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| [OPEN CAST MINING; CARD GAME] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 4626 | |||
| Brief shots of a television screen are followed by scenes of open-cast mining, probably in the Wigan area. The reel ends with footage of a group of school boys playing cards in a study. | |||
| [HAGON SOUTH COAST HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 4727 | |||
| The Hagon family are seen on holiday in Sidmouth, visiting relatives. Richard Hagon is seen playing in the garden, the family build sandcastles on the beach, visit a playground and there are views of the coastline. The film ends with Richard and friend on their tricycles at home in Altrincham. | |||
| SUMMER CAMP 1958 AUCHANRUIDH - GLEN ERROCHTY | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 5395 | |||
| 3rd Barrow-in-Furness (Grammar School) Scout Troop's summer camp in Auchanruidh, Scotland. The troop gather round for the 'flag break' as the scout master raises the flag, and there are scenes of various outdoor activities, including hiking and fellwalking, Highland games, tree felling, wood chopping, wrestling and a visit to Pitlochry Power Station. There are scenes at camp including food preparation and mealtimes. | |||
| HELMSHORE 1958 | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 5437 | |||
| A record of life and events in the village of Helmshore during the summer of 1958. It documents the Mayor's Procession, a concert in the Memorial Gardens, the local election, a fire at Carr Lane cottages and the Musbury Tor Mile. The film also looks at working life in the village: a clog maker, haymaking, quarrying and textile research at theT.M.M. building. Children feature throughout the film, playing games, racing go-karts, maypole dancing, and performing in a skiffle band. There is also footage of the local railway station, of pigeon racing and of river pollution caused by the Holden Wood bleach works. | |||
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| [TAVERNER CHILDREN AND ROSALIE WHITE PLAY IN CRANK HOUSE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 5548 | |||
| A woman enters Crank House and then leaves with a small boy. The Taverner children and Rosalie White play together in the garden at Crank House. They play with a toy crate and crane, run around and get piggy backs whilst adults look on. | |||
| [FIELD DAY NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL 1958] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 5550 | |||
| People play 'Strike the Ham,' and play at coconut shys. Girls play tennis, spectators watch avidly. Children make sand castles with buckets and spades in a sand pit, and play on a slide. Spectators watch as girls run relay races. The Head of Geography Mr Brady watches over them. The P.E teacher Miss Levelsey talks over a microphone. A clown entertains children on stage, there is a close up of a pamphlet advertising the Field Day. A sign advertises donkey rides, the donkeys eat grass in the field, the clown still enertains. | |||
| [GRIME FAMILY - WEST COUNTRY HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 5810 | |||
| A hand traces a journey on a map of the UK, followed by the Grime family packing the car. The journey south is illustrated by shots of roadsigns, landmarks and hotels. In Cornwall, the family are seen playing in the sea, exploring the coast, taking a boat trip and meeting up with relatives. Includes visits to Salisbury Cathedral, Stonehenge and Stratford-upon-Avon. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [OPENING OF CARR HILL COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL, 22 JULY 1958] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 5987 | |||
| Scenes from the opening of Carr Hill Counry Secondary School by the Duchess of Kent on 22 July 1958. The Duchess arrives at the school and unveils a plaque. There is a performance by the school choir, and scenes inside a number of classrooms - girls learning cooking and sewing, and boys in science and art classes. Following a reception in the canteen with local dignitaries, the Duchess is seen leaving by car. | |||
| MANCHESTER UNITED TRAGEDY | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 6067 | |||
| Compilation of newsreel items relating to the Munich air disaster of February 1958 and its immediate consequences for Manchester United. Scenes of the plane wreckage on fire, players injured in hospital, and the coffins of the dead returning to Manchester. Footage from the team's FA Cup matches from that season, including the final against Bolton at Wembley (Bolton won 2-0). Also includes a visit to Manchester by the doctors and nurses from the Munich hospital who saved the lives of several players and manager Matt Busby. | |||
| [MANCHESTER UNITED'S 1958 FA CUP MATCHES] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 6068 | |||
| Compilation of footage from three of Manchester United's 1958 FA Cup matches, played just weeks after the Munich air crash in which several players died. Games featured are the 6th round replay against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford, the Semi-final replay at Highbury against Fulham, and the final against Bolton Wanderers which United lost 2-0. | |||
| [MANCHESTER UNITED V AC MILAN] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 6069 | |||
| Footage from the first leg of the European Cup semi-final between Manchester United and AC Milan at Old Trafford. The teams are seen coming onto the pitch and there are scenes from the game which Manchester United won 2-1. | |||
| TO MOSCOW BY MOTOR COACH | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 6146 | |||
| Scenes from a coach holiday to Moscow. Starting at Oostend, and briefly passing through Brussels, the coach heads through Germany and Poland, with scenes in Berlin and Warsaw, and of Polish rural life, including religious processions. On arrival in Moscow, places visited include the Kremlin, Red Square Lenin's Tomb and Moscow University. On the return journey, there are views of provincial Russia, and a visit to Prague, before further scenes back at the airport in Belgium. | |||
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| PICTORIAL GAZETTE 1958 | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 6553 | |||
| Brentwood School sports day with crowds of school girls cheering various races, followed by the prizegiving ceremony and scenes from a garden fete. Two men in a rowing boat are then seen trying to catch a pair of swans on a pond at Ferndale. Concludes with the Atkinson family sightseeing in Central London and shots of Bertram Mills Circus parade through Burnley. | |||
| [STAND UNITARIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL 150TH ANNIVERSARY ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 6673 | |||
| Views of the Stand Unitarian Sunday School Whit Walk through town, followed by an historical pageant to commemorate their 150th anniversary. The retiring Rose Queen Jean Depledge and the Rose Queen elect Dorothy Openshaw are seen leading a crowning ceremony and making a presentation to Doris Taylor Jones and Irene Alcock. Concludes with Jean and Dorothy posing for photographs, surrounded by a group of former Rose Queens. | |||
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| [MR & MRS DOYLE'S WEDDING, HONEYMOON IN SCOTLAND] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 7006 | |||
| Scenes showing Bernard and Barbara Doyle on their wedding day with guests arriving at St Nicholas' Church, bridesmaids posing for photographs and arrival of the bride accompanied by her father. The newly wedded couple make their way out of the church followed by family and friends. The wedding party gather outside the Doyle's house as the couple, dressed in going away outfits, leave for their honeymoon in a motorcycle and sidecar. Continues with scenes of Bernard and Barbara touring the Scottish countryside and local villages. | |||
| [WATER SPEED RECORD - NORMAN BUCKLEY] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 8435 | |||
| Footage of Norman Buckley at the World Water Speed Trials, 1958 with his boat Lady Windermere III on Coniston Water in Cumbria; he previously broke the world speed record on Lake Windermere in 1956. The film begins with the men from the BP Racing Service boarding the helicopter used to plant the vessel on to the lake. We then see Norman Buckley smiling for the camera before boarding and then driving his boat at high speed on the lake. Views of the surrounding Lake District are shown and finally we see Mr Buckley arrive back at the pier to an awaiting crowd. | |||
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| [PANTO WEEK 1958 AND ROYAL VISIT] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 8657 | |||
| The film starts by showing army cadets training in Leek, Staffordshire. They are seen with guns and being transported in army trucks. Other shots show the men in their free time - drinking, smoking and playing darts. The next segment focuses on the 1958 Panto Week, with students disagreeing with police over the disruption they cause. They are shown covering up the nude statue on Lewis's and taking part in a procession, all in aid of raising money. Afterwards, the focus of the film moves onto the regeneration of the University of Liverpool, with the demolition of old buildings, replaced by modern buildings. The film shows the visit of the Queen Mother to the university, with her opening the new medical building and then in a ceremony gaining an honorary degree of Doctor of Law presented by Lord Salisbury. The film ends with shots from a dance where people are dancing and drinking, and then behind the scene shots of the students filming. | |||
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| [SCENES ALONG THE EDEN VALLEY] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 8206 | |||
| A compilation of scenes of rural life in Cumbria, including a rushbearing ceremony, a Band of Hope street procession, and landscape views. Also a visiting funfair, scenes on a farm, with a boy riding in a goat-drawn cart, a roadside Romany camp with traditional caravans, and an otter hunt. | |||
| [WARRINGTON CINE SOCIETY DINNER AND DANCE] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 8332 | |||
| The film begins with a still of an invitation to the Warrington Cine Society Dinner and Dance, The Masonic Hall, Saturday 18th January 1958 featuring Merry Matelots Dance Band. A steady stream of guests arrive in the hall and shake hands. During the evening they are seen seated at tables for the meal. The evening also includes speeches and the presentation of prize cups and the draw of a raffle. The guests, some wearing party hats dance the night away. They can be seen performing the conga and Old Lang Syne - a belated New Year's Eve party perhaps. | |||
| [1958 – HOME AND HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1958 Film Number: 8616 | |||
| Young Christopher plays hockey in the garden with his mother and friends, then helps his father with the gardening. At the beach, he enjoys net fishing, building sandcastles and paddling in the sea. | |||
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