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| [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. | |||
| [FESTIVAL OF HOBBIES] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9568 | |||
| A record of an event held at Leeds Corn Exchange as part of local Coronation celebrations in 1953, celebrating a wide range of hobbies. Shots of the hall’s interior show people wandering around and looking at the stalls and displays. Featured hobbies include beekeeping, ceramics – with a potter using a wheel – amateur radio and film, model railways, and there is a miniature railway for the younger visitors to enjoy. There is also a demonstration of weaving, and a working zoetrope on display. | |||
| [LEEDS CORONATION DECORATIONS] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9569 | |||
| A civic procession passes by, council gardeners attend to the flower beds, and there are shots of the lavish decorations festooning the city centre. | |||
| IN SEARCH OF SCOTLAND - COWAL HIGHLAND GATHERING | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 9570 | |||
| People are seen disembarking from a ferry, then gathering at the site of the Cowal Highland Games and watching dancing displays and a variety of sports including shotputting, high jump and wrestling. | |||
| SPITHEAD REVIEW 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 10321 | |||
| A record of the Coronation Review of the fleet, when more than 300 ships gathered in the Solent for the royal review. From destroyers to aircraft carriers, frigates to submarines, the film displays the range of British naval capability of the time. The royal party, comprising the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, board the HMS Surprise, which is acting as the royal yacht for the event. There are also foreign ships, including the USS ‘Baltimore’, the Soviet cruiser ‘Sverdlov’, and the Italian training ship ‘Amerigo Vespucci’. There is a fly-past by the Fleet Air Arm, and the reel ends with the assembled fleet illuminated at night, when fireworks are set off as a finale to the review. | |||
| [NORTH WALES HOLIDAY SCENES AND CHESTER ZOO] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 10476 | |||
| Sailing at Conway and beach scenes with children playing and a boat being pulled up the beach. An owl in a tree followed by more beach scenes and a woman tidying up her garden. People sat by a canal on a wet day followed by canal baots and men fixing the boat's engine. After a ferry boat trip off the coast of North Wales, we see various animals at Chester Zoo including penguins, polar bears and elephants. | |||
| [GARDEN SCENES AND JODRELL BANK] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 10664 | |||
| Family and friends spend time together in the garden, they play with the dog and sit in the sun. The film ends with shots of Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre. | |||
| ALTRINCHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL CAMP 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 10928 | |||
| On July 23rd 1953, the students of Altrincham Grammar school can be seen boarding the coach and departing for their camping trip. On the way, they stop off at Tewkesbury and visit the abbey. Once they arrive at the campsite in Ladram Bay in Devon, they unload the bus and get settled. They visit the beach, go swimming in the sea before walking over Peak Hill to Sidmouth. Some of the boys walk along the promenade before heading back to the campsite where they play games. The next morning we see the children washing their clothes and preparing for the tent inspection. The boys all help out with the washing up of cups and plates. | |||
| [EVENTS IN FRIZINGTON 1953] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 11090 | |||
| Celebrating the Queen's coronation in 1953 the village of Frizington is bedecked in red, white and blue bunting and Union Jack flags. There is a parade with floats, fancy dress, marching brass bands and the crowning of the Coronation Queen. A group of pensioners get off a coach and pose for the camera while three young girls in historical costumes curtsy. Winter scenes with snowball fights and children shovelling the snow from the pavements. | |||
| [CUP FINAL. BOLTON v BLACKPOOL] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 921 | |||
| The camera visits Blackpool and Bolton before the big match - Blackpool seafront; the empty football stadium; a coach full of Bolton supporters sets off. In London - a look at some of the sights, Big Ben, Downing Street and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. After the match the winning team, Blackpool, travels along the high street on an open bus; a cinema advertisement announces Pathe news coverage of the match. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [1953 BOLTON WANDERERS CUP MATCHES] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 922 | |||
| A look at some of the matches played by Bolton Wanderers on their way to the 1953 Cup Final. Gateshead v Bolton played at Gateshead - shots of the supporters and highlights of the game which Bolton won 1-0. Bolton v Everton at Maine Road, Manchester - Bolton win 4-3; all the goals are shown briefly. The 1953 Cup Final between Bolton and Blackpool - the Duke of Edinburgh walks along the line up of Blackpool players before the kick off; Princess Margaret is seen; highlights of the match which Blackpool win 4-3; the Blackpool captain, Harry Johnston, receives the cup from the Queen. | |||
| BLACKPOOL WIN CUP | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 923 | |||
| The 1953 Cup Final between Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers - Wembley approach; the Queen and Prince Philip meet the players; highlights of the game; the winning goal; the Blackpool team receive the Cup from the Queen - they later drink champagne from the Cup in their dressing room; Stanley Matthews shows his medal to the camera. | |||
| STEVEN, MELANIE AND MICHAEL GEE ETC | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 8458 | |||
| Opens with a home-made title cards that reads "Steven, Melanie and Michael Gee etc." Mrs. Gee gives young Melanie a bath as toddler Steven (?) helps her. Mrs. Gee prepares milk formula for the twins then it is Steven's turn to have a bath, then both children are put to bed. A title card reads "1953", a young boy Steven (?) opens various Christmas presents with his mother. Title card reads "Bus Whit Aug 1953" followed by scenes of the Gee family having a picnic in a field with a disused bus in the background, followed by a walk in the countryside. | |||
| TOURIST TROPHY WEEK, ISLE OF MAN 1953 | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 8584 | |||
| Scenes from Tourist Trophy Week, before the racing starts- and then the 250cc Lightweight Race, the 350cc Junior Race, and the 500cc Senior Race. The film also goes behind the scenes with the racers themselves, the mechanics, and even an informal cricket match. It concludes with a Renold van being loaded onto the return ferry. | |||
| [HANS RENOLD SOCIAL UNION CORONATION FIELD DAY] | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 8590 | |||
| An outdoor works social event to mark the Coronation. Crowds of workers and their families mill around on a sunny day enjoying dance displays, stalls, swings and roundabouts, and professional circus performers and acrobats. | |||
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