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| [LAKE WINDERMERE AND ZOO SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1957-64 Film Number: 3988 | |||
| Shots of boats on Lake Windermere with mountains visible in the background, dotted with snow. Other footage shows exotic birds, polar and grizzly bears, lions, tigers, penguins and other zoo animals in their enclosures. | |||
| [MORECAMBE BEACH AND CUMBRIAN SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1958-62 Film Number: 8212 | |||
| A compilation of rural scenes in Cumbria and seaside scenes in Lancashire. Cumbrian locations include Swaledale, Kirkby Lonsdale and Kirkby Stephen. Mrs Hallam’s daffodils are in full bloom, an elderly couple play with dogs in a large garden, while others enjoy a roadside picnic. In Morecambe, a Punch and Judy show is underway, donkeys eat from a food trough on the beach, and a horse-drawn carriage takes holidaymakers along the seafront. | |||
| [PEOPLE AND PLACES IN CUMBRIA] | |||
| Date: c1958-62 Film Number: 8213 | |||
| A compilation reel recording an assortment of buildings - mainly houses, farms and pubs – and locations in Cumbria. People are occasionally seen in the garden or out and about, and there are also winter scenes with skating and sledges out on a frozen lake. There are cattle on farm, pigs at Winton, and also a lifeboat being moved on a trailer. | |||
| MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL [BARKER] | |||
| Date: *1957-61 Film Number: 3896 | |||
| Footage shot on one or more trips down the Manchester Ship Canal - with footage around Manchester Docks, shots of the Trafford Road Bridge, chimneys and mills on the canal side, and Liverpool Docks. Other shots include a motorway under construction (possibly the M6 Thelwall Viaduct), fairground scenes and sailing. | |||
| [VARIOUS TRIPS OUT] | |||
| Date: 1957-61 Film Number: 8380 | |||
| Family and friends in the garden, they gather around a pram to see the baby. Later the group head off in their cars for a drive, stopping at petrol station along the way. They visit Pennington Flash Country Park, shots of boats on the water. The film cuts to shots of a double decker bus with advertisements for 'People and Places' 'Coast to Coast'. At Carr Mill Pleasure Park (St Helens), Granada 'Travelling eye unit' can be seeing filming near the Helter-Skelter. At Ainsdale beach, a woman sits on a deckchair next to a parked car. During a visit to North Wales, two women can be seen sat by the seafront enjoying the view. The film ends with a brief shot of the Great Orme tramway. | |||
| [TRIPS TO BLACKPOOL, WALES AND MORECAMBE] | |||
| Date: 1957-61 Film Number: 8381 | |||
| In Blackpool, members of the Hughes family visit the Winter Gardens where the International cycle and motorcycle show is being held. Inside there are various displays of different scooters, motorcycles and bicycles. That night, they go to see the Blackpool illuminations. During a drive, the group pull over to the side of the road to film some construction work. Once in Wales, they visit the beach and a cafe. In Morecambe, they attend a dolphin show at Marineland. Dolphins can be seen performing various tricks. | |||
| [MOTORBIKE RACING – ISLE OF MAN, SCARBOROUGH, SLEAFORD AND OULTON PARK] | |||
| Date: *1957-61 Film Number: 11235 | |||
| Compilation reel of motorbike and sidecar racing footage from around Britain, including the 1961 TT races on the Isle of Man, events at Scarborough and District Motor Club, grass track racing at Sleaford Farm, and races at Oulton Park in Cheshire. Racing scenes are intercut with informal footage e.g. spectators’ picnics, and competitors relaxing. | |||
| [BEACH AND SCHOOL SPORTS DAY] | |||
| Date: 1957-61 Film Number: 8222 | |||
| A group of children in canoes on a boating lake followed by a trip to the beach where they play in the sand and build sandcastles. At the school sports day, children and adults take part in various activities such as three legged race, egg and spoon race and sack race. Groups of children parade around an athletics track, including a group from St Paul's Kersal and from St Clements Broughton. In the school yard, children play and climb on a climbing frame. On the beach, the group play in the water and some children abseil down a stone wall using a rope. At the train station, the group wait for their train on the platform. At the playground by the beach, the children play on the merry-go-round and swings. A the sports day children take part in the long jump and hurdles. The children play games in the school grounds as well do head stands on the grass. Some of the school children practice their ballet dancing in the school yard followed by drama rehearsals. During a trip out on a boat, the children feed food to seagulls. Later the group play a game of rounders on the beach. Crowds can be seen at an agricultural show followed by horse racing. Later the children work on a home-made model village they have made. They visit a zoo where they see a variety of wild animals such as lions and polar bears. The film ends with school children taking part in a football match. | |||
| [CHARNLEY FAMILY IN THE GARDEN; WEDDING] | |||
| Date: c1958-61 Film Number: 8944 | |||
| Members of the Charnley family spend time in the garden together. Later, they visit the botanical gardens and go for a walk in the countryside. They visit a park and watch people play bowls on a bowling green. The film cuts to wedding scenes, the newlyweds leave the church and pose for photographs. Guests throw confetti on the bride and groom as they make their way to the wedding car. | |||
| [THE HANS RENOLD OPERATIC GROUP PERFORM GILBERT & SULLIVAN] | |||
| Date: 1957-63 Film Number: 7005 | |||
| Colour footage showing members of the Hans Renold Operatic Society group rehearse and pose for the camera outside in their costumes for a 1958 production of the comic Gilbert and Sullivan opera Iolanthe. Continues with black and white scenes of the group performing on stage in a 1957 production of HMS Pinafore. | |||
| [WHIT WALK SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1957-63 Film Number: 5080 | |||
| Various groups take part in a Whit Walk in Crumpsall, Manchester including choirboys and clergy, various bands and Brownies. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [CUMBRIA, RMS SYLVANIA AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1958-62 Film Number: 10258 | |||
| Compilation reel of family trips to the Lake District, including scenic views, roadside stops, and footage shot from moving vehicle on country lane. Also footage of crossing the Runcorn Widnes bridge; shots of the RMS Sylvania leaving Liverpool for New York, and scenes with family members relaxing and enjoying their leisure time. | |||
| [TRAVIS FAMILY LEISURE ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: 1957-64 Film Number: 10600 | |||
| A compilation reel of varied leisure actitivies, including family members and pets in the garden; people out on a lake sailing a dinghy; sporting scenes – tennis at the Country Club and cricket; fun in an open-air pool; trips to the countryside with picnics and the chance to feed horses, and visits to the coast. | |||
| [GARDNER FAMILY DAYS OUT] | |||
| Date: 1957-69 Film Number: 6765 | |||
| Scenes of the Gardner family at leisure in the 1950s and 60s in North Lancashire and South Cumbria, featuring domestic life at Dolphinhome Stores and day trips round and about the local countryside. Includes walking in the Lake District and at Arnside, negotiating a set of locks on the Lancaster Canal and a family game of football. | |||
| [DOLPHINHOLME MAGAZINE] | |||
| Date: 1957-69 Film Number: 6766 | |||
| A compilation of Dolphinholme village life between 1957 and 1969, as filmed by David Gardner who ran the local store there. Includes the building and official opening of an extension to the Dolphinholme CE Primary School, sports days and social events, construction of the M6 motorway at Forton, the local fire brigade tackling a chimney stack blaze and various weddings. | |||
| [MANCHESTER FIRES 1] | |||
| Date: *1957/8/9/61 Film Number: 847 | |||
| Scenes at various Manchester fires - a Movietone news film of the fire at Paulden's store, described as 'the biggest fire in Manchester since the war'; a factory fire at S. Gratix, Hardman Street; house fires - fatalities recorded; fire brigade attendance at a traffic accident; fires at - Ridings Store, Longsight; Dolsat Ltd. Strangeways; Dark Lane,Ardwick; a hardware shop on Gorton Cross Street; rubber works in Clayton and Beswick; Longridge House; Withington Hospital; a building in the grounds of the University; Halwin Tyre Company in Openshaw; a waste rubber dump in Harpurhey, and a firelighter works in Newton Heath. | |||
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| [CONSTRUCTION OF ST JOHN'S BEACON AND FLATS; LIVERPOOL CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL] | |||
| Date: *1957/8/67 Film Number: 4962 | |||
| Views of women and children in a back street in Liverpool are followed by scenes of the construction of St John's Beacon in the city centre, and of a block of flats using precast concrete sections. Includes footage from the consecration of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral on 14 May 1967. | |||
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| [TENERIFE HOLIDAY; YOUNG VANESSA AND JUDITH] | |||
| Date: 1957-8, 1969 Film Number: 6848 | |||
| A Moss family holiday to Tenerife with friends showing beach and mountain scenes from the Puerto de la Cruz resort. There is also footage from trips to the United States, Llandudno and the hilltop town of Alassio in Italy. The compilation shows sisters Judith and Vanessa Moss at various ages at home and taking a walk in Broughton Park. Includes a short sequence with a young Vanessa recovering from illness in a hospital bed. | |||
| [ZAMBIA, MAUNDY MONEY IN CARLISLE AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1957-58/77-78 Film Number: 7448 | |||
| Scenes in Zambia (Northern Rhodesia at the time), including a royal visit and construction work, followed by the Queen's 1978 Maundy visit to Carlisle. The Queen Mother lays the foundation stone for the new Anglican Cathedral in Lusaka in 1957 and there is footage of the city's new High Court Building and the Queen's Birthday Parade. In the Zambian countryside there are shots of a village and its workers, and clearing and construction work for a Hydroelectric dam project. In Carlisle, the Queen features in a procession alongside dignitaries and clergymen as onlookers wave flags. Ends with a group of schoolchildren on a picnic and shots of a coastline taken from a yacht. | |||
| [WHITSUNTIDE] | |||
| Date: *1957/59 Film Number: 952 | |||
| Family scenes - playing on the swings; in the garden; a whit walk; having a picnic - crisps and coke; on the beach and at the fair. | |||
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