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Record 6696 – 6715 of 11241
| [SEASIDE SCENES AND BOATING LAKES] | |||
| Date: c1965-66 Film Number: 2359 | |||
| Members of the Russ family are seen on holiday in Abersoch. Includes shots of the mother and father sunbathing on the beach and the children digging in the sand and paddling in the sea. Further scenes feature the family on a boating lake and walking around a park (probably Heaton Park in Manchester). Concludes with footage of the family at home - the children are seen playing with a toy parachute from the first floor window of a house and running around the lawn with a friend. | |||
| [ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE PARADE AND PRESENTATION] | |||
| Date: 1965-6 Film Number: 3139 | |||
| Members of the St. John's Amublance parade the streets with a brass band and lots of flags. Children are seen playing on a playground before large numbers of nurses join the parade. A senior member makes a presentation, and there is marching on a parade ground. This is followed by scenes in Southampton and Portsmouth docks, with various destroyers, older boats and hovercraft seen on the water. A traffic policeman is seen directing cars, a helicopter is shown above, and background views of the docks are visible. | |||
| [SHIPS ON THE SOLENT] | |||
| Date: *1965-66 Film Number: 3141 | |||
| Film featuring ships in the Solent, a visit to Stratford - upon - Avon and Blenheim Palace. There are also brief streetscenes from Oxford. | |||
| [SALFORD STREETS AND PEOPLE] | |||
| Date: *1965-6 Film Number: 3366 | |||
| Footage of derelict streets and houses in the Salford area, with scenes of the demolition process, and children playing on the wasteground. | |||
| [XMAS 1965, BLACKPOOL AND LONDON] | |||
| Date: 1965/6 Film Number: 3761 | |||
| Various scenes of family life. Xmas 1965 'at Demford Ave.', decorations, unwrapping of presents and Christmas dinner, dancing in the living room. The family are seen outside at the grocers and 'continental wine store'. Shots of a dual carriageway taken from a moving car - the journey is to Blackpool, where we see the lights by night. London scenes: the Cutty Sark and Kew Gardens. Southend-on-sea: a boat trip and a fairground. A baby being bathed. Couples dancing at party ('house warming party at Milwain Ave.') - one woman's knickers fall down around her ankles causing much amusement | |||
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| HOW TO PASS YOUR DRIVING TEST WITHOUTH (sic) REALLY TRYING | |||
| Date: 1965-6 Film Number: 3871 | |||
| Comedy made by students at Sir John Deane College involving an incompetent attempt to pass a driving test. The candidate's transgressions include speeding, failing to signal, reckless driving and kerbcrawling during the test. Nevertheless, he succeeds in passing by bribing the examiner, only to crash and destroy his car on a patch of waste ground. | |||
| THUNDERFINGER | |||
| Date: 1965-6 Film Number: 3890 | |||
| A James Bond parody made by students at Sir John Deane's College. An evil gang plots a series of kidnappings and the captives are interrogated and tortured. A secret agent ('Brook Bond') is also kidnapped but he manages to escape and deliver a bomb to the group's HQ. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ | |||
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| [DAVID WEINER: EARLY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1965/6 Film Number: 4172 | |||
| Helen Weiner is seen preparing the carry-cot and packing away her things at Hope Hospital in Salford. Hubert and Helen arrive home with baby David, and there are assorted scenes of David Weiner - in his cot, being bathed and dried, playing in the sitting room and bouncing in his baby walker. | |||
| [DUBLIN AND DOUGLAS] | |||
| Date: *1965/6 Film Number: 4243 | |||
| Film of Fleming family holiday to Dublin and Ireland - various animals are seen at Dublin Zoo, including the chimps' tea party. There are views of Dublin city centre and Dun Laoghaire, and Mary Fleming, her daughter-in-law and grandchildren are seen at a seaside resort [probably Howth]. Brief scenes of a wedding, and also tours round the grounds of a castle and monastery. The second half of the film shows Mary Fleming on holiday in the Isle of Man - on the electric railway at Douglas, at Peel and on the cliffs. The film ends with footage of Stephen, Stephanie and Paul Fleming playing in the garden at home. | |||
| [TROOP OUTDOOR & SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 1965-6] | |||
| Date: 1965-6 Film Number: 5399 | |||
| 3rd Barrow-in-Furness (Grammar School) Scout Troop at school and on scout trips. Conkers at school and experiments in the chemistry lab, woodwork, athletics, reading in the library and working in class. Next are scenes of scouting activities throughout the year - camping and hostelling, fell walking, cutting wood, swimming, rafting, rock climbing and cooking. | |||
| [GRIME FAMILY - JERSEY HOLIDAY AND HORSES] | |||
| Date: 1965-6 Film Number: 5827 | |||
| A family holiday to Jersey, including boat and beach scenes. José Grime is seen in front of Mont Orgueil, and there are shots of the shore taken from a moving boat. There is also some footage of José in a caravan, proably in Cumbria, and with a horse and its foal. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| HANDLING AND PRICING STOCK IN A SELF SERVICE STORE | |||
| Date: *1965/6 Film Number: 6028 | |||
| Film demonstrating the most efficient method for the pricing of goods, opening boxes and stacking shelves in a supermarket. Various different methods are shown, and then the time taken is compared. | |||
| EYE ON OUR PUPILS | |||
| Date: *1965/6 Film Number: 7017 | |||
| Scenes of school life at Ardwick Technical High School showing pupils and teachers arriving at school and during lessons, which include typing, cookery, sewing, science and Physical Education. Students gather for morning assembly, teachers are seen during break-time in the staff room and pupils have meals in the school canteen. Continues with further classes in art, pottery and technical drawing, with boys doing metalwork and woodwork. Students attend after-school clubs in Spanish, photography and chess. Pupils are seen playing football, hockey and netball - some sports sequences are speeded up and in slow motion. Concludes with a school swimming gala at Victoria Baths and a sports day. | |||
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| NURSERY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES | |||
| Date: *1965/66 Film Number: 5573 | |||
| Parents drop their children at nursery, on Howard Street in Burnley. Children play outside with toys and on playground equipment. Inside, a teacher uses the sewing machine. Children garden, drink milk from bottles, and eat snacks. A cook prepares food, children wash their hands and faces. The children dance to a piano, set tables, and eat their meal. Children play outdoors and there are shots of a doctor giving check-ups, children playing with musical instruments, drinking milk, looking through picture books, and playing in the rain, in wellington boots and rain coats, in the waterlogged sandpit. Parents collect their children at the end of the day. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ | |||
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| PLAY IS EDUCATION | |||
| Date: *1965/66 Film Number: 5581 | |||
| At Howard Street nursery, children play inside and outside with various toys, objects and playground equipment. Children play outside on a climbing frame, seesaw, trampoline and tyre swing, and with coloured blocks, rope, glockenspiels, a sand pit, water trough, toy cars and go-carts, barrels and wooden boxes. They assist a gardener. Children play inside with coloured blocks, counters, play dough and flash cards, and dance around. Others play in the rain in a waterlogged sandpit, and with bubbles. Children look at rocks, insects in aquariums, coral, shells and dried star fish. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ | |||
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| THE NINE LIVES OF ALBERT | |||
| Date: *1965/6 Film Number: 6343 | |||
| Home safety film. Albert dreams he is given nine lives, but has a number of accidents around the home and loses them all. On waking, he lights his pipe in bed, promptly falls asleep again and burns down the house. | |||
| THE MARBLE DAWN | |||
| Date: *1965/6 Film Number: 6430 | |||
| Documentary looking at the different stages of Greek civilisation, the architectural styles, and how the country has gone from being at the forefront of Western culture to its present day position on the fringes of Europe. | |||
| [TONY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY 1965 AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1965-6 Film Number: 7750 | |||
| Scenes featuring members of the Wild family in Grimsargh, Preston and Southport. At Tony's fifth birthday party, kids gather round a table for party food and the cake before playing a game. Children open presents at Christmas, including a toy drum kit, and play with them. Further family footage includes easter egg rolling at Avenham Park, Preston, feeding red squirrels (possibly at Formby) and enjoying the fairground, donkey rides and boating lake at Southport. | |||
| [BABY IAN WILD] | |||
| Date: *1965-6 Film Number: 7758 | |||
| Compilation of films featuring a baby, believed to be Ian Wild. Opens with Ian in his pram, on a blanket in the garden, in a high chair and being feted by his two brothers on his first birthday. Further scenes see Ian in a playpen, being pushed in a pram by a girl (possibly his sister) and playing indoors with blocks and a pet dog. A slightly older Ian helps to build a snowman in the garden, eats baby food in the sitting room, explores the house and has a bath with his brothers. Concludes with more garden scenes during which he plays on a swing. | |||
| [CAROLE'S SECOND BIRTHDAY] | |||
| Date: c1965 Film Number: 3706 | |||
| Footage of Carole Wintrobe's 2nd birthday party: the table laden with food, birthday cards on the mantlepiece, general interior shots with adults and children posing for the camera. We then see the party underway, the grown ups fussing over the children and general crowded fun. | |||
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