Search by Keyword

 

Find All Records

 

Limit by Region

Limit by Date

Limit by Subject Area

North West England

Enter a single year e.g.1955
or a date range e.g. 1950...1954

 

Outside North West

Limit by Professional / Amateur

All Professional Amateur

Available in NWFA Pods
 

Available to watch online

 

  
NWFA Homepage
Search Help
Comments and Enquiries

Click the film title for more details

To refine your search click the back button on your browser.


Key

This title can be seen by visiting the NWFA Viewing Pods at Archives+, Manchester Central Library.


This title (or an extract from it) is available to watch on the NWFA website. Click on the title or icon (if present) to see the film.


This title is available to watch online using the BFI Player (external site). Click on the BFI Player icon (if present) to see the film.


 

Follow NWFA on Twitter NWFA Page on Facebook NWFA on Vimeo

 


Film & Video Catalogue: Search Results

Please be advised that our collection includes historic footage and descriptions that may reflect attitudes which can be disturbing and harmful. Viewer discretion is advised.

We are undertaking work to reframe our collection and address hurtful language and legacies in our collections. If you come across material that causes offence, we welcome your feedback through an anonymous reporting form.

Searched For: *
Record 6916 – 6935 of 11241
 
 
[MISCELLANEOUS GOSPEL SCENES]
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3096
 
Miscellaneous scenes - a country house and rolling fields, shots of horse-racing ,a close-up of Biblical text, shots of the Sharon Full Gospel Church Building, two boys playing in the leaves and then possibly the same two boys walking down the street holding hands.
 
 
 
[VISITS TO THE NORTH AND MISCELLANEOUS]
Date: *1966 Film Number: 3122
 
Film featuring views of the Lake District and Scottish Border area, including shots of coastal towns and harbours. Some footage is shot from on board a boat and includes footage of submarines. The Forth Road and Rail bridges are seen as is Edinburgh and a small fishing town. Following shots of an airport are shots of a St John's Ambulance Brigade rally - featuring decorated floats, and Blackpool illuminations. Continues with footage of a harbour and some Highland Cattle. There is also footage of a group of people relaxing in a garden - they drink tea and a man is seen with a toy sword and French Foreign Legion style hat - there follows a sequence in which the man, and a woman who crawls along with two sticks in her hair, act out a bullfight. Closes with two of the people leaving in a Morris Minor and a brief shot of an aeroplane.
 
 
 
[RATINGS / TIME AND MOTION STUDY]
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3176
 
Footage of different activities - a woman folding towels, a man putting counters into a box, a woman dealing cards and a woman wrapping (what could be) toilet rolls.
 
 
 
[BAG FILLING ON CONVEYOR BELT]
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3177
 
Footage of a man filling, sealing and tagging bags on a conveyor belt. The bags are marked by the words "BOCM broiler finisher".
 
 
 
PRODUCTION OF A RIGID POLYURETHANE LAMINATE
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3239
 
Footage of various uses of laminates in building and construction, including a housing estate and the Sunley Tower in Piccadilly, Manchester is followed by factory scenes of the mixers needed to create laminated products. There are then shots of applications in various Canadian locations - a power station in Nova Scotia and an apartment building.
 
 
 
[FOAM MAKING FILM]
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3242
 
After footage of a line of conveyor belts, the film shows the process of creating an insulating board using a urethane-type foam sandwiched between two layers of fabric.
 
 
 
ICI LOGO
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3250
 
Footage of the ICI logo.
 
 
 
[UNDERWOOD AND BRINNINGTON WHIT WALK]
Date: c 1966 Film Number: 3258
 
Views of shops in the Underwood area of Stockport, and a pub called Winters. Also footage of a Whit Walk through a housing estate in the Brinnington area of Stockport, accompanied by a Sea Cadet band. An open air service is held and the walk continues.
 
 
 
ROUND THE YEAR
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3412
 
Scenes of children from Kirkby Simmonswood County Primary School play in the playground - skipping and hockey are included, as is stilt-walking. The children are seen eating in the canteen, and on a day trip to Blackpool. Scenes at a sports day are observed, including obstacle and sprint race, and races for parents. There is a demonstration of country dancing and one boy dances a highland reel. There is a staff cricket match and a visit to a church.
 
 
 
AT SCHOOL AT PLAY
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3413
 
Footage of children in various classes at Simmonswood County Primary School in Kirkby. Scenes include children running a mock post office, selling 'stamps', using the telephone and playing with a telegram / morse code apparatus. There are shots of boys and girls in a woodwork class, making among other things a house for a pet mouse. A display in a geography class for the 1966 World Cup is shown, and there is footage of Christmas pictures and decorations.
 
 
 
AFTERNOON EDITION
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3504
 
A schools programme, presented by Bill Grundy, highlighting the design and safety of cars following the publication of a book called 'Unsafe at any Speed' by Ralph Nader. It discusses the impact of the book on the American car industry and the ways in which the book criticises a number of large car manufacturers in the UK and the United States. In the second part, school children's questions are answered by a Road Safety Officer and a spokesman from ROSPA.
 
 
 
(PETER, MARY AND CARL)
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3549
 
After a brief shot of a parade on the streets of Winwick, there is footage of the producer's son Peter with his infant son Carl in the garden, followed by scenes with Carl and his mother Mary, and then all three of them together.
 
 
 
[STUDENT RAG PROCESSION IN MANCHESTER 1966]
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3772
 
Footage of a student rag procession through city centre Manchester on a rainy day. There are shots of floats with students in fancy dress and people watching from the pavement. Locations include Portland Street, Piccadilly and Albert Square. 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/
 
 
 
[BABY IN GARDEN, HOPE HOSPITAL AND BELLE VUE]
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3778
 
Shots of David Weiner crawling in the garden as a baby, playing in his pram, with shots of him playing football. Helen Weiner (his mother) is seen in Hope Hospital with the new baby (Debbie) and going home (Helen's mother is seen briefly in the doorway). The family are seen at Belle Vue on a miniature railway, and the children are seen playing in the garden.
 
 
 
IT'S HIGH IN THE SKY, IN FACT IT'S A GAS
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3870
 
Footage of the prominent gasometer in Northwich, with shots of it from numerous different angles and locations, and the film ends with shots from the gasometer itself. 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/
 
 
 
CROSS COUNTRY 1966
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3877
 
Shots of pupils at Sir John Deane's Grammar School lining up for a cross country race. They run through the countryside, alongside a canal and back to the school. There are several posed shots of boys showing off for the camera, and footage shot running in the race itself.
 
 
 
SPORTS DAY '66
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3878
 
Scenes from a sports day held at Sir John Deane's Grammar School (now College) in Northwich. Events include pole vaulting, high jump, sprint and long distance races, long jump and high jump. Other footage includes views of scorers and scoreboards, and shots of pupils watching the action.
 
 
 
[SIR JOHN DEANE'S STUDENTS ON THE LOOSE]
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3883
 
Scenes of three students from Sir John Deane College in and around Northwich, fooling around in a derelict house and playing football in a field. There are scenes of demolition and redevelopment in Northwich, and the film also includes shots of Sir John Deane's College's archery and sailing clubs in action.
 
 
 
COULD BE ANYONE
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3887
 
After shots of city centre Manchester, a couple meet at a second-hand bookshop, and go window-shopping around Piccadilly. They walk in a forest and kiss, and are then seen in Ordsall Park, Salford, having apparently had an argument. The boy walks off through the streets, and into Salford Docks. When he returns to the park, the girl has left.
 
 
 
[BITS AND PIECES]
Date: 1966 Film Number: 3895
 
Footage from several incomplete films made by students at Sir John Deane's College. Scenes include a couple walking and kissing in Delamere Forest (?), a parody of a silent movie comedy, streetscenes in Northwich and scenes of young buskers attempting to make money, having their guitar stolen and being arrested.
 
 
 
Record 6916 – 6935 of 11241 First | Previous | Next | Last