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Record 7036 – 7055 of 11241
| RIGHT FIRST TIME | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 9925 | |||
| This film considers the challenge of quality control as applied to the production of Polaris-carrying submarines at Vickers shipyard in Barrow. It includes staff training sessions, shots in the welding centre and the testing of pressure on the submarine's hull. | |||
| [RESOLUTION LAUNCH SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 9929 | |||
| Scenes from the launch of the Resolution with shots on the slipway, the Queen Mother, local dignitaries and the submarine out in the Walney Channel. | |||
| ARC WELDING. STRIKING AN ARC AND MAINTAINING THE ARC CAP | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 9931 | |||
| A man demonstrates welding at a bench, drilling and refilling two grooves in a steel plate. | |||
| ARC WELDING. MULTI RUN HORIZONTAL - VERTICAL FILLET WELD | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 9932 | |||
| A mixture of diagrams and live action, this film shows a man demonstrating welding at the bench. | |||
| [DUKE OF EDINBURGH SAILING BY] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 9969 | |||
| A group of people are onboard a boat on a lake, they film themselves on the boat and the other boats sailing by, including some yachts. They appear to be waiting for The Duke of Edinburgh to sail by. They have the Duke of Edinburgh's flags, which they hold up to be filmed, and cameras at the ready. They are watching for him with binoculars. The Duke of Edinburgh sails by on a boat, and waves for the camera. | |||
| [TRACTION ENGINE RALLY; BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS; CHESTER ZOO; FAMILY IN THE GARDEN; PROCESSION] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10053 | |||
| The Topley family visit a traction engine rally and later watch a parachute display. The film cuts to shots of Blackpool illuminations followed by brief shots of Chester Zoo. The compilation reel also includes scenes of school children singing in a choir and taking part in a procession. | |||
| [INTERVIEW - DR. JOHN PEARSON] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10059 | |||
| An extract from a telerecording relating to the new production process in the manufacturing of steel in Cumbria. Dr John Pearson is interviewed about his new invention of the Bisra Spraysteel process, with the aid of both graphics and film we see each stage of the process from iron ore to steel ingots. In a separate item Carol Binstead talks about the new Oxfam celebrity cookbook with recipes by Claire Bloom, Sir Stanley Mathews, Mrs Harold Wilson and Norman Wisdom. | |||
| A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS… EXPENSIVE | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 10133 | |||
| A humorous and cautionary tale about how dangerous and costly amateur repair work can be. When a man tries to save money by mending his wife’s iron himself, it results in a blown fuse and a painful descent into the cellar in the dark, and in the end, he has to hand over the cash for a new iron anyway. | |||
| [GEORGE SAXON ENGINE AT THE MAGNET MILL] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10217 | |||
| A detailed film showing the various moving parts of George Saxon's Engine at the Magnet Mill in Oldham in 1966, sixty three years after it was installed. | |||
| [HUYTON ELECTION NIGHT 1966] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10266 | |||
| Harold Wilson arrives at a school in his Huyton constituency; we then see the Wilson family and others, including Marcia Williams, on the platform waiting for the count to be completed. After the declaration of the result, Wilson makes a short speech; the declaration is repeated outside the school building, and the defeated candidates, one of whom is Screaming Lord Sutch of the National Teenage Party, address the crowd. | |||
| [PLAYGROUND & SPORTS SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 10272 | |||
| After brief shots of a seagull on a dry stone wall, we see the children of Broadbottom primary school at play in the school's playground with the girls doing handstands and skipping while the boys play cricket and then football. | |||
| [SCHOOL TRIP TO THE ISLE OF MAN] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10330 | |||
| Staff and children of Carr Mill Primary school arrive at Liverpool airport for their flight to the Isle of Man. The group visit the beach, go for walks, pick flowers, and visit Milner's Tower. The next day the group visit Colby Glen and Glen Helen. At Port Saint Mary, the children look for crabs in the rock pools. Later the group visit a boating lake where they hire boats and then visit the playground. The film ends with shots of the flight home followed by the coach arriving back at the school. | |||
| [CARR MILL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN SINGING] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10334 | |||
| The students of Carr Mill Primary school practice their singing. | |||
| [HOLIDAY IN CAISTER AND GREAT YARMOUTH] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10357 | |||
| Scenes from a family holiday in Norfolk, including going out on a boat on the Broads, family members having fun at the caravan site, playing on the beach, and in Great Yarmouth, on the snail ride at Joyland. | |||
| [HATLEY FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 10394 | |||
| The girls and their mother exiting their grandmothers home followed by brief shots of the girls on a train. At breakfast the girls play with their dolls followed by a budgie in its cage. The girls walk with their mother and look at the baots on the canal then play in the snow in the garden. A group of adults sat around a table eating Chinese food whilst dressed in oriental costumes. | |||
| [LAKELAND TOUR AND OTHER TRIPS] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10563 | |||
| An assortment of holiday scenes from the Wild family in a variety of locations. We first see them in Grasmere, they drink strawberry milkshakes in a café called the Grasmere Tea Gardens and then visit William Wordsworth's grave. We next see them in Gretna Green where they visit the Old Blacksmith's Shop Marriage Room and watch a man playing the bagpipes. There are scenes from the Talyllyn Railway, they ride on the train and film the scenery along the way. The next trip is to Lake Windermere where the family go on a boat trip and film the surrounding scenery. | |||
| [GRIMSARGH GARDEN FETE 1966] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10583 | |||
| Scenes from a garden fete in Grimsargh, which is possibly the event that takes place after the Field Day procession. We see a man speak to the crowd, he is presented with a flower for his button hole. People play games and look at stalls and there is a display of dancing by children. | |||
| [WARTON AIR SHOW] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10592 | |||
| Scenes from Warton Air Show. There are shots of the air displays of various aeroplanes and a helicopter at the air show. | |||
| [HOLIDAYS IN FLEETWOOD] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 10620 | |||
| The Garner family caravanning holiday to Fleetwood begins with beach scenes as the children play and the adults sunbathe followed by caravan interiors with the family playing cards, reading comics and washing up. A baby in a pram outside the caravan and the Garner children on a bicycle followed by scenes down by Fleetwood's harbour, paddling in the sea and a paddling pool as well as walking along the promenade. | |||
| [BELLE VUE ZOO, CATHEDRALS AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 10706 | |||
| Compilation reel of family leisure scenes and travels, beginning with assorted animals at Belle Vue Zoo. There is also footage of the cathedrals in Liverpool, Canterbury and Coventry, and scenes in Stratford, London and Edinburgh. | |||
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