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[AN OUTING TO BLACKPOOL]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 1169
 
Members of the Preston family on an outing to Blackpool. Includes various shots of the Tower, Pleasure Beach, Seafront and Stanley Park. The family are also seen standing outside a gift stall; relaxing on the pier and enjoying themselves on the Big Dipper and Water Chute rides. Also features shots of several trams travelling along the promenade. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] 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/
 
 
 
[PRESTON FAMILY - CRUISE HOLIDAY]
Date: *1928 Film Number: 1187
 
The Preston Family, from Stockport, on a cruise holiday. Includes scenes of a foreign coastline, streets, buildings and harbour. Also features various activities and games taking place onboard ship. Concludes with travelling shots of the train journey home.
 
 
 
[FANCY DRESS PARADE]
Date: *1928 Film Number: 1192
 
Footage of a fancy dress parade in a field and a procession through Garstang town centre. Also a boys football team line up and the captains shake hands before the match begins, followed by footage of the match itself. A family playing in a backyard, streetscenes and further footage of a procession past the Royal Oak Hotel. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
[1928 GREATER BRIGHTON CELEBRATIONS DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK AT THE ROYAL PAVILION AND CARNIVAL PROCESSION OF DECORATED VEHICLES.]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 1890
 
Members of the Preston family enjoying the carnival celebrations at Greater Brighton, in 1928. Various activities are seen taking place on the beach, seafront, streets and promenade. Includes shots of a jazz band performing outside; people driving miniature cars around a small race track and a woman playing on a one-armed bandit machine. Also includes footage of the Duke and Duchess of York's visit to the Royal Pavilion.
 
 
 
SEPTEMBER 1ST 1928 BRAMHALL FLOWER SHOW
Date: 1928 Film Number: 1919
 
Members of the Preston family attend the Bramhall Flower Show on 1st September; 1928. General scenes of the show ground include entries for the horse-drawn trap competition and various livestock classes. Mr Joshua Preston, in his mayoral capacity, presents prizes to produce and poultry winners.
 
 
 
GLENGARRY CINEMA FILM PRODUCTION OF COLCHESTER CARNIVAL JULY 19TH 1928
Date: 1928 Film Number: 1921
 
Mr Joshua Preston, Mayor of Stockport, attends Colchester Carnival on the 19th July 1928. Includes high angle shots of the procession and close up shots of various entries for the children's fancy dress competition.
 
 
 
[CARNIVAL SCENES IN STOCKPORT]
Date: *1928 Film Number: 1927
 
Carnival celebrations in Stockport. Includes various shots of the procession passing through Mersey Square and people judging the entries for the fancy dress competition. Mr Joshua Preston is seen sitting in a car at the finish of the parade.
 
 
 
[MARY AND RUTH IN THE GARDEN]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2097
 
Two children, Mary and Ruth Behrens, are seen running up and down a garden path, wearing bonnets and coats. A couple of adults stand watching in the background.
 
 
 
[ST ANNES; APRIL 1928]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2098
 
Two children, Mary and Ruth Behrens, are seen building sand castles on a deserted beach at St Annes; April 1928.
 
 
 
[NIXONS : EALING; APRIL 1928]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2099
 
Members of the Behrens family visit friends in Ealing; April 1928. Two little girls, a boy and a woman are seen playing in a garden - The children run around trying to find paper bags containing toys and sweets finds a bag with a large bouncy ball inside. Further scenes include a walk in the park and shots of some seals swimming in an enclosure surrounded by spectators.
 
 
 
[BRAYSHAWS; AUGUST 1928]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2100
 
Various members of the Behrens family are seen visiting friends in the country; August 1928. Includes footage of a man riding a horse and cart along a country lane and a woman leading a bull by a piece of rope tied through the ring in its nose, to a shallow brook close to the farmhouse.
 
 
 
[GENEVA; SEPT 1928]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2101
 
Mr and Mrs Behrens on holiday in Geneva; Sept 1928. They are seen visiting Beau Rivage; Gorges du Chaudron; Cummings and Whelon.
 
 
 
[CLARENS, EVIAN; SEPT 1928]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2102
 
Mr and Mrs Behrens are seen sunbathing on a reclining chair, while on holiday in Clarens; September 1928. Further miscellaneous footage includes moving shots along a railway line in the country; birds feeding on the pavement and a man sat next to a row of fishing rods, looking out across the quayside.
 
 
 
[MARK ARNOLD-FOSTER; SEPT 1928]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2103
 
Three adults and a young boy are seen having a picnic in the countryside. The boy tries to drink some water from a pipe delivering supplies to a cattle trough in the middle of a field. His attempts to catch the water in his mouth fails to quench his thirst and he resorts to holding his cupped hands under the waters flow.
 
 
 
[JELLY D'ARANYI; NOV 1928]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2104
 
A woman, Jelly D'Aranyi, and a little girl stand on the steps of Mr and Mrs Behrens house, 'Holly Royde', in Withington; November 1928. The woman wears a large fur cape which flaps wildly in the wind. The little girl runs around the driveway trying to catch the woman as she dodges out of the way. 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/
 
 
 
[CHURCH STRETTON I]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2170
 
Scenes of a woman and two small children sitting near a brook in the countryside around Church Stretton. The woman watches the two children as they fish in the brook with nets.
 
 
 
[CHURCH STRETTON II]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2171
 
Scenes of a game of Polo. Includes close up shots of the men on horseback. Two women sit in deckchairs watching the game in progress. A man sits on the grass next to them, smoking a pipe. A row of cars are seen parked in the background.
 
 
 
[FOREIGN CAR]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2188
 
Miscellaneous scenes filmed abroad. Includes footage of a well dressed man and woman standing next to a car with a foreign number plate. Also features a shot of a tram travelling slowly up the side of a hill. Concludes with a woman standing on the hilltop taking a photograph of the person that is filming her.
 
 
 
[FOREIGN STREET SCENES]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2189
 
Various scenes around a foreign city, Geneva. Includes shots of the river, roads, buildings and surrounding landscape. Features brief shots of a tram, newspaper stall and some men pulling carts piled high with baskets.
 
 
 
[SOCIETE NATIONS I]
Date: 1928 Film Number: 2190
 
Delegates arrive in chauffeur driven cars and enter a building which has a sign 'Societe Nations" over the door. The group are also seen emerging from the building onto rain soaked streets. A few of the men and women stand on the pavement under umbrellas.
 
 
 
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