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Record 6996 – 7015 of 11241
| [PATIENCE] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 7309 | |||
| The Workington Amateur Operatic Society's 60th Anniversary production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Patience' in March 1966. After opening shots of the exterior of the Carnegie Theatre there are scenes inside the male and female dressing rooms as the performers prepare before making their way onstage. A technician brings up the lights and a dress rehearsal takes place in front of the producer, who is then interviewed as the performance continues. Society member Norman Wise is also interviewed in the wings and the film ends with two singers on stage. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [WHIT WALK 1966 - MANCHESTER ITALIAN CATHOLIC SOCIETY] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 7108 | |||
| Scenes featuring Manchester Italian Catholic Society Whit Friday Walk, showing people walking in procession from Ancoats to Manchester city centre. Begins with a woman with her children dressed for the Walk stood outside a terrace house, men carrying banners along the street and a young child (with Downs Syndrome) looking at the camera. Continues with the procession (including a brass band, choir boys and members of the clergy) walking down Portland Street. Footage includes men carrying religious and Madonna effigies, women dressed in traditional Italian costume and young boys wearing sashes (colours of the Italian flag). | |||
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| [DEVELOPMENT WORK AT RUNCORN] | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 4996 | |||
| Construction of new housing and a road junction in the Runcorn area. Films ends with views of the completed houses with landscaped gardens. | |||
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| ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW RUNWAY 10-28 | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 4970 | |||
| Looks at the fitting of electrical facilities for the new runway at Speke Airport - includes the building of generator and switch-room buildings, the laying of cable and runway lights, and the construction of a lighting gantry out into the Mersey. The Duke of Edinburgh attends the opening ceremony on 7 May 1966, and the first flight, a 707 to New York, is seen taking off. | |||
| GOING TO WORK: MOTOR INDUSTRY APPRENTICE | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 2298 | |||
| Television programme encouraging school leavers to enroll on the 5-year engineering apprentice scheme at Ford's Halewood Factory on Merseyside. Boys are seen being trained in the machine shops, in classrooms and 'on the job.' Views of the car assembly line conclude. | |||
| FIRE AND WATER | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 6317 | |||
| Film looking at the development of railways from Greek wagonways to steam trains and the opening of the world's first passenger railway from Manchester to Liverpool. Examines the spread and eventual decline of the railways across the British Isles, as well as looking at examples of steam trains still in use such as the Ffestiniog Mountain Railway and the Bluebell Line. | |||
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| [FIRE AND WATER - RUSHES] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 6347 | |||
| Rushes from film looking at the development of railways across the British Isles. Includes the Manchester to Liverpool line, the Ffestiniog Mountain Railway and the Bluebell Line. | |||
| [GRIMSARGH SCHOOL TRIP TO CHESTER ZOO] | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 7753 | |||
| Pupils at Grimsargh School on an outing to Chester Zoo. Opens with footage of junior school children and teachers boarding and alighting from the coach and going through the entrance to the zoo. There are extensive shots of several different animals, and of the gardens and grounds. The return to Grimsargh features views from the coach as it approaches St Michael's Church. Also includes brief shots of the school party inside the coach. | |||
| [CHESTER RIVER CARNIVAL] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 6895 | |||
| Footage showing various boats decorated for Chester River Carnival sailing up and down the River Dee. A group of sailors are seen rowing along past onlookers and a brass band plays close to the bandstand. The camera pans down the river as crowds are seen by riverbank and as people walk across the suspension bridge. | |||
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| [MAJOR LESTER SCHOOL SPORTS DAY 1966] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 5492 | |||
| Footage from the Major Lester CP School Sports Day of various competitions including sprinting, sack races, and long jump | |||
| THIS ENGLAND: MR LOWRY | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 6604 | |||
| A Granada Television documentary which focuses on a sale of L. S. Lowry's paintings in London, his domestic life in Mottram in Longdendale and preoccupation with mortality. Opens with scenes of Lowry playing football with children, tallying the value of his art and working at his home The Elms. Lowry then entertains an autograph-hunting father and daughter before walking around Manchester city centre, reminiscing how it used to be. He is shown strolling through Piccadilly Gardens, speculating on how the vagrants there fell on hard times and then reflects on mortality beside graves in a cemetery. Ends with his visit to the Leferre Gallery to promote the sale of his work and his relaxing back at home again. | |||
| TOMORROW'S WORLD - STERILE OPERATING THEATRE | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 6620 | |||
| BBC Tomorrow's World production looking at the permanent sterile downward airflow enclosure, patented by Dr Hugh Howorth at Wrightington Hospital in Wigan. A presenter and voiceover explain how the new ventilation system prevents the spead of airborne infection during operations. The film also demonstrates how surgical teams have to prepare for theatre in the small enclosure space. | |||
| [MANCHESTER TO INDIA, REEL 1] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 6637 | |||
| Scenes from Peter Ritman's overland car journey in the 1960s from the North West to India, featuring views en route of Berlin, Prague, Istanbul and Petra. His travelling companions are seen throughout the film camping, swimming and posing for the camera. | |||
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| [MANCHESTER TO INDIA, REEL 2] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 6638 | |||
| Scenes from Peter Ritman's car journey around India in the 1960s, featuring views of the Red Fort, Taj Mahal, Scindia Ghat and the Bay of Bengal. His travelling companions are seen throughout the film, camping and posing for the camera. | |||
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| [LAUNCH OF HMS RESOLUTION SUBMARINE] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 8283 | |||
| Scenes from the launch of the submarine HMS Resolution at Barrow-in-Furness, 15th September 1966. Crowds are seen at the shipyard, shots of a marching band, and the Queen Mother arrives, meets local dignitaries and launches the submarine. 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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| [UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL CAMPUS TOUR] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 8650 | |||
| The film shows the University of Liverpool campus in 1966. With shots of different places such as the physics block, nicknamed the Leaning Tower of Liverpool, the Victoria Building and Abercromby Square. There is also footage of students in these buildings, doing lab work and in lessons. | |||
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| [GRAND FINAL MISS NEW BRIGHTON CONTEST ] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 7966 | |||
| The film opens with general views of New Brighton. We see men fishing and boats on the Mersey. We then see scenes from the Grand Final Miss New Brighton Contest which took place 24 August 1966 at New Brighton Bathing Pool. The girls wear bathing costumes and parade in front of the watching crowd and the judges. There is entertainment from a brass band, and the winner is photographed with the trophy sitting on the sea wall. | |||
| [CHRISTENING AND FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 8294 | |||
| Friends and family gather in the garden after a Christening. Later, the family visit the countryside where the little girl goes "fishing" with a net in a stream. The family enjoy a picnic together. | |||
| [HOLIDAYS LITTLE HAVEN 1966] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 8367 | |||
| The film opens with a close up of the 'Official Guide to Pembrokeshire'. They visit Little Haven and pass by various hotels and pubs before visiting the beach. Scenes of sprint cars racing around a field as crowds watch. The family take a boat trip around the coast. At the beach again, some members of the family play football together. The film ends with brief shots of the interior of their holiday home, Mrs. Hughes can be seen cooking some food in the kitchen. | |||
| [STEVEN 1966] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 8372 | |||
| Steven, age 2 spends some time in the garden with his father. In the living room, Steven's mother dries him with a towel by the fireplace. Steven attempts to open the door of the family car then is seen departing in the car with his parents. For Steven's 3rd birthday, we see shots of his birthday cards as well as Steven playing in the garden and opening presents. The family visit Walton Park where Steven plays in the playground. They visit the pet corner and later have some ice cream. At Ainsdale beach, Steven builds sandcastles and plays with his grandparents. | |||
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