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Record 4592 – 4611 of 11529
| [DEE ESTUARY] | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 3110 | |||
| Film including footage of boats and waterskiiers in the Dee Estuary. Shots of a garage forecourt and footage of family members relaxing in a suburban garden. | |||
| [ISLAND HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 3401 | |||
| Footage of a holiday to the Isle of Man taken by pupils and staff from Kirkby Simmonswood County Primary School in 1957. After scenes on the ferry (including staged footage of a girl getting sea-sick), the party arrives in the Isle of Man. There are shots of the children playing cricket, eating and visiting the beach. They visit Peel Castle, and do gymnastics in the sports hall. The film ends with some of the children boarding a British and European Airways plane home, while others take the ferry to Liverpool. | |||
| KNIFE MANUFACTURE | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 3418 | |||
| Views of work in a knife factory, following the process to make a wooden-handled knife. The blade is sharpened on a large machine, and the the handle rivetted onto it. Sets of kitchen utensils are seen being packed into display boxes on a conveyor belt, and packed into boxes to be shipped. | |||
| [POLICE PARADE AND INSPECTION] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 3508 | |||
| Annual police parade and inspection by a Chief Constable,or Commissioner,at a racecourse in Salford. The policemen and women are inspected, there is then a march past and a drive past by patrol cars. | |||
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| [GARDEN SCENES, SNOW AND HORSE RIDING] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 3562 | |||
| Shots of Margaret Preston relaxing in her garden at the house in Wilmslow, reading the paper and chatting to the dog. There are shots of the garden and the street covered in thick snow, and the film ends with scenes of Angela Preston riding a horse in the countryside. | |||
| [STUDENT RAG ENTERTAINMENT] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 3775 | |||
| Footage of a student dance at Manchester College of Science and Technology (now UMIST). Shots of students dancing, smoking and drinking, with a band playing and a busy bar. Other footage shows a train pulling into a station, a clock and shots of crates of beer bottles and beer barrels. | |||
| POWER FOR INDUSTRY | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 3858 | |||
| A film demonstrating the way in which Crossley engines are used across the world to aid in the development of numerous industries - diamond mining in South Africa, tea production in India, Olive Oil and Anis (liqueur) production in Spain and brandy bottling in France. Other industries featured include salt-mining, fishing, TV production and electricity generation. The film ends with a short history of the Crossley Brothers firm. | |||
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| [TRIP TO STONYHURST] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 4231 | |||
| Brief views from a whit walk in Blackburn [?]. Then views of the grounds and buildings at Stonyhurst College, a Catholic school in Lancashire. The film ends with brief views of the Mayor's Sunday Procession in Blackburn on 26 May 1957. | |||
| HOLIDAY IN SPAIN 1957 | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 4406 | |||
| Hyde Grammar School boys and teachers are arrive at their hotel in Spain after a 38-hour journey and have breakfast. They are seen in the town and on the beach, as well as in Barcelona. The group also go to a bullfight and afterwards re-enact it on the beach. On the way home, they visit Monserrat and Paris, and are seen relaxing on board the ferry. | |||
| [SCHOOL TRIP TO PARIS] | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 4454 | |||
| Teachers and girls from Hope Park Girl's School, Prestwich, are seen on a school trip to Paris - outside Notre Dame cathedral and enjoying a boat trip on the Seine. | |||
| RECORDED REMINISCENCES | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 4468 | |||
| Mr and Mrs Wells are seen on holiday in Italy and France in their Austin J2 Camper van during October and November 1957. They are seen visiting a number of different places, including Rome, Pompeii, Nice and Cannes. | |||
| [POLE BANK HALL GARDEN FETE, 6 JULY 1957] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 4481 | |||
| A group of civic dignitaries are seen making speeches and opening the Garden Fete held at Pole Bank Hall, Hyde, on Saturday 6th July 1957. The Adamson Military Band entertain visitors, and there are views of several different stalls as well as a choir and a dancing demonstration. | |||
| [HULL STREETS; TRAIN JOURNEY; PALATINE PAINTS] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 4601 | |||
| Brief views of terraced houses in Welbeck Street in Hull are followed by footage shot from a moving train on the journey from Hull to Wigan. At the Turner family's business, Palatine Paints Ltd in Leigh, workers are seen enjoying a party and the reel ends with brief scenes of table tennis at Standish Boys' Club. | |||
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| [OULTON PARK VETERAN CARS AND RACING] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 4625 | |||
| Veteran cars at Oulton Park in Cheshire are followed by motor racing scenes. | |||
| [CALE GREEN SPORTS DAY] | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 4709 | |||
| Scenes from Cale Green Primary School's sports day - different races including the sprint, wheelbarrow and sack are seen , and bags of sweets are handed out to the children. Also includes the teacher's race. | |||
| [FRENCH VILLAGE AND RIVER] | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 4777 | |||
| General views of an unidentified French village located on a river. Also includes brief views of people on street, river scenes further downstream and footage taken from an aeroplane. | |||
| 2nd SWINTON WOLF CUB PACK AT FELIN BACH CAERNARVON 1957 | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 5051 | |||
| The 2nd Swinton Wolf Cubs on holiday in North Wales accompanied by Mr Smith, his wife and young son. Mr Smith films from the train and the cubs eat a snack as Michael is spoonfed by his mother. We see shots of the campsite where a boy washes pans and Mr Smith chops wood. Michael and his mother ride a merry-go-round and the cubs visit a waterfall. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [C.L.B. CAMP 1957 AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 5078 | |||
| Brief scenes including a procession, St Matthew's Church Lads' Brigade camp, a boy reading a comic on a ferry and footage of three children playing, including Douglas and Linda, the film-maker's niece. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [BURNLEY V MANCHESTER UNITED 1957] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 5105 | |||
| Footage of the Burnley v Manchester United football match at Turf Moor stadium in Burnley on 19th April 1957. There are shots of the players running out, of a management team in the dugout and action from the game, which United win 3-1. This colour footage of the great Manchester United team, the 'Busby Babes', was taken just 10 months before the Munich Air Disaster. 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 | |||
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| NEW FIELDS FOR INDUSTRY | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 5239 | |||
| A promotional film for the North East Lancashire Development Area, highlighting the industrial and leisure facilities of the region. There are shots of the local energy and transport infrastructure, of shops and buildings in Burnley, and of various factories. Also includes scenes of the local countryside, new housing, sport and leisure facilities, schools and the art gallery at Towneley Hall. 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 | |||
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