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| ROYAL VISIT TO BOLTON | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 33 | |||
| 10th July 1913.Outside the Electric Theatre Deansgate, and on its balconies, crowds gather to await the King and Queen. The decorated streets are also crowded with people, and groups of boys, girls and nurses gather for a procession. The King and Queen arrive by car and mount a dais. There is a short ceremony and they leave, again by car. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| EMPIRE DAY CELEBRATIONS AT WHALLEY | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 49 | |||
| Morris dancers, a stilt-walker and a brass band feature in a procession of people of all ages. 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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| BUILDING A MOTOR CAR | |||
| Date: c1913 Film Number: 62 | |||
| This shows the making of a car at the Vulcan works in Southport. The sequence shows the process from beginning to end - making and assembling the engine, building the chassis, fitting the engine and a temporary body, a test drive, making the permanent body and finally painting and upholstering. There are scenes inside the factory and shots of finished Vulcans leaving the factory. The workers are shown leaving at the end of the day. | |||
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| SOUTHPORT COLLEGE SPORTS [1913] | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 63 | |||
| Boys, girls and spectators competing in various sports: long jump, high jump, egg and spoon races, sack races, obstacle races, and boys shown eating something. Finally, there is a prize giving ceremony where guests and a Mayor are seen (the Mayor of Southport?). | |||
| [WHIT PROCESSION, BURY] | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 73 | |||
| A procession moves down Market Street, featuring bands, boy scouts, and the Catholic schools procession. | |||
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| SOLEMN PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 90 | |||
| Takes place in the grounds of Lowe House, St. Helens. A procession of adults and children, mainly girls in white dresses. They assemble in the grounds, and kneel to pray; a service takes place by an altar. A procession led by a priest follows, which includes boy scouts and men in the Services. | |||
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| BURY MAYORAL PROCESSION | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 117 | |||
| The procession moves through Bury and consists of policemen, firemen, soldiers, veterans, civilians and bands. Enthusiastic crowds wave at the camera. | |||
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| AT MESSRS. PILKINGTON'S GLASS WORKS | |||
| Date: c1913 Film Number: 138 | |||
| The King (George V) and Queen arrive to visit Pilkington's; people cheer them as they enter. The party also includes William Windle Pilkington, the Earl of Derby, and Lord Cozens-Hardy. The King turns a wheel which starts the turbine for the new generating plant; more cheers. Shot of the royal party travelling on a moving platform within the works and seeing the machinery. Close-up of the King and Queen. A workman is seen. More shots of the party on the platform, more workers are seen in the background. Shot of the King and Queen shaking hands with Mr. Pilkington and leaving the works. | |||
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| ROYAL VISIT TO LANCASHIRE | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 157 | |||
| 8th July 1913.Scene on the promenade at Blackpool where a crowd is gathered. Cut to cavalrymen marching past a platform at Blackpool Town Hall, waiting for the arrival of the King. Cut back to the promenade as the motorcade arrives. Cut to the King and Queen meeting the Mayor of Blackpool on the platform. They are seen getting in the car to leave. | |||
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| CHESHIRE TERRITORIALS AT ABERGAVENY | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 179 | |||
| A procession of soldiers march down a street in Stockport. They leave for Abergaveny in a train from Edgeley station. Shots of the army camp, including the soldiers queuing for food and fooling around. | |||
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| THE ROYAL VISIT TO MIDDLETON | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 201 | |||
| 12th July 1913. A procession of bands, boys brigades, soldiers etc. moves through the crowded streets. The Mayor and civic dignitaries receive King George V and Queen Mary from their car. They acknowledge the cheering before leaving to drive past the crowds. There is a further procession of soldiers. | |||
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| ROYAL VISIT TO LANCS: THEIR MAJESTIES AT ROCHDALE | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 202 | |||
| 9th July 1913. Crowds at Rochdale greet King George V and Queen Mary who are presented to various civic dignitaries on a dais in the town centre. Soldiers and policemen also feature. | |||
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| ROYAL VISIT TO ROCHDALE | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 203 | |||
| 9th July 1913.Crowds at Rochdale greet King George V and Queen Mary who are presented to various civic dignitaries on a dais in the town centre. Black-faced minstrels, boy scouts, policemen and soldiers also feature. There is a procession of horse-drawn carriages. | |||
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| ROYAL VISIT TO MESSRS HORROCKSES FACTORY | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 536 | |||
| 8th July 1913. King George V and Queen Mary visit Horrockses in Preston - their motorcade leaves the works under an arch of cotton bales. | |||
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| ROYAL VISIT TO ATHERTON | |||
| Date: c1913 Film Number: 547 | |||
| The assembled crowds at Atherton, consisting largely of women with babies, watch the arrival of the Royal visitors' motorcade. | |||
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| ROYAL VISIT TO LEIGH | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 573 | |||
| 10th July 1913. Royal party arrives in Leigh in a chauffeur driven car and ascends a flower decked platform where they are greeted by civic dignitaries. They view the crowds, descend the platform and are driven away. Ends with above head level views of the crowd. | |||
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| ROSE QUEEN CARNIVAL. JUNE 7th 1913. | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 630 | |||
| Shows the procession through a Macclesfield street lined with people. Includes uniformed brass band; mounted police; Rose Queen and her followers, then views of girls dancing in white dresses; fancy dress; ragtime band; floats; fire brigade. The public disperse. The film ends with the Rose Queen approaching the marquee. | |||
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| BACUP, LAYING OF FOUNDATION STONE OF THE ZION BAPTIST'S NEW SCHOOL. SEPT. 20 1913 | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 950 | |||
| The foundation stone of Bacup's Zion Baptist's new school is laid, watched by crowds of onlookers. Bacup Cricket Club past and present - a line up of several cricket teams in their kit. | |||
| THE KING IN BOLTON | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 964 | |||
| 10th July 1913. A royal visit to Bolton - the camera pans the waiting crowds; King George V and Queen Mary arrive by car, mount a platform, and are introduced to various civic dignitaries. | |||
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| FUNERAL OF OUR BELOVED CHIEF CONSTABLE ASHTON-U-LYNE | |||
| Date: 1913 Film Number: 1769 | |||
| Opens with footage of mourners boarding horse-drawn carriages. Cuts to pall bearers carrying the coffin of Chief Constable John Snell down a crowd lined street. A clergyman, the Rev. W.J. Parry, is seen leading the cortège into the church grounds of St James on Union St Ashton, before the carriages deliver the remaining mourners, who also enter the grounds. An open carriage full of wreaths is seen prior to the funeral procession leaving the church grounds. The coffin is carried by carriage up Penny Meadow and into Mossley Rd, flanked by crowds, preceded by a marching band and policemen. | |||
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