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| STANLOW WIDENING - GRAB HOPPER No. 1 | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 1075 | |||
| Widening the Manchester Ship Canal at Stanlow - earth is moved by grab and loaded into the hold of a vessel. The vessel Wave Duke is turned by tugboat before leaving the dock. | |||
| MANOEUVRING TESTS ON TUG MODELS | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 1116 | |||
| Model experiments carried out for the Manchester Ship Canal Company, to compare the manoeuvring performance of their single screw tugboat with that of a new twin screw design. | |||
| BOROUGH OF ELLESMERE PORT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CIVIC HALL BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT ON CHARTER DAY 7TH MAY 1955 | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 1298 | |||
| The Duchess of Kent opens the new Civic Hall at Ellesmere Port on the 7th May 1955. A Guard of Honour and civic dignitaries are also in attendance. | |||
| [WORTHINGTON HOLIDAYS 1955] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 1339 | |||
| The film begins with scenes shot from a moving car. A woman is seen laughing as she playfully pretends to hitch a ride, by lifting her skirt and showing her legs. The film concludes with a family picnic where a couple are seen kissing. | |||
| OH, I DO LIKE TO BE... | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 1530 | |||
| Humorous look at a family's trip to the beach. A couple are seen trying to relax, reading the paper and listening to the radio, while their young son pesters them to play a game of cricket. Further annoyances arise when sand gets into the sandwiches and the father has problems lighting the gas burner to boil the kettle. 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/ | |||
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| [THE DENNY VAUGHAN SHOW] | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 1553 | |||
| Part of a Canadian variety show hosted by Denny Vaughan and featuring a guest appearance by Gracie Fields. She sings a medley including 'Walter', 'May to December', and 'The Biggest Aspidistra in the World' and reappears for an ensemble rendition of 'Wish Me Luck' before being driven off in a car. | |||
| [FRENCH HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 1587 | |||
| Footage shot on a holiday to France. Locations include; Dieppe, Blois, La Motte, Montfort, Les Millandes, Perigueux and Paris. There is some farming footage. | |||
| [HOLIDAY TO BERMUDA, BAHAMAS AND NEW YORK 1955] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 1594 | |||
| Opens with snow scenes. Continues with film of a family holiday. Footage from Bermuda and the Bahamas includes harbour scenes, fishing boats, rural houses and farming footage. The film ends with scenes from New York. | |||
| [THE HARDMAN'S ON HOLIDAY IN CRICCIETH, NORTH WALES] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 1647 | |||
| Mr and Mrs Hardman on holiday in Criccieth with their young daughter Gail; in 1955. The family are seen enjoying a picnic on the beach, shrimping in the sea and playing football on the sand. The film also includes several shots of a row of changing huts. | |||
| [RIBBLE VALLEY, ROSSENDALE, SCOTLAND AND THE HOLCOMBE HUNT] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 1690 | |||
| Members of the Bethesda United Methodist Church are seen enjoying a trip to the Ribble Valley - the group eat their sandwiches as they stand around cars parked in the country. The rest of the film concentrates on landscape views shot around Scarborough, Rossendale and Scotland. Includes shots of a man re-thatching the roof of a cottage and concludes with scenes of Holcombe Hunt at Deerplay. | |||
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| [IN THE PARK WITH THE DOG] | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 2254 | |||
| Film of a girl playing in Heaton park (?) with a dog. She is also seen walking along footpaths, with the dog on a lead. | |||
| THE CUP FINAL 1955 | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 2616 | |||
| Newsreel footage of the 1955 F.A. Cup final between Newcastle United and Manchester City at Wembley. Shots of the action on the pitch, the crowd's reactions and Newcastle being presented with the trophy by the Queen following a 3-1 victory. | |||
| [OLDHAM MAYORAL PROCESSION] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 2796 | |||
| Footage of various organisations parading through a square in Oldham. They include scouts and guides, members of an army regiment, a detatchment of female soldiers, highland band and a group of civic diginitaries in ceremonial dress, including the Mayor. 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/ | |||
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| [FOLDING AND STACKING LOAF TINS] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 3420 | |||
| A machine which folds and presses sheet metal into loaf tins is seen in operation. The tins are then taken on a conveyor belt to a machine which stacks them ready for packing. | |||
| [VISIT TO NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 3510 | |||
| A visit by senior officers to the new police headquarters, the Crescent, Salford. They are seen looking at the stores, photography and fingerprints department, the fitting room, the shooting range, the charge office and some mechanics working on patrol cars. | |||
| A CONTINENTAL HOLIDAY JULY 1955 | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 3796 | |||
| Scenes shot on a touring holiday taking by the Scarr family, featuring sequences shot in both town and country in Austria and Italy. Locations include Oberammergau, Misurina and Venice. | |||
| [WILLIAM SUTCLIFFE LTD, MANCHESTER] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 4047 | |||
| Film detailing some of the activities of the wholesale cotton merchants "William Sutcliffe Ltd, Manufacturers and Merchants" in Manchester. Features exterior shots of the building, people at work in the offices, folding and ironing cloth, working in the mail room, loading and unloading goods onto lorries and vans. Includes street scenes of central Manchester, incuding Piccadilly Gardens and Deansgate. | |||
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| A DAY IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 4048 | |||
| David E Sutcliffe presents a film of a trip to the Channel Islands. Starting at Ringway Airport, Manchester they go via London to Jersey (and possibly Guernsey) returning via Budleigh Salterton, Devon and Dorset. Several aerial views from the plane include two castles and various coastal towns. There are general views of boats in harbours, of beaches and seafronts, and brief shots of Marble Arch and Piccadilly Circus in London. The "Floating Bridge" from Shell Bay to Studland and Swanage is also featured. | |||
| UNILEVER MAGAZINE NO. 6 | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 4155 | |||
| The Royal :- showing preparations for the Royal Agricultural Show; visitors enjoying the exhibitions of machinery and livestock with some concentration on the British Oil & Cake Mills tea tent; and the dismantling of the show. On the Move:- emphasising the crucial part that the efficient administration of the traffic office plays in the movement and distribution of goods - uses the example of soap products at Unilever's Port Sunlight works. | |||
| "HAREFIELD," MOTTRAM OLD ROAD, JULY 1955 | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 4485 | |||
| Alderman W Burton is seen in the garden at home with his wife and dog. A visitor arrives and all three take drinks on the lawn. The film ends with brief scenes of hay-making in the fields opposite the house. | |||
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