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Record 4752 – 4771 of 11529
| THROUGH THE GATE | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 663 | |||
| A day in the life of Linaker Street Infants School Southport, including - morning assembly; P.E.; various classroom activities; baking cakes for Mothers Day. After prayers the children leave - they are seen across the road by the school crossing patrol. | |||
| GATEWAY TO LIFE | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 664 | |||
| A day in the nursery class of Linaker Street Infants School,Southport; mothers bring their children to school - they are seen across the road by the school crossing patrol; prayer time; milk and rusks are served - the children lay the tables and wash up afterwards; playtime; the class pets; an after dinner nap; storytime; another prayer is said before the children leave. | |||
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| CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 665 | |||
| The children of Linaker Street Infants School, Southport prepare for Christmas - decorating the tree; making and wrapping presents; the Christmas concert. | |||
| PARISH OF FARNWORTH ANNUAL PAROCHIAL FIELD DAY ON THE SCHOOL FIELD PIT LANE | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 825 | |||
| The crowning of Farnworth Rose Queen - shots of the queen and her retinue; the ceremony is followed by maypole dancing. | |||
| VALERIA ... DISCHARGED & LOADED 13 MAY 1958 | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1057 | |||
| Cargo handling procedures are demonstrated as different types of cargo are discharged from, and loaded on to, the vessel Valeria on 13th May 1958. Timber is discharged and stored in a dockside warehouse; other palletised cargo is lowered into the hold of a waiting barge alongside. | |||
| EASTHAM UPPER LEADING JETTY 12 FEB 1958 | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1078 | |||
| Work in progress on Eastham oil dock (on the Manchester Ship Canal) upper leading jetty - building materials and equipment seen, as sand and stones are mixed and concrete laid. | |||
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| EASTHAM UPPER LEADING JETTY 16 JUN 1958 | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1079 | |||
| Work in progress on the upper leading jetty at Eastham oil dock on the Manchester Ship Canal - bags of sand are emptied into the water; sand is deposited in the water by grab hopper. | |||
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| [CUTTING AND PLANING WOOD] | |||
| Date: *1958 Film Number: 1080 | |||
| A large block of wood is planed, and then cut by circular saw. | |||
| [PLANING WOOD] | |||
| Date: *1958 Film Number: 1081 | |||
| A large block of wood is planed by machine. | |||
| WOODWORKING MACHINE 19 DEC 1958 | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1095 | |||
| A large block of wood is planed by woodworking machine. | |||
| WESTON MERSEY LOCK BURNING C1 WITH OXYGEN LANCE 21 NOV 1958 | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1102 | |||
| An oxygen lance is used to cut a concrete slab in half - the operator wears protective goggles; oxygen cylinders visible on the dockside. | |||
| [CATERPILLAR VEHICLES] | |||
| Date: *1958 Film Number: 1103 | |||
| Caterpillar vehicles in use on a construction site on the Manchester Ship Canal. | |||
| [CONSTRUCTION SITE] | |||
| Date: *1958 Film Number: 1104 | |||
| Trucks and a crane at work on a construction site on the Manchester Ship Canal. | |||
| THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY OPERATION "DIPPER" | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1131 | |||
| The demolition of the end section of Eastham Upper Leading Jetty. Progress is recorded on a model of the structure. Scenes of the final stages of the demolition by Dipper Dredger and MSC Grab Hopper No.1; debris is removed by barge. | |||
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| A RECORD OF THE OPENING OF THE PRESTON AND LANCASTER MOTORWAYS [M6] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1354 | |||
| The need for, and opening of (by Harold MacMillan), the Preston and Lancaster motorways is shown in this film. Motorway users and services such as the AA and RAC are also featured. | |||
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| [HAWORTH FAMILY WEDDINGS] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1595 | |||
| Footage of two Haworth family weddings, the second of which includes scenes in the grounds of Free Green Farm and the reception in a marquee. | |||
| [BAHAMAS 1958] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1596 | |||
| Opens with a brief shot of New York in winter. Continues with footage of a Haworth family holiday to the Bahamas. Includes the family on a beach, forest fires, birds, fishing boats and landscape shots. | |||
| [FAMILY HOLIDAY; PICCADILLY GARDENS] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1872 | |||
| Miscellaneous family footage - includes shots of two adult women sat on a bench at a seaside resort; general views of a park - with close up shots of the flower beds in bloom; members of the family posing in the doorway of their house and playing in the back garden with the family dog. Also includes brief scenes of Piccadilly Gardens with Lewis's and Littlewoods in the background. | |||
| [HERE AND THERE 1958] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 1976 | |||
| A variety of family footage. Includes shots of two women sat in deckchairs on a pier; walking along a beach; bathing their feet in a rock pool and wandering through the grounds of a park. | |||
| A WINTER'S TALE | |||
| Date: *1958 Film Number: 2527 | |||
| Animated film spelling out the dangers of not protecting water pipes and tanks during the winter. Cyril Fletcher narrates in verse. | |||
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