girls build a snowman in the back garden.
 
 
 
CORONATION CELEBRATIONS, PRESTON 1953
Date: 1953 Film Number: 6543
 
Scenes from a combined churches outdoor service in Avenham Park on Sunday 31 March, followed by a military parade in Moor Park on June 2. Ends with Gurkhas 'beating the retreat' at Fulwood Barracks.
 
 
 
TO THE LAKES
Date: 1953 Film Number: 6545
 
Scenes of an Infantry Records office staff trip from Preston to the Lake District, featuring visits to Kirkby Lonsdale. Ends with comic footage of those unfortunate enough to be left behind at work.
 
 
 
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