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Record 4286 – 4305 of 11241
| [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 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. 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. | |||
| [LANDSCAPE, HAYMAKING] | |||
| Date: *1954/59 Film Number: 5182 | |||
| Brief film containing a panning shot of houses on a hillside and buildings (possibly Burnley Grammar School) with hills in the background. The film cuts to a long shot of farm workers collecting hay in a field and loading it onto a horse-drawn cart. 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 | |||
| [CORONATION CINEMA, NORTHENDEN - ADVERTS] | |||
| Date: *1954/59/61 Film Number: 2005 | |||
| Compilation of adverts shown at the Coronation Cinema, Northenden. Adverts are for the Longley Lane Supper Bar, The Linen Box, Hunters Handicraft, Wynyards Electrical Services and R. Trafford (sweets and cigarettes). The adverts feature a brief phase of action and a voice over. The Longley Supper Bar advert features a still of food and an animated fish. | |||
| [SCULPTOR & HAND CUT FILE MAKER CLIPS PLUS SAM HANNA BBC MATERIAL] | |||
| Date: 1954 c1962 1974 Film Number: 5159 | |||
| Clips from some of Sam Hanna's films and BBC material about Mr Hanna's work. After a brief shot of a sign for John Sims & Son Rakemakers, there is footage from Sam Hanna's films about Sam Tonkiss the sculptor and Mr Wright the file maker. The film also includes BBC material showing Mr Hanna at work filming the sculptor and busts produced by Sam Tonkiss (including L S Lowry and Pope Paul VI). 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 | |||
| [PLAYTIME] | |||
| Date: *1954/63 Film Number: 1025 | |||
| Children playing - a young girl on her bicycle; in the paddling pool; learning to swim. Winter - sledging in the garden. | |||
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| [PLAYING IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: *1954/63/66 Film Number: 1032 | |||
| In the garden - playing with the dog; in the snow. | |||
| [TWO WEDDINGS] | |||
| Date: *1954/66 Film Number: 11858 | |||
| An elderly couple put suitcases into their car followed by the bride arriving at the church and posing for photos with her father. The bride and groom pose for the wedding photographer as family and friends mill about the church yard. The bride and groom depart the reception held at Mollington Banastre Hotel in a decorated car and having confetti stuffed into their outfits. At a separate wedding the bridesmaids pose for photos then the bride arrives and with the groom pose for photographer as guests mingle. | |||
| LANCS ACCLAIM QUEEN AND DUKE | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 127 | |||
| The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive at Morecambe by train and go on to visit Lancaster, Preston, Hutton where there is a police display, Southport, Burnley, Darwen, Blackburn where they visit an electronic components factory, Nelson where they visit a cotton mill, Blackpool where they attend a gala performance at the Opera House and meet the stars. | |||
| LANCASHIRE COAST | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 164 | |||
| A promotional film showing the delights of holidaying on the Lancashire coast. Various towns are featured and activities in each - Blackpool and Southport beaches, and a bathing beauty contest at the swimming pool at Morecambe; Southport Flower Show and an equestrian event; a quiet beach at Grange over Sands contrasted with Blackpool's busy one; turf cutting at Pilling Marshes; Arthur Askey playing golf and posters advertising entertainments and Blackpool Tower Circus; Blackpool's Golden Mile, the Tower, dancing etc.; fishing near Lancaster and trawlers leaving Fleetwood; an amphibious vehicle on the beach at Southport; sand yachting at Lytham St. Annes; and finally Blackpool Pleasure Beach and illuminations. | |||
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| LANCASHIRE ROYAL TOUR | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 171 | |||
| The Queen and Prince Philip arrive at Morecambe by train. They go on to visit Lancaster, Lancaster Castle, Preston, Hutton Police headquarters, Southport, Blackpool (where they attend a gala performance at the Opera House), Darwen, Blackburn (where they visit an electronics factory), Burnley and Nelson (where they visit a textile mill). | |||
| MORECAMBE SOAP BOX DERBY | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 300 | |||
| A variety of pedal powered cars race along Morecambe promenade watched by large crowds. The race is for boy scouts and is won by the 3rd Altrincham Scouts based at Altrincham Grammar School. | |||
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| REMIND THAT CHILD | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 427 | |||
| Joe Doniger is interviewed about his S.O.S. Road Safety Club - shows children learning and practising road safety. Many busy streets. Salford Model Traffic Area is featured. (Joe Doniger is a textile merchant in Manchester). [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [TRAPEZE ACT - BELLE VUE] | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 508 | |||
| A troupe of trapeze artists (3 women and 4 men) perform to a packed audience at Belle Vue Circus, Manchester. Slow motion sequence at the end. | |||
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| AIR FLOW ON THE CHAIN GRATE STOKER | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 589 | |||
| Through the use of models, the film shows how the difference in air pressure along the grate of a conventional and new design stoker affects the flow of gas. | |||
| COMMUNITY MAGAZINE 1955 | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 596 | |||
| Scenes and events in and around Mottram in Longdendale in 1955, including - a garden fete; Rose Queen processions and coronations; LS Lowry at home with several of his paintings; the Mottram and District Agricultural Show; a Sunday School procession, followed by an open air service; another procession led by a brass band. | |||
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