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Record 4272 – 4291 of 11529
| [OUT AND ABOUT ON THE CANALS] | |||
| Date: c1955-9 Film Number: 10468 | |||
| Canal boats pass by, one has a man with a cine camera aboard, and people wave as the boat passes. Boys play with their model boats then men swim in the canal in their underwear. Scenes from a canal boat rally /event with numbered boats and children and adults in a field by a canal. | |||
| [PREPARING FOR CAMP] | |||
| Date: c1955-9 Film Number: 11303 | |||
| In the garden, two children go through a list and prepare for a camping trip. At the campsite, | |||
| HERE AND THERE | |||
| Date: c1955-60 Film Number: 9801 | |||
| A mixture of holiday and domestic scenes in various locations. There are scenes from a caravan site. We see the family playing ball games, leapfrog and tennis while others sit in deckchairs. We also see them having a meal inside the caravan. Some of the group ride on a motorbike and sidecar. There are scenes from home of Pat and Mike with family and friends, they mess about and dance for the camera. One scene is edited so it looks like Mike has shot Pat with a device which makes her vanish into thin air leaving just her newspaper behind. We see the family pets, a hamster, a budgie, a dog and some puppies. There are scenes from a wedding and from Michael's 21st birthday party. There are also snow scenes where we see people sledging. There are shots of a young girl in her confirmation dress, of the family tadpole fishing and of a family trip to Rhuddlan Castle. | |||
| [SCENES FROM ROUND AND ABOUT AND SANTA AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY] | |||
| Date: c1955-60 Film Number: 9802 | |||
| A mixture of scenes from a variety of locations. There are Lake District scenes, including people water skiing on Lake Windemere and a visit to Kirkstone Pass Inn. There are rough sea scenes from the Fylde Coast with waves crashing on to the seafront. There are shots of Southport Model Village and Jodrell Bank. We also see a circus parade, people playing crazy golf, a visit to a waterfall and shots of a floating crane at some docks. There are also scenes from a children's Christmas party. Santa arrives and presents each child with a gift. | |||
| [SCENES FROM ROUND AND ABOUT AND A PERFORMING BEAR] | |||
| Date: c1955-60 Film Number: 9803 | |||
| A mixture of scenes from a variety of locations. We see scenes from a family holiday in the countryside. Women wash pots in the grounds of a cottage, and the family appear to be doing work on the dilapidated cottage and it's grounds as well as relaxing and having fun. We see scenes from the University of Liverpool Botanic Gardens and from Blackpool Illuminations. There are family scenes at Pat's 21st birthday party. We see Snowdon Mountain Railway, there are shots from the moving train, and then shots of the train arriving at the top. There are scenes from a motocross event. We see a show with a performing bear. The bear has been trained to dance, ride a bicycle and sit on a rocking horse. There is also a dolphin show where dolphins perform various tricks. There are scenes from a what appears to be a bird centre. We see a sign for the Wildfowl Trust and then there are shots of various wildfowl. We also see exotic birds and birds of prey. There are shots too of a prairie dog in its enclosure. | |||
| ABBEYS PRIORIES AND CHURCHES | |||
| Date: *1954-66 Film Number: 2762 | |||
| Film featuring Bolton Abbey (a ruin), Cartmel Priory and Heysham Church. Features close-ups of all three buildings. | |||
| [MUIR FAMILY HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: c1955-65 Film Number: 11033 | |||
| Scenes from a Muir family seaside holiday. We see the family having fun on the beach. The children make sandcastles and the adults play ball games. We also see the family at the fairground, in rowing boats at a boating pool, on the swings in a park and in the garden of their holiday home where the adults are filmed playfighting. | |||
| [THE SOUTH OF FRANCE AND OTHER HOLIDAYS] | |||
| Date: 1954-68 Film Number: 10602 | |||
| Compilation reel of holiday footage, including beach scenes in the south of France and a touring holiday through the mountains with plenty of scenery and historic buildings. There is a religious procession through the streets of a provincial town, and shots of Tour de France riders racing past. | |||
| [THE GREENWOODS IN WALES AND TODMORDEN] | |||
| Date: 1954-7/60/4/6 Film Number: 4272 | |||
| Compilation of various Greenwoods' family film - snowy scenes in the Lancashire countryside, with a train going past. The family soft-drink business, T Greenwood & Sons Ltd are seen with a stall and van at Todmorden Carnival in 1964. Younger members of family and friends are seen, as well as footage of the Ffestiniog Mountain Railway in Wales. The family visit Ilkley open air swimming pool in 1954 and are seen out about in the Lancashire and Welsh countryside - hill-walking, having picnics and sitting by waterfalls. Brief scenes of John Stephenson's wedding to Stella in 1957 and footage of men digging on the side of a mountain during restoration work for the Ffestiniog Mountain Railway. | |||
| [EDWARD FAMILY - DOMESTIC SCENES AND HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1954-56/58-60 Film Number: 2222 | |||
| Various family holidays in North Wales; 1954-1960. Members of the Edwards family, from Prescot, are seen playing on the beach at Llanbedrog. Includes footage of the family picnicking on the sand dunes, snorkelling and paddling in the sea. They are also seen walking, with relatives, along Otterspool Promenade in Liverpool; 1958. Further scenes include a shot of a woman pegging out some washing and two men riding a scooter (Lambretta?) across a field. Concludes with footage of the family at Hell's Mouth beach, near Abersoch, in 1954. Features various shots of Mr and Mrs Edwards sitting on the beach with their baby daughter. | |||
| SCANDINAVIAN SCRAPBOOK, PARTS 1-4 | |||
| Date: *1954/5/7 Film Number: 4391 | |||
| Film of a business trip to Scandinavia - visiting Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Part 1 - Norway, visiting Oslo, a river boat trip and a glacier. Part 2 - Norwegian views of the Sognefjord and Bergen, including the fish market and a parade. Part 3 - Sweden, visiting Stockholm, Vallingby, Uppsala and Sigtuna. Part 4 - The sights of Copenhagen, including the mermaid and Tivoli Gardens. | |||
| UNILEVER MAGAZINE NO. 3 [SECOND VERSION] | |||
| Date: *1954/6 Film Number: 4156 | |||
| Animal Feeding :- a historical look at animal feeding and farming, drawing on lessons learned in Europe. Today, cattle feed is made from residues of oils. Men of the Mersey :- The Matadi Palm from the Belgian Congo docks at Bromborough and 275 men speedily unload her cargo for Port Sunlight. | |||
| [FOUR WEDDINGS AND VARIOUS VISITS] | |||
| Date: *1954/56/66 Film Number: 3125 | |||
| Film featuring Horwich County Secondary School sports day - the school choir is also seen singing in a field and pupils are seen disembarking from a bus at school. There is footage from the Heysham area including shots of docks, a sailing ship and water-skiing. People are seen in the grounds of a stately home, in a Bolton Park and there are shots of Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens(?) and a woman playing with two dogs. The events surrounding four weddings are seen - such as people posing for photographs - as is a Whit Walk. Closes with footage of a holiday in East Anglia - there are shots of a beauty contest on Yarmouth Beach, boats on the Norfolk Broads and the Oulton Broad Yacht Station near Lowestoft. | |||
| TRANSPORT IN MERSEYSIDE & LANCASHIRE | |||
| Date: 1954/7 Film Number: 148 | |||
| Transport in Merseyside features trams in Liverpool, the electric railway and a train in Birkenhead station, and the overhead railway system in Liverpool. Transport in Lancashire features buses and trolley buses in St. Helens and Bolton (giving glimpses of the Palace and Regal cinemas). | |||
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| [WEDDING, WHIT WALK AND HOLIDAY SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1954/57/63/66 Film Number: 2257 | |||
| The film opens with a wedding, guests and participants are seen outside a church. It continues with footage from a Whit Walk in Patricroft. The remainder of the film is primarily holiday scenes, prominently featuring a young girl at locations in the Lake District, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Arran and London. Lichfield Cathedral is seen and there is brief footage from a mens outing to Alton Towers. The film closes with people walking along a street clutching a large amount of balloons. | |||
| [LIFE AND DEATH ABOARD THE TRAWLER FD181] | |||
| Date: *1954/7/66/9 Film Number: 4439 | |||
| Flags are at half-mast on the trawler as the ashes of a former fisherman are scattered at sea. Life on board ship is seen during a fishing trip - the catch is hauled aboard and sorted; repairing nets; sailing through rough seas; and mooring off an island. An injured fisherman is taken ashore for treatment and the trawler is seen returning to Fleetwood docks. | |||
| SUNNY MOROCCO | |||
| Date: *1954/8 Film Number: 4472 | |||
| Mr and Mrs Wells go on a package tour to Morocco with Gaytours of Blackpool. They fly to Tangiers and stay there for a week before visiting other places including Casablanca and Marrakech. They then set off for home on a boat to Gibraltar. | |||
| THROUGH THE BLACK FOREST TO SWITZERLAND | |||
| Date: *1954/58 Film Number: 5217 | |||
| Record of Sam and Edith Hanna's holiday, with two friends, to Germany and Switzerland in their Morris Minor Traveller. Visits are made to various towns including Freudenstadt, Lindau, Sedrun and Bern. Shots of mountain scenery, lakes, waterfalls and other grand landmarks sit alongside more prosaic footage of locals going about their business (such as haymaking and herding cows). The group also go on a cable car ride, visit souvenir shops, watch people water skiing and observe the carving of wooden figures. Contains brief footage of bears in a pit at Bern Zoo. 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 | |||
| VISIT TO BURMA 1954; BURMA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, ITALY 1958 | |||
| Date: 1954/58 Film Number: 10297 | |||
| The Ridings on a tour of Burma (now Myanmar) taking in the site for the Burma Pharmaceutical Industry [BPI]. Their journey begins in Duseldorf and after a refueling stop they arrive in Burma where they take in the sights of the Burmese Independance Day celebrations. Next they visit the Shwedagon Pagoda, watch a polo match and visit the rural BPI site which is being cleared by mechanical diggers. More sightseeing trips to the Irrawaddy river and the dead city of Pagan with its many temples are followed by hotel and market scenes. In 1958 Mr Riding returns to the now completed BPI site and films the new buildings and its staff before going on a tour of India taking stops at Kasauli, New Delhi, Agra, Hydrabad and Bombay (now Mumbai). He then visits Karachi the capital city of Pakistan before ending his holiday in Italy with visits to Rome, St. Peters and Florence | |||
| [MAYOR MAKING SUNDAY IN BLACKBURN] | |||
| Date: 1954/8/60/1 Film Number: 4223 | |||
| A parade through the streets of Blackburn to the church to install the new mayor - he is seen on a platform watching the various bands go past. A group of clergymen are seen leaving Stonyhurst College near Clitheroe. Shots of a garden party at the Cleveleys Convent on July 1954 - which also featured the Religious Vocation Exhibition. Views from TV programme featuring St Alban's Church, Blackburn, followed by views of the exterior of the church covered in scaffolding. Bishop Beck lays the foundation stone for a new church on 24 April 1958 and Catholic Whit Walks in 1960 and 1961 are also seen, featuring members of Blackburn's Ukrainian community. | |||
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