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| [BUILDING OF THE BROADWAY PHARMACY, GARDEN & STREET SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1928-30 Film Number: 6952 | |||
| Construction scenes showing the building of Broadway Pharmacy in Broughton from July to November 1928, including worker mixing asphalt mixing for the roof, fixing timber structure on the front of shop and the unloading of plate glass from a lorry. Continues with children playing in a back garden with toys, skipping and riding on a tricycle. General streetscenes show cars, buses and cyclists along and a car pulling into an undercover garage (to fill up with petrol ?). | |||
| [CIRCUS PROCESSION AND ANIMALS] | |||
| Date: c1929 Film Number: 4760 | |||
| A circus procession, which includes George Formby, is seen in Blackpool collecting money for the local hospital. Brief views of the trams, beach and promenade are followed by scenes of the lion-taming and clown acts at Blackpool Circus. There are views of some of the circus animals - including baby tigers - and the film ends with brief scenes of men putting up the main circus tent pole. | |||
| [BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH - ROLLER COASTER AND BIG WHEEL] | |||
| Date: c1929 Film Number: 4761 | |||
| General views of some of the different rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Includes footage shot from the front car of the Big Dipper and views of the Big Wheel. | |||
| [BLACKPOOL: TOWER ASCENT; CIRCUS PARADE AND ACTS] | |||
| Date: c1929 Film Number: 4763 | |||
| Brief scenes on the beach at Blackpool are followed by footage taken from the lift and from the top of Blackpool Tower, showing the promenade and pier. Further brief beach scenes are followed by circus performers taking part in a procession to raise funds for the local hospital. A queue is seen waiting to enter the Tower Circus, and there are views taken during the show - including horseback acrobats, a wild west act and lion taming. | |||
| [WHITE PORT BAY AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1929 Film Number: 5929 | |||
| Sailing scenes at White Port Bay: waves crashing on the rocks, sailing boats and views inland. Family scenes in the garden. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| ["JEMIMA" AND THE WILLIAMSONS] | |||
| Date: c1929 Film Number: 5930 | |||
| Williamson family members say their farewells to the Harris family outside the house, and then drive away in a Standard car. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [TEDDIE AND BUNNY LEAVE] | |||
| Date: c1929 Film Number: 5931 | |||
| Scenes of a couple preparing to leave the Harris' home. They embrace and wave to family members by the car, then depart as the children wave them off. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [GUTCHER'S ISLE] | |||
| Date: c1929 Film Number: 5932 | |||
| Footage of a couple swimming and on the beach at Gutcher's Isle, near Rockcliffe in Dumfries and Galloway. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [ROCKCLIFFE BATHING] | |||
| Date: c1929 Film Number: 5933 | |||
| Scenes on the beach in Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway: wading and swimming, with some footage of waves crashing on the rocks. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [RANDALL FAMILY IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1928-30 Film Number: 7114 | |||
| Scenes showing Randall family members at home. Children, their mother and a nanny are seen playing in the front garden as the pose for the camera and ride their tricycles up and down the driveway. A brief sequence shows the family stood on a promenade (Crosby?) looking out towards a pier. Includes footage back at the home with older generations of the family playing with the young children as they take turns to ride on tricycles. | |||
| [DERWENTWATER AND HIKERS ON A SCREE SLOPE] | |||
| Date: 1928-30 Film Number: 10773 | |||
| The film opens with scenes of men skimming stones across the lake at Derwentwater. The camera then pans around so we can see the surrounding scenery and the boats on the lake. We see hikers making their way down a scree slope. | |||
| [CECILIE'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1928-30 Film Number: 10783 | |||
| We see shots of the bride before the wedding, she has help managing her dress. Then the bride and her father walk up to the church. After the ceremony the newlyweds leave church through a crowd of waiting people. | |||
| [TENNIS AT AINSDALE AND WEDDING SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1929 Film Number: 7239 | |||
| Brief assortment of scenes begin with a man marking out white lines on a tennis court before there are shots of a wedding as the bride, groom and party are showered in confetti. The film returns to the tennis court where a match takes place. It ends with a comic scene featuring people in costume and one man, dressed as a sailor, performing a dance and falling over. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [PARKINSON FAMILY SCENES, GARDEN, BEACH AND AT CHRISTMAS] | |||
| Date: 1928-32 Film Number: 6916 | |||
| Parkinson children (John and Daphne?) play in the back garden of a house with a toy trailer, and holding hands wih their mother. The children are later seen on a beach with buckets and spades, as their mother sits on a rug knitting. Interior shots show children playing around a Christmas tree, looking at decorations and gathering round a male relative as he produces a toy mouse from a bag. Footage includes family members wearing hats and coats walking in the grounds of a country house, and a young girl and boy (John and Daphne?) riding on a tricycle. | |||
| THE "HOMERIC" CRUISE TO THE WEST INDIES | |||
| Date: 1929-32 Film Number: 7122 | |||
| Scenes from a cruise on the RMS Homeric showing a visit to Martinique showing local children on the streets and swimming in the sea. Footage aboard the ship includes shots of people swimming and doing aquatic sports in the pool. A brief sequence shows street scenes in Haiti. Continues with a visit to Nassau as musicians are seen playing at 'Dirty Dicks Cabaret Club' and members of the cruise party boarding a glass bottomed boat. Further scenes show visits to a Cuban farm near Havana, a trip down the Panama Canal and shots of Trinidadians aboard rowing boats as seen from the Homeric cruise liner. Scenes show local people using a pickaxe and walking upon the asphalt Pitch Lake. Ends with a visit to Madeira, including shots of the ship coming in to harbour, street scenes ad a man being carried in a hammock. | |||
| [AMATEUR DRAMATICS] | |||
| Date: 1928-33 Film Number: 9958 | |||
| An amateur dramatics performance by members of the Blake family at Christmas time. The family perform various short plays and sketches and there are film titles to let us know what is happening. | |||
| [BLAKE FAMILY OUTDOOR SCENES AND BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH] | |||
| Date: 1928-30 Film Number: 9959 | |||
| A compilation of scenes from the Blake family. We see them in the garden and outdoors. They go swimming and have picnics in various places, and there are family get togethers in the garden. There are also scenes from Blackpool Pleasure Beach. | |||
| [LAKE WINDERMERE; FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND DOGS] | |||
| Date: 1928-33 Film Number: 8417 | |||
| Compilation of family and leisure material, all or mostly shot in the Lake District. Family members and friends are seen out and about in the countryside, at the lakeside, or outside a large country house. There are also scenic views, a boat trip on Lake Windermere, and a young child playing with a pedal car and rocking horse. | |||
| BLACKPOOL ON HOLIDAY | |||
| Date: 1928-34 Film Number: 9965 | |||
| Scenes from a holiday to Blackpool. We see people playing on the beach and in the sea. There are scenes from a large swimming pool with waterslides, people have fun in the pool while others relax at the side. There are scenes of donkey rides and of children playing on slides and see-saws. A Punch and Judy show takes place on the seafront with Blackpool Tower in the background. | |||
| [STRETFORD PAGEANT, HOLIDAY AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: c1929-34 Film Number: 9581 | |||
| An assortment of scenes from the Wilson family. The film opens with shots of a Zeppelin flying overhead. We see the family and larger groups of people on holidays and trips out to a variety of places, including Gretna Green where we see a shot of 'The Famous Old Blacksmith Shop and Marriage Room'. We see people in the countryside, on the beach, at seaside resorts and at a very busy open air swimming pool where we see people diving into the pool from a diving board. We see a group of people playing croquet in the garden, while others chat on a bench. There is a tea party held in a garden, a wedding where a large crowd of guests throw confetti on the newlyweds and also ice-skating scenes. We see police directing traffic in a town centre. There are shots of a biplane watched by spectators at an air show. There are scenes from the Stretford Pageant. There is a procession of vintage cars followed by horses and carts. There are floats, a fire engine, mounted police, people in fancy dress, scouts and civic dignitaries included in the procession. | |||
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