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[RURAL SCENES]
Date: *1930 Film Number: 3649
 
Footage of women walking in the countryside, climbing over a gate and wandering in fields. There is a shot of a dog, and a man walking up a hill
 
 
 
[CHADDERTON STREET SCENES]
Date: *1930 Film Number: 3650
 
Scenes in Chadderton, with women crossing a street, a man entering his house, and a group of well-dressed women playing with a dog. There is then footage of a large party of people in a park - one of the women is carrying a baby.
 
 
 
[WOMEN DIGGING ON THE BEACH]
Date: *1930 Film Number: 3651
 
Shots of women digging in wet sand on an unidentified beach
 
 
 
[PROCESSION AND DOG]
Date: *1930 Film Number: 3652
 
Scenes of a street procession in Chadderton, with women dressed in flowing costumes, attended by little girls. There is also a scene of a little dog playing with various toys.
 
 
 
[SEASIDE SCENES AND MOTORBIKES]
Date: *1930 Film Number: 3653
 
Footage of people on the beach, relaxing and reading, a woman cleaning her teeth, and a couple balancing percariously on a motorbike. The man is then seen riding away on the bike.
 
 
 
[SEA AND SAND]
Date: *1930 Film Number: 3654
 
Shots of people bathing in the sea, and digging in the sand. There is also footage of a parade peopled by men in very large hats, and (what looks like) a wedding procession.
 
 
 
[BATHERS]
Date: *1930 Film Number: 3655
 
Footage of women bathing on an unidentified beach.
 
 
 
[COASTLINE AND HARBOURS]
Date: 1930 Film Number: 4564
 
Views of the North Wales coast near Llandudno taken from a boat, as well as of a harbour and ferry - probably Holyhead. Further harbour scenes - probably Ireland - are followed by a couple in a rowing boat and a woman and dog in the the cabin of another boat.
 
 
 
[ARRIVING BY BOAT; CHILDREN ON THE BEACH]
Date: 1930 Film Number: 5913
 
Footage from a family holiday in Woolacombe Bay, Devon. Family members filmed arriving by boat, by the harbour at Barnstaple, and on the beach making sandcastles. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[HARRIS CHILDREN IN THE SEA - FRAGMENT]
Date: 1930 Film Number: 5914
 
A glimpse of the children in the sea at Woolacombe Bay. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[ANGUS FAMILY GATHERING]
Date: 1930 Film Number: 5915
 
The Angus family gather in the gardens outside the Narrocot Hotel in Woolacombe to pose for a photograph. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[SWIMMING AT WOOLACOMBE]
Date: 1930 Film Number: 5916
 
Footage of the family swimming in a natural pool in the bay at Woolacombe. The men dive in to the water, and the children practice their strokes. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
[ANGUS FAMILY GATHERING AT WOOLACOMBE]
Date: 1930 Film Number: 5944
 
The Angus family gather in the gardens outside the Narrocot Hotel in Woolacombe to pose for a photograph. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
SEGRAVE HURTLES TO DEATH!
Date: 1930 Film Number: 5990
 
Sir Henry Segrave, Michael Willcocks and W Hallwell are seen getting ready to break the water speed record on Lake Windermere on 13 June 1930. There are views of the boat, Miss England II, breaking the record and also scenes following the accident that killed Segrave and Hallwell.
 
 
 
THE LAST GIFT
Date: 1930 Film Number: 6076
 
Drama production by the Stockport Amateur Cine Players Club. A butler comes home to find his master dead. The police are called and the butler tells them the story. Prior to his death, an old man entrusts his butler with a "last gift" for his idle son, to be given once he has spent all of his inheritance on gambling, women and drink. The money runs out, and the gift turns out to be a rope and a note urging his son to hang himself in shame. The son does as he's told, but as he steps off the stool, the ceiling gives way and several large bags of money fall out. However, as the son is celebrating his good fortune, another bag of money falls out of the hole - hitting him on the head and killing him.
 
 
 
BILLY OF THE BARGE
Date: *1930 Film Number: 6079
 
Drama produced by the Stockport Amateur Cine Players Club. An old man and his grandchildren living on a barge on the canal are asked for a lift by a young man passing by. The old man agrees, but before they set off, he sends the children off to the shops with the dog, Billy. When they've gone, the young man attacks and robs the old man, tying him up and throwing him over a wall. When the children return, they enlist the help of two passers-by, and Billy the dog leads them to the thief and the money.
 
 
 
THE BOYS' BRIGADE MANCHESTER BATTALION CAMP, WHIT-WEEK 1930
Date: 1930 Film Number: 6109
 
Members of the Boys' Brigade are seen setting up camp in North Wales and being inspected by Brigade leaders. The boys are seen marching along a coastal road, on the beach, hiking to Dwygyfylchi and relaxing at camp. The medical and cooking facilities are featured. Lord Colwyn arrives on a visit, there is a service and inspection, and the boys participate in a sports day. The film ends with views of the camp being packed away.
 
 
 
OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW BARROW GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Date: 1930 Film Number: 5986
 
Views of the new school buildings . Staff, Governors and the Mayor and Mayoress meet at the school gates and the interior of the assembly hall is seen with guests and speaches are made.
 
 
 
OTTER HUNTING
Date: *1930 Film Number: 6913
 
Scenes from an otter hunt in either Lancashire of Cumbria. Hunters and hunt followers (including small children) are seen with sticks, as hounds chase and catch an otter through a field and across a river. The hunt concludes with the otter's body being thrown to the pack to dismember. The Otter's severed head is then held up in triumph for the camera.
 
 
 
[WEDDING OF MARY MOFFAT AND HAROLD PARRY]
Date: 1930 Film Number: 6944
 
Scenes from the Wedding of Mary Moffat and Harold 'Harry' Parry. Shows Mary and her father Matthew arriving at the church, with bridemaids and relatives, newly wedded Harry and Mary posing for group photograph and along down steps as people throw confetti. A brief sequence shows the wedding car driving away and the bride's parents Annie and Matthew Moffat along from the church.
 
 
 
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