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| [THE ZIDLICKY WEDDING 25TH APRIL 1953] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 6674 | |||
| Scenes from Jiri and Nesta Zidlicky's wedding at Stand Unitarian Chapel in Whitefield, including their arrival, posing for photographs, a reception at the Eagle and Child in Whitefield and waving goodbye to well wishers at Victoria station. | |||
| [WELSH SCENES & CORONATION DECORATIONS] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 6683 | |||
| Views of the coastline and harbour at Portmeirion, followed by a journey on the Talyllyn Railway locomotive past the Dolgoch Falls. Ends with a brief glimpse of coronation decorations in Albert Square. | |||
| CORONATION PARTY | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 6684 | |||
| Scenes of people watching young girls maypole dancing indoors, to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. | |||
| CORONATION PAGEANT | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 6794 | |||
| Scenes from Golborne County Infants School Coronation Pageant in 1953 featuring a procession of children in fancy dress, made up to represent different Commonwealth cultures. Pupils enact a mock crowning ceremony and perform a series of dance routines afterwards. Ends with the 'queen' and her entourage leaving school grounds, followed by parents standing around and discussing the event. | |||
| [MONTE CARLO RALLY AND ICE SKATING] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 5700 | |||
| Monte Carlo Rally scenes, shot from front and rear of the racing car (car 416). Shots of racing details including checkpoints,car interiors and public inspection of cars. Birdseye views from the harbour. Winter scenes of driving through snow and ice skating scenes on a frozen lake. | |||
| [THE STORY OF PANTO WEEK 1953] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 8651 | |||
| The film shows the 1953 Liverpool Panto Week. The week includes ballet performances, jazz concerts and processions that include Bessie Braddock. All activities are in aid of Cancer Research, with students raising money to build a new Cancer Research Centre. The film includes shots of inside the cancer ward, with nurses and doctors treating patients. | |||
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| EASTERN EMPEROR WINS CHESTER CUP | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 4013 | |||
| Newsreel item from the Chester Cup race of 1953. Views include the start and the race to the finish. The winning horse, Eastern Emperor, is seen in the Winner's Enclosure after the race. | |||
| [BLACKPOOL'S VICTORY, FA CUP FINAL 1953] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9157 | |||
| The climax of the football season has over 100,000 spectators at Wembley for the Bolton Wanderers v Blackpool F.A. Cup Final of 1953. After shots of the players getting ready we see the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive and the Duke is introduced to the players. A thrilling match ends in a 4-3 victory for Blackpool and the Queen hands the trophy to the Blackpool captain. Stanley Matthews is seen in the changing room clutching his winners medal. | |||
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| [MORTENSEN HOLIDAY AND SHOP EXTERIORS] | |||
| Date: *1953 Film Number: 9159 | |||
| The Mortensens wait for a bus, visit a zoo, and war graves. Stan and his son play football in the garden then Mrs Mortensen is seen walking in some ornamental gardens. Mrs Mortensen and friends sit at a street side cafe and then in the garden with two dogs. Brief shots of Stan's shop 'The Sports Corner' exteriors then Stan and a friend digging the front garden. | |||
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| CEMAES WHIT WEEKEND 1953; AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY 1953 MORECAMBE; THE GUINNESS CLOCK | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 8354 | |||
| For the Whit weekend, the group head to Cemaes. They stay in a cottage and visit the beach, the children appear to still be wearing their school uniforms when they go paddling. For the August bank holiday weekend, they head to Morecambe. People can be seen leaving the house, they sit on a bench before walking along the promenade. The film ends with a visit to see the Guinness Clock in Morecambe. | |||
| [JOHN'S FIRST TRIAL; CEMAES WHIT WEEKEND 1953] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 8366 | |||
| Compilation reel begins with scenes from a motorcycle trial in Chester. For Whit weekend 1953, the family visit Cemaes. Outside their cottage, John can be seen on his motorcycle while two women read the newspapers. Later, the group have a picnic together in a field. They feed the swans before taking a boat trip on the river. They visit 'The Red House', a large house with beautiful gardens. In the garden, a young child rides his tricycle. The film ends with shots of John wearing a military uniform while riding his motorcycle down the street. | |||
| 4 TODAY | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9319 | |||
| Richards' 4th birthday party with children playing in the garden at Brooklands then children sat around a table eating and drinking. Mrs Sagar lighting the candles on a birthday cake and Richard blowing them out. The film ends with shots of the interiors of the Sagar family home and Richard and Elizabeth in the garden. | |||
| DIRT DISPOSAL - TRIALS AT ARKWRIGHT COLLIERY | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 11458 | |||
| In October 1953 The Coal Board hold a trial for four manufacturers of dump trucks at Arkwright Colliery in North East Derbyshire. The manufacturers taking part are Foden, AEC, Euclid and Scammell. Each manufacturer puts their vehicles through the trial, they have to drive through a course that has been constructed with various hazards and complete a range of tasks. When the trials are complete other manufacturers are given the opportunity to demonstrate different types of industrial vehicles. | |||
| ST. MATTHEW'S MOCK CORONATION FILM | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 11631 | |||
| A parade led by Highland pipers followed by children in costumes, marching bands and scouts. The parade can be seen making their way through Stretford and ends at Longford Park where various performances take place. | |||
| [YOUNG ERIC; CORONATION; FARM AND FAMILY] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 7900 | |||
| Eric in a pedal car on the street then two women bottle feeding lambs on Brogden Farm. Eric riding a tricycle then feeding chickens in the farmyard followed by his mother holding his train-shaped birthday cake. A girl then three girls riding a pony around the farm followed by a rose queen being crowned and a children's fancy dress parade. Eric plays with toys and his pedal car on the street before dressing as a cowboy. Coronation decorations on a terraced street then in Manchester with decorations seen at the town hall, Piccadilly Gardens and Deansgate. Hazel and Eric in the garden with a cat then a boy scout mends his bicycle. The film ends with gardening scenes and little girls picking flowers. | |||
| CORONATION YEAR 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9498 | |||
| Local Coronation celebrations include a crowd of people listening to a brass band performance in the outdoor theatre in Queen’s Park, Heywood, and later, the United Choirs Concert. In Manchester city centre, Albert Square, Piccadilly Gardens and surrounding streets are festooned with decorations; shops, including Kendals, are also decorated. Heywood’s shops have a variety of Coronation displays in their windows, and at Stanley Mill, workers dress up and celebrate. | |||
| [INSKIP TRIP TO FLEETWOOD 27TH JUNE 1953] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9500 | |||
| Members of the Inskip League of Friendship accompany a group of mostly elderly people with physical disabilities on a day trip to Fleetwood. After the coach journey, the visitors set out in wheelchairs for a tour of the seafront and attractions, including The Mount, a lighthouse, the boating lake and putting green, and the ferry to Knott End. Other sights of interest are the contestants for Mr Superman, one of whom puts on a weightlifting display at the open-air pool, and the astrologer Professor Aubrey Winston, making predictions on the seafront. | |||
| [ON THE GREAT ORME AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9510 | |||
| Compilation reel of family holiday scenes in Llandudno: out and about on the Great Orme, enjoying a ride on a miniature railway, then out on sea on the ferry. The family visit the beach, eat strawberries and ice cream at an outdoor café, and look at the plants in a greenhouse; they also attempt horizontal rock climbing, with the camera tilted. There are scenes in a sunny garden where adults and children relax and lark around, and a visit to the HQ of Whitefield Garrick Society, featuring members drinking tea, chatting and sitting in a meeting. The reel ends with more holiday footage from Llandudno. | |||
| ST SILAS' ANNIVERSARY 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9514 | |||
| A Whit Walk for St Silas church and Sunday school in Blackburn featuring a brass band, clergymen, children carrying baskets of flowers and banners and troops of cub scouts and brownies amongst the walkers who after the procession enter the church. Next we see a group of schoolboys getting off a coach then scenes from a fairground with the boys in dodgem cars and motorboats. | |||
| DUNOON AND THE TROSSACHS | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9564 | |||
| Scenes from a holiday in the west of Scotland, including a long boat ride, scenic views and a family picnicking by a loch. | |||
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