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Record 7096 – 7115 of 11241
| [BLACKPOOL CHAMPIONSHIP DOG SHOW] | |||
| Date: *1966/7 Film Number: 4069 | |||
| Film of Afghan Hounds being shown at a dog show at the Oval, Stanley Park, Blackpool. The dogs are seen being groomed before the show, being walked around the arena and being inspected by the judges. The final of the show is also seen, with other breeds, and the Mayor presents the winners with rosettes and trophies. | |||
| [THE ALTRINCHAM CHA HALLOWEEN PARTY] | |||
| Date: 1966/7 Film Number: 4313 | |||
| Scenes from Altrincham CHA's [Countryside Holidays Association] Halloween party. The guests are seen in fancy dress, with three winners being chosen for the best. Club members are also seen on a CHA holiday to the Lake District in March 1967, walking near Easdale Tarn and painting near a river. | |||
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| BITS AND PIECES 66-67 | |||
| Date: 1966/7 Film Number: 4685 | |||
| Footage of the Bagley family with various visitors on days out - at Prestbury with Grethe's sister and her husband; the Bagley's rabbits are seen in the garden at Alderley Edge; with family friends at Chester Zoo; and with Grethe's brother Boye and his family at Tatton Park's Japanese garden. | |||
| MAKING A SLAB POT AND DECORATING WITH SLIP | |||
| Date: *1966-67 Film Number: 5123 | |||
| Two potters, Harold and D Thornton, are shown making a slab pot, decorating it and then firing it in a kiln. Following a shot of a finished slab pot, a pot is designed, and the clay slabs are created. The slabs are joined together one at a time and sealed. There are shots of the assembled pot being embellished, glazed and painted with a design. The film concludes with the slab pot being placed in a kiln alongside other creations, fired, and the finished product being displayed to the camera. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
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| BASIC SKILLS IN COOKERY | |||
| Date: *1966-67 Film Number: 5130 | |||
| Compilation reel containing short films that demonstrate basic cookery techniques. It shows the mixing of egg, milk and flour to dropping consistency and the creation of a white sauce. Also includes how to rub fat into flour, peel vegetables, fillet fish and use a rolling pin. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html | |||
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| [3RD SCOUT TROOP IN THE LAKE DISTRICT & N. IRELAND 1966-7] | |||
| Date: 1966-7 Film Number: 5400 | |||
| The 3rd Barrow-in-Furness (Grammar School) Scout Troop are seen at Great Tower Scout camp - hill walking, playing in the snow, making fires, cooking and making tea. Scenes from a youth hostelling and hiking trip are followed by another camping trip at Low Yewdale. The scout group are seen on a tour of Northern Ireland - camping, sight-seeing and swimming. | |||
| [NURSERY GARDEN, BRAMHALL - CUTTING COPY] | |||
| Date: *1966/7 Film Number: 6023 | |||
| Cutting copy of film looking at the nursery garden at Bramhall parks department, Stockport - planting seedlings, watering plants and taking cuttings. The greenhouses' automatic watering and temperature control systems are examined. Members of staff are seen unloading various plants and flowers from a lorry in preparation for a flower show. | |||
| [YOUNG JANE, BABY CHRISTINE AND HOLIDAYS] | |||
| Date: 1966-67 Film Number: 7210 | |||
| The Hodkinson family at home in New Mills and on holiday. Young Jane is seen at home with visitors, in the garden and in the park. After scenes of a family holiday in Pembrokeshire, featuring rural and beach scenes, Jane is pictured at home with her presents at Christmas. The family welcome their new baby Christine and the grandparents come to visit. After shots of Jane and her mother in the garden, the film concludes with holiday scenes in and around Colwyn Bay, including a visit to a zoo and a falconry centre. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [KINGSWAY TUNNEL - CONSTRUCTION WORK] | |||
| Date: *1966/7 Film Number: 4976 | |||
| Scenes of the construction of the Kingsway road tunnel between Liverpool and Wallasey. Views of a large area of cleared land in Liverpool are followed by views of a tunnelling machine on the construction site. A digger is seen at work in the Wallasey tunnel approach, and there are views of the entrance to the tunnel. | |||
| TAKING A TRIP | |||
| Date: *1966/67 Film Number: 5621 | |||
| A woman smokes, reads a Cook's Transatlantic holiday brochure and takes some 'pills.' She takes a 'trip' to New York. There are out of focus shots of New York streets, pedestrians, skyscrapers, parks, and a there is a panoramic view of New York's skyline. People watch the city from a viewing platform, and the city is lit up at night with street lights, car headlights, and neon signs. The woman wakes from her 'trip,' and winks at the camera. | |||
| [WARRINGTON WHIT WALKS AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1966/7 Film Number: 8970 | |||
| Compilation reel of family and local footage, including two Whit Walk processions through the centre of Warrington; leisure and holiday scenes – children at a boating pool, family members in the garden and on the beach, Conway castle seen from a boat. The reel ends with scenes from a children’s fancy dress parade and competition at an open-air event. Prizes are awarded, including one to a child dressed as a Dalek. | |||
| [PONGO, HARBOUR HOTEL AND CHESTER ZOO] | |||
| Date: 1966/7 Film Number: 9505 | |||
| Compilation reel, including Pongo, a bassett hound puppy, with his owners in their garden; exterior and interior shots of the Harbour Hotel in Abersoch; a family visit to Chester Zoo, with shots of bears, chimpanzees and a gorilla. | |||
| THE OLD CORN MILL | |||
| Date: 1966/7 Film Number: 9552 | |||
| Scenes from the reconstruction of the old water mill in Nether Alderley in Cheshire, beginning with a look at other historic buildings in the village. The film then records some of the remedial work done by Dr Cyril Boucher and his colleagues, repairing the old water wheels and resharpening the mill stones, so the water flows through the flumes, and the machinery operates once more, bringing the mill back to life. | |||
| [WHIT WALK & BATH-TIMES] | |||
| Date: 1966/7 Film Number: 10276 | |||
| The Stark children dressed for the Whit Walk carrying baskets of flowers, they get into a car then join the walk which is underexposed. Mothers carrying babies exit a church followed by a baby girl being washed in a washing up bowl in a kitchen then being fed in a high chair. Dawn Heather's christening party with adults drinking tea and a group of children sat around a table laden with party food. Next we see the Stark children in the bath and then put to bed followed by beach scenes with Dawn playing with a ball. A pig and her piglets in a muddy field are followed by the children paddling in the sea. | |||
| [HOLCOMBE HUNT; CHRISTMAS PARTY; A WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1966-7 Film Number: 11348 | |||
| The Holcombe hunt are seen holding up traffic the riding through fields in the distance. Christmas party scenes, the family gather together for the Christmas buffet. In the next scene guests arrive at the church soon followed by the bridesmaids and bride. The bride and groom exit the church and have photographs taken. | |||
| [ST ANNE'S HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: c1960s Film Number: 3707 | |||
| The Wintrobe family are pictured at the beach, eating ice cream, sunbathing, reading (a page in a magazine is shown, 'Personally yours'). The two girls play with buckets and spades. An exterior shot of the Grand Hotel is followed by views around the area - people are seen playing golf, children sailing toy boats and paddling in a pond. Finally the family are seen sitting in a car and waving, sand dunes and beach huts in the background. | |||
| [FAMILY LEISURE] | |||
| Date: c1967 Film Number: 592 | |||
| Shows general views of children in Blackheath and Greenwich Park in London - watching deer and feeding birds; a football match and a busy street; children in a garden on bicycles, and a garden party; and shots of Billy Smart's Circus procession and circus tent. | |||
| ROYS 21 | |||
| Date: c1968 Film Number: 1253 | |||
| The Jones family celebrate a 21st birthday party; Roy and Sandra's engagement; Christmas 1966 and a wedding. Includes scenes of the family opening their presents, popping bottles of champagne and pulling christmas crackers. | |||
| [GARDEN SCENES; BONFIRE NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS] | |||
| Date: 1966-8 Film Number: 2245 | |||
| A variety of activities at West Leigh Childrens Home, Heaton Moor, Stockport including a game of football, the high jump, water fights with a hosepipe, snowball fights, and building a bonfire and guy. Also three years (1966-68) of Christmas scenes with Father Christmas arriving and handing out presents to the boys and staff. | |||
| PRESTATYN HOLIDAY CAMP | |||
| Date: c1967 Film Number: 2246 | |||
| The boys from the West Leigh Childrens Home, Heaton Moor, Stockport at Prestatyn Holiday Camp in 1967. Lots of outdoor activities including playing draughts on a large board, diving in the pool and dressing up (mainly in womens clothing). Also at the funfair on the bumper cars, go-karting around the camp and at the beach. | |||
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