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| [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 boats 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. | |||
| OPERATION TRANSMATILDA | |||
| Date: *1953 Film Number: 8596 | |||
| Promotional film for the Renold Transmar motorcycle chain, manufactured in Australia by Renold (Australia) Proprietary Limited. Two riders make a 11,746 mile tour around some of the continent's more difficult routes to demonstrate the durability of the product. | |||
| THE WORLD'S LARGEST SUMMER FLOWER SHOW - SOUTHPORT | |||
| Date: 1953 Film Number: 8691 | |||
| Outside the 1953 Southport Flower Show, people stroll along the sea front or queue to enter the event. Inside, there are gardens, flowers in marquees, outdoor displays, a brass band playing, showjumping and horse trotting, while a BBC O.B.Unit is on hand to record the proceedings. | |||
| WIGAN CRICKET CLUB - ON SAT APRIL 24th, WIGAN V BROUGHTON WICKETS PITCHED 2.30pm | |||
| Date: *1953/4 Film Number: 906 | |||
| A cricket match between Wigan and Broughton played at Wigan Cricket Club - boys levelling the pitch with a roller; two players inspect the pitch, one tosses a coin; various shots of the match and spectators. | |||
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| INTRODUCING THE PM HIGH TEMPERATURE PNEUMATIC DRUM TYPE CROP DRIER AT M.R.C.E FARMS LIMITED MANOR FARM, EAST WRETHAM, THETFORD, NORFOLK. | |||
| Date: *1953-54 Film Number: 1550 | |||
| Film to show the operation of a machine to produce cattle feed from crops. The crop is seen in fields in Norfolk, being cut and harvested and fed into the crop drier. Here it is dried, chopped and ground before being bagged as cattle feed. The machine is manufatured by Petrie McNaught of Rochdale. | |||
| [DOLLS HOUSES AND COOKING UTENSILS] | |||
| Date: 1953-54 Film Number: 1642 | |||
| Family scenes of Mrs Hardman and her daughter Gail playing in a sand pit in the garden. They are also seen walking along the beach at Southport [?], eating ice creams and feeding some ducks on a pond. The film continues with interior shots of a little girl sitting on her bed, playing with a miniature dolls house and three little girls surrounded by pastry mixture, rolling pins and mixing bowls, pretending to be cooks in the garden. | |||
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| [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SNOW, SPORTS AND EXCURSIONS] | |||
| Date: *1953-54 Film Number: 2236 | |||
| Pupils from Lymm Grammar School are seen building snowmen and having a snowball fight in the school grounds. Also includes scenes of a girls v boys hockey match and a large cross country race through woodlands and streets. Staff and pupils are also seen enjoying a camping trip - includes shots of the school children walking through the countryside and peeling potatoes for dinner. Further footage features the school fete and a line up of children wearing their costumes for the school play. | |||
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