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| [CHANGING FACE TRIMS] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3371 | |||
| Footage of an 'Anniversary Sunday' walk in Ordsall - clergymen and members of St Clements and St Cyprians parade down the streets of Salford, with a procession that includes policemen, brownies, girls brigade, scouts and the Mothers' Union. They finish at the church. Other footage includes shots of children playing, local shops and a visiting fair. | |||
| DAYS OF THE YEAR | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3416 | |||
| Films of various days throughout the year featuring children at Simmonswood County Primary School. On a snowy winter's day, the children are throwing snowballs at each other. There are scenes at a sports day (with obstacle, sprint and sack races) and a soccer match between staff and pupils. An event called 'Caernarvon Day' sees children on a visit to the Welsh town and castle, plus the beach at Llandudno. There are also scenes on the annual holiday to the Isle of Man, with the school used as base, and a trip to Peel. | |||
| QUEEN ELIZABETH PASSES THROUGH WINWICK | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3538 | |||
| Shots of people (including a large contingent of nurses) line the road next to Winwick Hospital in anticipation of the Queen's royal cortege passing by. As her car passes, the Queen waves to the onlookers, who respond with cheers and flag-waving. | |||
| TORBAY 1968 AND OTHER DEVON SCENES | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3539 | |||
| Scenes from various locations on a holiday in the South West. It opens with Edith Walters in front of the Hotel Panorama in Torquay, followed by shots of the town and the bay, with boats moored and on the move. There are scenes in Cockington, a village with a Norman church and a water wheel, Babbacombe, with its beach and thatched cottages, the beach at Slapton Sands, and military vessels at Dartmouth docks. The film ends with a shot of a Wallace Arnold coach. | |||
| [TWO ZOOS] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3577 | |||
| Footage from visits to both Chester and Belle Vue Zoos - at Chester, the featured animals include bears, otters, orang-utans, various reptiles, fish and swans on a rain-spotted pond. At Belle Vue, there are pelicans and penguins, bears and lions are fed and visitors are seen on a miniature railway and exploring a model village. | |||
| REGINA CRUISE 1968 [2] | |||
| Date: *1968 Film Number: 3658 | |||
| Footage from a holiday cruise - destinations include Mykonos, Athens, Piraeus and Dubrovnik. There are also scenes on the deck aboard the Regina and scenes of Greek folk dancing. | |||
| [CRETE AND CRUISE SHIP] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3680 | |||
| Scenes shot on board a cruise ship, and then at Knossos in Crete. | |||
| [HOUSES AND A DOMED CHURCH] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3789 | |||
| Footage of a row of large terraced houses, followed by a domestic garden covered in snow. There is a shot of a large church with a dome, and Parker's scrapyard in Altrincham. | |||
| ISLE OF MAN 1968 | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3867 | |||
| Footage of a day trip to the Isle of Man undertaken by a group of disabled people from Northwich organised by the council chairman Harry Mather. The party boards buses at the health authority's headquarters, and travels to Blackpool Airport for the flight to Ronaldsway. They tour the island in coaches visiting Peel and Tynwald among others, before returning to Ronaldsway for tea and the return journey. | |||
| SPORTS DAY 1968 | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3879 | |||
| Scenes from a sports day held in Sir John Deane's college in Northwich, with footage of javelin, discus, shot put, hammer-throwing, pole vaulting, high jump and long-distance running. | |||
| ISHMAEL | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3891 | |||
| Drama made by students at Sir John Deane's college in Northwich. A young man leaves home, hitches a lift to Liverpool and walks the streets. He goes to a pub and plays his guitar, goes window shopping and sleeps rough in a park. | |||
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| CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWS 1968 | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 4065 | |||
| Footage from various dog shows, both indoor and outdoor, in Manchester, Three Counties (Malvern), Birmingham and Blackpool. The dogs are groomed, paraded, judged and prizes are given out. The majority of the focus is on Afghan Hounds. Adam Faith makes a brief appearance in the final section of the film. | |||
| THE WEDDING OF RUTH AND STANLEY, SUNDAY 1ST SEPT 1968 | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 4176 | |||
| Film of the wedding of Helen Weiner's cousin, Ruth Cohen, to Stanley. The bride is seen leaving the house and then arriving at the synagogue. There are scenes of the ceremony itself, and the happy couple are seen outside the synagogue afterwards. | |||
| [GREENWOODS' DOG AND OTHER PETS] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 4275 | |||
| The Greenwood family dog is seen in the countryside, followed by brief scenes at a vintage car rally. The Bentley family's pet rabbit is seen in the garden, and the Greenwoods' family are seen at the coast watching a helicopter overhead. Scenes from the Ffestiniog Mountain Railway, and a convoy of vintage lorries, vans and buses passes through the streets of Calderdale. Children and their dogs participate in an Animal Defenders (Junior RSPCA) dog show in Centre Vale Park in Todmorden, and ducks, geese and swans are fed by the Greenwoods. The film concludes with brief shots of a mother and her toddler. | |||
| [MADURODAM; DIAMOND HOUSE; AT HOME IN OLDHAM] | |||
| Date: *1968 Film Number: 4287 | |||
| The family visit the Madurodam miniature village in The Hague in Holland, followed by a visit to Amsterdam and a diamond-polishing house. They visit the zoo, and the two daughters are seen playing in the garden of the house in Oldham. | |||
| [PONY CLUB SHOW AT HATTERSLEY] | |||
| Date: *1968 Film Number: 4290 | |||
| The two daughters are seen at a Pony Club Show taking place at the Hattersley Estate Leisure Centre near Hyde. Children are seen being led on their ponies around the field, whilst the judges watch both ponies and riders. | |||
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| [TIMPERLEY ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL] | |||
| Date: *1968 Film Number: 4304 | |||
| Scenes from the procession for the Timperley Rose Queen Festival. The procession is headed by a military band, followed by scouts and guides. Towards the back of the parade are children in fancy dress, including Leslie Bletcher's grandchildren, David and Nigel Rice, dressed as Robin Hood and a sailor respectively. | |||
| [CANAL BOAT IN BUNBURY LOCK] | |||
| Date: *1968 Film Number: 4364 | |||
| A canal boat is seen passing through Bunbury Lock on the Shropshire Union Canal in Cheshire. There are also views of a black and white timbered house as well as flowers and trees. | |||
| THE CHALET | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 4466 | |||
| Mr and Mrs Wells are seen on a holiday to Switzerland, Austria and Germany in 1968. After visiting Interlaken, they are seen staying in a mountain chalet. Other places visited include Oberammergau, Rattenburg and Koningsee. | |||
| [ROBINSON'S BREWERY: BOTTLING PRODUCTION PROCESS] | |||
| Date: *1968 Film Number: 4715 | |||
| Scenes inside Robinson's Unicorn Brewery in Stockport - views of the various machines filling, capping and labelling bottles, and of brewery workers loading bottles into crates. | |||
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