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| YORKSHIRE HERITAGE - TEMPLE NEWSAM, LEEDS | |||
| Date: 1955/6 Film Number: 9574 | |||
| A comprehensive record of the West Yorkshire stately home, featuring scenes in the grounds, exterior shots of the building, architectural details, and interiors, as a group of visitors take a guided tour around the many rooms, looking at the lavish furnishings and artworks. Finally, a group of people in 18th century costume re-enact a social occasion, chatting and dancing. | |||
| HOME TOWN - ROCHDALE | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 226 | |||
| "A visit in the centenary year of the incorporation of the Borough." Shot of the town - exteriors of factories; streetscenes; a church, churchyard and gravestones; centenary decorations; town centre and shops; Toad Lane and the first Co-op shop; Gracie Fields' birthplace; Hollingworth Lake and sailing; and a long sequence showing a clog-maker at work. | |||
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| ROCHDALE CENTENARY NEWSREEL | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 232 | |||
| A "Past and Present" exhibition is shown, featuring a reconstruction of a Victorian street, a drawing room and a weaver's cottage; crafts; traders; police and a coach. A "Festival of Youth" is staged with dancing, sports and youth organisations. An ox is roasted on a spit in a town square. A carnival procession is shown, then a trades and industrial exhibition, ending with a fireworks display. | |||
| [BUILDING THE SCHOOL EXTENSION] | |||
| Date: *1956 Film Number: 354 | |||
| Wallasey Grammar School - shots of the building work. Also some sports - rowing, high jump, relay race - and the school fete. | |||
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| [SEA SCOUT CAMP] | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 380 | |||
| Wallasey Grammar School boys - Sea Scouts at camp at Brecon, various campsite activities eg. sleeping, cooking and eating, cleaning, washing etc. Also inspection, map reading, sailing and swimming, lighting a fire, meal time, and round the camp fire. | |||
| A CITY SURROUNDED | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 396 | |||
| Salford's plans for improvements - demolition of old housing and building of new; old factories being modernised; sports facilities; old and new schools. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| TRICOT KNITTING | |||
| Date: *1956 Film Number: 402 | |||
| Various knitting shown in close-up, operating, filmed in slow motion. | |||
| ST. HELENS WIN RUGBY LEAGUE CUP | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 480 | |||
| St. Helens beat Halifax 13 - 2 at Wembley to win the Rugby League Cup. | |||
| COMMUNITY MAGAZINE 1956 | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 597 | |||
| Reel 1: Scenes and events in and around Mottram in Longdendale in 1956, including - a Roman Catholic procession - includes nuns and children carrying a statue of the Madonna; streetscenes in Mottram - old and new housing; women with babies outside a clinic; children playing in a school yard; a school choir; Bill Sowerbutt's house, Etherow Lodge, with shots of the gardens; a group of elderly people have tea before singing hymns; a procession to mark the anniversary of Water Lane Methodist Church. Reel 2: Spectators are seen watching a procession including vintage cars and morris dancers; processions and coronations of queens; a Scots Guards band and Scottish dancing; a procession of the Dukinfield branch of the British Legion. | |||
| [MANCHESTER COUNCILLORS VISIT LENINGRAD] | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 626 | |||
| Film showing the visit by Manchester's Lord Mayor and councillors to Leningrad (Manchester's twin town). Contains views of art galleries, the underground, museum visits, PR/public liaison with the people of Leningrad, and Russian architecture, plus many more sights. Reel two includes a visit to Moscow: Red Square; a visit to the ballet; and shots inside the Kremlin grounds. The commentary is in Russian. | |||
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| A CENTRE IS MADE | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 701 | |||
| The construction of the Oldham Female Industrial Centre for the Mentally Handicapped - built by the men of the Arthurs & Kenyon Centre (for the mentally handicapped) it shows preparatory building work; erection of pre-fabricated building; making internal fittings; and installation of equipment. The women are seen at work - assembling Christmas crackers and making carrier bags; domestic training - fire lighting, laundry and pressing. [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/ | |||
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| DOCKS DEBRIS 19 DEC 1956 | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 1076 | |||
| Clearing away debris from docks on the Manchester Ship Canal - debris (mainly wood) is gathered into a net and towed away along the canal. Grab hoppers move debris into the hold of a vessel, and from vessel to freight waggons. | |||
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| THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY PROPOSED OIL DOCK No.3 STANLOW : Experiments conducted at The Manchester University by means of a model to determine the effects on a vessel moored in the proposed Dock, by a passing vessel : SCALE OF MODEL: 12 feet to 1 inch (natural) 1st October, 1956 | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 1128 | |||
| Model experiments conducted at Manchester University to determine the effects on a vessel moored in the proposed oil dock at Stanlow, by a passing vessel. Movement of vessel in dock recorded as a wave form on a drum, as another vessel proceeds down the canal at varying speeds. | |||
| THE CUP FINAL 1956 BIRMINGHAM CITY MEET MANCHESTER CITY. WEMBLEY. MAY 5TH 1956 | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 1513 | |||
| Film of the 1956 F.A. Cup Final between Manchester City and Birmingham City. Manchester City win 3-1, footage of the match is intercut with shots of the crowd. During the match Manchester city's goalkeeper Bert Trautmann breaks his neck, yet plays on. Queen Elizabeth II presents the trophy. | |||
| PART TWO : BALATON | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 1604 | |||
| Further footage from Hungary; scenes from Lake Balaton, boats on a lake and footage from on board a boat. Also scenes of holidaymakers sunbathing and eating. Ends with some shots of people relaxing in rural settings and farming scenes. | |||
| HUNGARY 1956, OR THE WOULD BE WINE TASTERS | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 1607 | |||
| Footage from a Halle Orchestra trip to Austria and Hungary. Mainly scenes of holidaymakers and historic sites. Part One features Vienna and Budapest, followed by scenes from Sztalinvaros. | |||
| [ROCKING HORSE AND BALLET SHOES] | |||
| Date: *1956 Film Number: 1634 | |||
| Various scenes of the Hardman family on holiday in Scarborough; visiting a zoo and attending a school sports day in Altrincham [?]. Includes shots of a child on a rocking horse and a young girl practicing her ballet steps in the back garden. | |||
| [HARDMAN FAMILY'S TRIP TO LONDON ZOO] | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 1651 | |||
| Footage of the Hardman family's trip to London Zoo in 1956. Includes shots of different zoo animals in their enclosures. | |||
| [RECONSTRUCTION WORK ON FERNHILL MILL] | |||
| Date: *1956 Film Number: 1660 | |||
| Construction work taking place on Fernhill Mill in Bury. Includes high angle shots of the builders laying the foundations and unloading the construction material. Further shots taken outside the mill include brief scenes of the surrounding cobbled streets and terraced houses. | |||
| [FLEETWOOD, CHATSWORTH AND SOMERSET 1956] | |||
| Date: 1956 Film Number: 1694 | |||
| A compilation reel including scenes of a group of adults playing a game of cricket on a beach in Fleetwood; the Bethesda Men's Fellowship group visiting Chatsworth House and landscape views taken during a summer holiday in Somerset. | |||
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