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Record 4252 – 4271 of 11529
| [BUILDING THE NEW OTIS FACTORY] | |||
| Date: *1954-6 Film Number: 4989 | |||
| Detailed views taken during the construction of the new OTIS lift factory in Kirkby - excavation, pipe-laying, brick-laying, steel-work and painting. The roof is put in place, work is inspected and the factory is fitted out. | |||
| [NESTING BIRDS] | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 8152 | |||
| Close up shots of a variety of birds including blue tits, white throat and robin caring for their eggs, hatchlings and fledglings in their nests. | |||
| [KATSINA DURBAR] | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 8159 | |||
| A procession of ornately dressed horsemen, musicians and followers parade through Katsina as part of the Durbar Festival. The festival is held to mark the end of Ramadan. | |||
| [THE PICKFORD FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS] | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 9848 | |||
| Pickford family scenes. The film shows the Pickford family visiting their friends the Thompson family. A group of adults get together outside a family home. We see a couple with a new baby and a group of adults together watching as the children play on a tricycle. | |||
| [WHIT WALKS AND WELSH HOLIDAY SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 8003 | |||
| Compilation reel including family holiday footage in North Wales, with family members playing on the beach and sand dunes, and the children feeding seagulls. There is also a trip to the zoo, and scenes from two Whit Walks. | |||
| [LYNN AND STEPHEN ON THE BEACH; RITA'S WEDDING; BETTY'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 8314 | |||
| The film opens with scenes of two year old Lynn and her eight month old brother, Stephen, with their mother on the beach. We see scenes from a holiday including a church, cliffs, waterfall, a stately home and boats on a lake. We then see scenes from Rita's wedding. The mother of the bride is filmed arriving, and then the bride and bridesmaids. We see the wedding party and their guests outside the church. There are then scenes from Betty's wedding. Betty and the groom are seen leaving the church after ceremony. | |||
| [INSKIP TRIP TO MORECAMBE] | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 9501 | |||
| still to be done | |||
| [TRANQUIL RURAL SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 9584 | |||
| Rural scenes. We see swans swimming along a river that flows under a bridge. There are general countryside scenes of sheep and cattle in fields. We also see shots of a village, there are scenes of houses with smoking chimneys and the local church and churchyard. We also see shots of traffic driving over the bridge. | |||
| [OLDHAM POLICING] | |||
| Date: 1954-7 Film Number: 548 | |||
| Public relations film made by Oldham Borough Police showing a selection of their duties and activities. These include accident prevention and traffic control, finding lost children, and dog handling. The film stresses the importance of serving other organisations (eg RSPCA, AA, Fire Brigade). The police also play a major role at public occasions, including football and rugby matches, whit walks and processions, and royal visits. | |||
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| [LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL - SPORT, LESSONS AND EXCURSIONS] | |||
| Date: *1954-57 Film Number: 2232 | |||
| Pupils from Lymm Grammar School are seen participating in woodwork and needlework lessons; competing in various sports events and enjoying a geology excursion to the Lake District and a holiday in Switzerland. Also features some new classrooms being built; the opening of the school's new outdoor swimming pool and shots of a group of teachers and kitchen staff standing infront of the school building. Concludes with footage of a school camping trip to North Wales. Pupils are seen pitching their tents; serving up food; eating a meal and hiking across streams and fields. | |||
| [BABY CATHERINE AND TOWNSEND FAMILY HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1954-57 Film Number: 3511 | |||
| Townsend family footage shot in a variety of locations. Baby Catherine is seen in the garden of Tom Fish, her father's boss, the park, her christening at St James Church, Ashton-Under-Lyne and with her parents. Also the family can be seen at a wedding, enjoying a seaside holiday in Cleveleys, visiting the zoo (Belle Vue) and taking part in a scholars walk in Ashton-under-Lyne. | |||
| [HOLIDAY IN FRANCE, GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND] | |||
| Date: *1954-58 Film Number: 5147 | |||
| Film record of Sam and Edith Hanna's holiday to France, Germany and Switzerland. After footage of leaving Dover, there are shots on board the channel ferry and of the arrival at Ostend. There are general views of Paris and the River Seine followed by shots of Cologne and boats on the River Rhine. The film moves to Switzerland and includes footage of the Rhine Falls, Lucerne, theSwiss Alps, Montreux and Zurich. The film also contains shots of the Hannas eating out at Swiss restaurants, looking round markets and visiting friends. 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 | |||
| [NEW OTIS FACTORY AT KIRKBY] | |||
| Date: *1954-8 Film Number: 4971 | |||
| Scenes from the construction of the new OTIS lift factory in Kirkby - excavations, bricklaying, laying concrete, etc. In the completed factory, staff are seen at work manufacturing lift components, there are scenes in the nurse's office, and aerial views of the new factory conclude. | |||
| [FIRST AID INCIDENTS] | |||
| Date: 1954 - 65 Film Number: 3128 | |||
| Footage of a parade of St John's Ambulance Volunteers, a demonstration of a cliff rescue, a Rememberance Day parade with war veterans, a school sports day and a practise first aid session staged on the street. These are followed by holiday footage in Hastings, with women's bowls, a fun fair and public gardens, Coventry cathedral, a parade in Bolton and Delia McGeehan's 21st birthday party. | |||
| [BRADLEY NURSERY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: c1954-59 Film Number: 2560 | |||
| Scenes of the staff and children attending Bradley Nursery School in Nelson. Features various daily routines :- the children preparing for dinner, laying the tables, eating their food and clearing away the plates and chairs. Continues with scenes of the children in the bathroom - brushing their hair, washing their faces and cleaning their teeth. Also includes shots of the children participating in various activities such as :- reading, woodwork, painting, music and dance. They are also seen playing in a tub of sand, dressing in fancy dress costumes, playing with building blocks and blowing bubbles. Further footage includes a medical inspection at the school and scenes of the children putting on their hats and coats at the end of the day. | |||
| SCHOOL CAMPS 1954 - 1959 | |||
| Date: 1954-59 Film Number: 5249 | |||
| Record of Burnley Grammar School Summer Camps between 1954 and 1959 in Wales, the Isle of Man, Devon and Cumbria. Pupils and teachers play football and cricket, relax and fool around on various campsites. They are seen visiting the seaside, lakes and countryside, and visiting local attractions (Snaefell Mountain Railway, Ravenglass and Eskdale Miniature Railway, Buckfast Abbey). 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 | |||
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| [ROUSE FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1955-8 Film Number: 12196 | |||
| Rouse family scenes. The film opens with holiday scenes. We see people sat on deckchairs on board a boat. There are also scenes that are possibly filmed in the grounds of a Cheltenham boarding school. We see the family, the boy in his school uniform, around an outdoor pool where children play with model boats. There are scenes from the Smiths of Eccles lorry depot. We also see children learning to ride horses at some stables, and some children playing with tricycles. | |||
| [GRANGE PARK SCHOOL HOLIDAY AT THE LANGDALE ESTATE] | |||
| Date: c.1957 Film Number: 5025 | |||
| The boys and girls of Grange Park School, St Helens holiday in the Lake District, staying at the Langdale Estate, Great Langdale. We see them hiking, looking down on Grasmere from a hill top and playing on the estate, The boys swim in a lake and do some fishing, then we see them taking another walk with the girls. They board a boat at Ambleside Pier and take a trip across Windermere and watch some sailing boats. The girls swim in the lake back at the Estate, a teacher emerges from the Britannia Inn in Elterwater and we see brief shots of some birds in a cage. The group leave for home on a coach and arrive back in St Helens and Grange Park School. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| CORIE | |||
| Date: c1955-9 Film Number: 8155 | |||
| Various shots of Corie, an elderly yet active golden Labrador. Adventures include Corie encountering ducks, ducklings, and a herd of cows. We see Corie gently picking up a duck egg in his mouth, and finding a eating a mouse. We see baby rabbits at the entrance to their warren. At home, Corie is filmed eating food from a dish next to a hedgehog eating from a bowl of milk and bread. The hedgehog departs leaving a trail of milky footprints behind him. Corie's master is seen carrying a shotgun in a field, he shoots a duck flying overhead, the duck falls in the lake and Corie swims to retrieve it. Back home after being dried by a towel, Corie relaxes by an open fire with his owner. Concludes with scenes of ducks and Corie in a snowy field. | |||
| [PICKFORD FAMILY CAMPING AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1955-9 Film Number: 9847 | |||
| Pickford family scenes. We see children playing in the garden, they put up a tent and play in it, later we see George Pickford with them at the tent with a small campfire. There are brief scenes of women on a tennis court, and then a prize giving after the match. The film also includes shots of various family and friends posing for the camera. | |||
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