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| [BEHRENS FAMILY - GIRLS IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 2206 | |||
| Family footage of two young girls playing in a garden. A woman in a deckchair adjusts the hat of one of the children before they run off to play on the lawn. | |||
| [SUMMER HOUSE] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 2208 | |||
| Family footage - two young children are seen holding hands with an elderly woman as they walk across the lawn towards the camera. Also includes a shot of two women sitting in a summer house. | |||
| [GARDEN SCENES; CHILD'S WHEELBARROW] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 2209 | |||
| Two well dressed women are seen playing with a young girl on the back lawn. One of the women runs around in circles, pushing a teddy bear in a child's wheelbarrow. The same woman is also seen chasing the other woman around the garden, holding a worm in her out stretched hand. | |||
| [BEHRENS FAMILY - SCENES IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 2213 | |||
| Scenes of some adults and children in a back garden. Includes various close up shotss of the children and a shot of one of the women taking a photograph of the person that is filming her. | |||
| [GARDEN AND LAKELAND SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 3228 | |||
| Footage of Ernest (later Lord) Simon playing golf at the house in Didsbury with his daughter Antonia. The gardeners are shown digging, and Shena (wife of Ernest) is seen at tea with Antonia, and collecting flowers. There is then footage of a holiday in Langdale, with Ernest and Antonia playing in a stream, Shena and Antonia picnicking and sheep eating grass. | |||
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| [CHILDREN'S OUTING BY NORTH WESTERN BUS] | |||
| Date: *1928 Film Number: 3551 | |||
| Shots of Mr Joshua Preston, mayor of Stockport, greeting children on North Western buses parked near the town hall, ready to go on an outing. After visiting each coach in turn, Mr Preston's car is seen departing with the coaches and then driving on the A6. | |||
| NOVEMBER 9TH 1928 JOSHUA PRESTON ELECTED MAYOR | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 3552 | |||
| Scenes shot on Armistice Day in Stockport in 1928. A brass band plays on a gloomy day, followed in the procession by a troop of soldiers. Escorted by police, two officers carry a wreath. Joshua Preston, the mayor of Stockport, is seen climbing the town hall steps in full ceremonial dress, accompanied by other civic dignitaries. Another scene shows 'Mayor's Sunday' with a shot of a company of well-dressed men exiting the town hall. | |||
| [CHARGING RHINOS] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 4005 | |||
| Footage of South Africa. Includes a group of African men trying to start a fire with a stick, friction and dried grass. Also footage of a group of rhinos charging, one comes very close to the filmmaker. General landscape scenes and brief views of Zebras in the distance. | |||
| [BOATS ON THE DEE; OUTBOARD RACE; LAUNCHING OF M.Y. IDOLOUR] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 4563 | |||
| Different boats are seen on a busy River Dee at Chester and the Barr family get into a vintage car and drive away. At the Welsh Harp reservoir in West Hendon, the Duchess of York's Outboard Race takes place, after which a biplane flies over the crowd, a seaplane takes off and lands and there is a demonstration of water-skiing. In Chester, the motor boat M.Y. Idolour is launched, with views of it cruising along the River Dee. | |||
| [CHILDREN PLAYING] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 5937 | |||
| A group of children running and playing ball games in the school garden with a teacher. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [SPORTS DAY IN KNUTSFORD] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 7141 | |||
| Scenes from a sports day featuring a high jump competition, relay races and distance running. Ends with a close up shot of the crowd. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [WEDDING SCENES, CROQUET, SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACES] | |||
| Date: *1928 Film Number: 6915 | |||
| Scenes of a wedding party posing for cameras outside a church and lawns (close to sea front), including shots of children dressed as bridesmaids and people throwing confetti over newly wedded couple (Bride is called Margaret). Includes footage of men and women playing croquet in the grounds of a hotel. Continues with 'Impressions of the Schneider Trophy showing speed boats along The Solent and RMS Borengaria docked in harbour. Italian aircraft are seen floating on pontoons before racing commences. Shots of Aircraft Carrier Angus seen from a moving boat and aeroplanes racing overhead. Ends with shots of the Schneider Trophy and various boats sailing close to shore. | |||
| [HIGH JUMP COMPETITION] | |||
| Date: *1928 Film Number: 8785 | |||
| Scenes from a sporting event in an industrial area, with men taking in turns to compete in the high jump. A fairground roundabout is seen turning in the background so this could be a local carnival or gala day. | |||
| [BEDOUIN TRIBESMEN] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 10709 | |||
| This film begins with camel and goat herders followed by Bedouin Tribesmen shaking hands with each other. After more group shots of the Bedouin we briefly see Lord Egerton's tent with tribesmen standing at the entrance. | |||
| [CORNEAL REFLEX AND HEARING] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 9203 | |||
| A series of neurological exams are carried out on a young boy. The first is a corneal reflex exam where the cornea is lightly touched and the patient's reactions are observed. The second test is the cranial nerve exam where the boy's jaw is examined. The next exam is a hearing test, a stopwatch is held up near the patient's ear and he raises his arm when he hears the sound of the watch. In the final exam the patient is asked to squeeze the doctor's fingers. | |||
| LORD EGERTON TUNNY FISHING OFF SCARBOROUGH | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 10718 | |||
| Lord Egerton tuna fishing in a rowing boat off the coast of Scarborough. We see a couple of tuna swimming at speed then Lord Egerton catching a fish and having it hauled onto a fishing boat. The fishermen pose with their large catch. | |||
| BATHING IN TATTON MERE 1928 | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 10734 | |||
| Children and adults diving and swimming into Tatton Mere, parts of which are shot in slow motion. | |||
| [SCARBOROUGH STREET SCENES & HARBOUR] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 10737 | |||
| Fishing for sole from a fishing boat, then a phantom car journey through the streets of Scarborough, followed by boats in the harbour and a pan of the seafront. | |||
| [BRIGHTON BEACH; CATTLE] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 10741 | |||
| Children playing in the sea at Brighton with adults sat in deckchairs, followed by cattle in a field. | |||
| [VIEWS FROM A SHIP] | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 10746 | |||
| A steam traction engine pulling a seed drill in a field in Africa. Views from a ocean liner of mountains, a dredger on the Suez Canal, sailboats and a harbour. | |||
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