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| [MORTENSEN NORTH AFRICAN CRUISE; BLACKPOOL SHOP SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 9158 | |||
| Jean Mortensen and friends walk around a North African market then she is waiting at a train station surrounded by luggage before arriving home and being greeted by the family's pet dog. On board a cruise ship Stan and friend play in the pool followed by brief shots of putting out goods for sale in front of Stan Mortensen's shop in Blackpool. More sunbathing on the cruise ship and Stan having a pillow fight above the liner's swimming pool. | |||
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| [IN AN AFRICAN GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 8162 | |||
| The family spend time in the garden at their home in Nigeria. A woman shows her baby the flowers growing in the garden while a young boy plays with his toys. The children play dress up, dance for the camera and ride their tricycles around the garden. | |||
| [FAMILY SCENES IN KADUNA] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 8163 | |||
| A woman plays with a young boy and girl in the garden in Kaduna. The children's mother poses for photographs in front of the family car. The children play with puppies on the grass. | |||
| [HOLLINGS AND LANGDALE PARTY NOVEMBER 1957] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 8390 | |||
| Guests arrive at a party, they have drinks, chat with one another and play party games. Shots of a selection of buffet food on the tables. At the end of the party, there are plenty of empty bottles left on the tables. Two women do the washing up in the kitchen while a man sleeps in the sitting room. | |||
| BABY DAYS - A RECORD YEAR BY YEAR | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 8536 | |||
| This award winning film is a humorous, though realistic, depiction of the joys and stresses of having a new baby in the home. After baby Velda’s arrival, her mother is constantly occupied with feeding and bathing her, as well as changing nappies and taking her daughter for a walk in her pram. But a busy day does not mean young Velda will sleep at night, so the whole household is exhausted in the morning. | |||
| [SUMMER IN THE GARDEN AND COASTAL SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 8615 | |||
| A compilation reel of family leisure scenes, including young Christopher and his mother feeding swans, the little boy gardening with his parents, and playing with a visiting child in an inflatable paddling pool. The reel ends with scenes from a family holiday at the coast. | |||
| [ON THE BEACH] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 9314 | |||
| A small child stood on the beach then Richard and Elizabeth play in the sand and paddle in the sea. Elizabeth with the small child sat on a blanket on the beach followed by Mrs Sagar and the children sat on a bench in the walled garden of a house that was restored in 1957. | |||
| [SCHOOL YARD AND LONDON TRIP] | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 11312 | |||
| Children play and run around in the yard of a rural primary school. A line of younger children make their way along a lane to a corrugated iron building; they enter and then leave. Back in the playground, some children dance around in a circle, then sit still to be filmed. On a school trip to London, pupils are seen outside Buckingham Palace. There are shots of Trafalgar Square and pupils buying fruit from a market stall. | |||
| [BOLTON SCHOOL LESSONS] | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 11433 | |||
| Classroom scenes of a maths teacher teaching pupils of Bolton School for Boys. Scenes from the 6th form common room with pupils playing darts and using typewriters. The film ends with brief scenes of pupils practicing cricket shots and bowling. | |||
| [WHIT WALK ; WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 9519 | |||
| Clergymen lead the Whitsuntide walk followed by choirboys, rose queens, children with banners and little girls carrying baskets of flowers. The wedding of Allice Nuttal and Reverend Reginald Hugh Cadman at St. Lawrence's church in Denton on the 22nd of July 1957. The bridesmaids arrive at the church followed by members of the clergy and choirboys. The bride arrives and poses with the groom for the photographer, as they exit the church confetti is thrown and the happy couple depart in their wedding car. Wedding guests at the reception wave at the bride and groom as they depart for their honeymoon. | |||
| [AUSTRIAN HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 9575 | |||
| Scenes from a family holiday in Austria, featuring landscape views and rural life; city streets with a parade of brass bands wearing traditional costume, and a religious procession. There are also views of boat traffic on a river, with coal barges passing along the waterway. | |||
| TUG | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 10340 | |||
| A day in the life of the tugboat Alexandra - the crew are seen painting and cleaning the boat, there are views of the many ferries, liners and cargo ships on the river Mersey, and the tug manoeuvres the cargo ship, Amsteldyk, into Gladstone dock. | |||
| [WELSH HOLIDAY AND MISC. SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 10478 | |||
| Harlech Castle followed by beach scenes, then out in a boat with views of the harbour and coastline. After brief scenes at a caravan park we have underexposed shots of boats on a canal. Snowy scenes of a suburban street and gardens are followed by a manufacturing process with molten metal being poured then a lathe being used, unfortunately most of this sequence is underexposed and out of focus. | |||
| BOY IN THE DARK | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 10929 | |||
| An amateur drama film produced by Altrincham Grammar School. The fiction film focuses on a boy who is being hypnotized by a man into stealing from local shops for him. A friend helps him catch the hypnotist and have him arrested. | |||
| [FAMILY IN PARK; MILITARY BAND] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 10988 | |||
| A baby in its pram, Mrs Derbyshire and the family dog walking in the park. Mr Derbyshire plays with baby and a toy panda. A military brass band play to a large crowd from the stage in Avenham Park followed by another military band marching in formation | |||
| [CHRISTMAS 1957] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 11001 | |||
| Decorating the artificial Christmas tree and placing a fairy on the top. Baby Carole sat in a high chair, Peter blowing up balloons then Mr Derbyshire blowing up a curly balloon. Hanging paper decorations onto a wall and putting tinsel onto the tree. Peter hangs up his Christmas stocking then Mrs Derbyshire filling the stockings with small toys. A display of all the other toys awaiting the children on Christmas morning then Peter and Carole opening their presents and playing with the toys. | |||
| ROADWAY TO THE SKIES | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 8710 | |||
| A look at Ringway Airport in the late 1950s - partly a promotional film, and partly a factual record documenting the resurfacing of a runway. Includes scenes inside the airport - the check-in area and the restaurant, and in the control tower. | |||
| [THE DEMPSEYS IN LYTHAM AND LLANDUDNO] | |||
| Date: 1957 Film Number: 12184 | |||
| The film begins with scenes from a trip to Lytham St. Anne's. We see the family getting their rowing boat ready and then out at sea where they film the surrounding scenery. We then see a trip to Llandudno, including moving scenery shot from the family car as they drive down the seafront and shots of the family walking on the beach. | |||
| [A WEDDING & RECEPTION] | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 11872 | |||
| The bride and groom pose for the wedding photographer at the Parish Church of St. John in Leek, Staffordshire. On a windy day the wedding party pose for photos, confetti is thrown and the happy couple depart in the wedding car. Underexposed shots from the reception with the guests sat at tables before the bride and groom pose for photographs on the steps of the venue. The film ends with scenes from the Moston farm with cows, a sheepdog and ducklings. | |||
| [SCOTTISH HOLIDAY & ON THE FARM] | |||
| Date: *1957 Film Number: 13471 | |||
| A man training his Labrador dog in the garden then three men attempt to raise a tractor's back wheels from a ditch on the farm. Show jumping scenes with a large crowd watching possibly a county show followed by a wooden bridge over a river and a couple returning with their dog from a fishing trip. A man folding a wheelchair into the boot of a car then later inflating the car's tyres with a hand pump. A shooting party gather in front of a large house before driving off to the shoot. Later the results of the shoot and fishing trip are laid out on the lawn. The ruins of Melrose Abbey are explored by two women and views of the Forth Bridge from a ferry. A woman leads a horse followed by a man overlooking Loch Ness then a couple walk their dog down a country lane. On the farm we see tractors, a young woman leading a horse and cats with kittens. In the garden of a large house a Labrador retrieves a newspaper from the front gate then plays with another dog, chasing a ball. The film ends back on the farm with a tractor transporting bales of hay. | |||
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