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| [MANCHESTER MUSEUM OUT-TAKES] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 6613 | |||
| Mute out-takes from Granada Television production about Manchester Museum, featuring shots of staff being interviewed, museum exhibits and footage of dead rats being fed to alligators by staff. | |||
| LOOK AT LIFE SERIES 38: HOT HISTORY | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 7174 | |||
| Outlining the work of the Press Association in London as it uses its network of reporters and journalists throughout the country to feed news to the local and national media. The film explains how the PA is able to cover sporting and royal events, political demonstrations and lighter news items. Reporters are seen inside Scotland Yard and the Law Courts before the film looks at how stories are prepared and transmitted from the PA's headquarters in Fleet Street. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [ST HELENS CENTENARY 1968 AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 7322 | |||
| St Helens Centenary Celebrations plus holiday and leisure scenes featuring members of the Henderson family. After opening shots of the decorated exterior of St Helens town hall, a street parade makes its way through the town, featuring a variety of carnival floats. At Sherdley Park, hot air balloons take off and parachutists come in to land. The rest of the reel features family holiday and leisure scenes including countryside footage, trips to Chatsworth and Conwy, and the boys preparing for hallowe'en and bonfire night. The boys and their dog play with a rugby ball in a snow-covered park before the film ends with the family going sledging. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [KINGSWAY TUNNEL ENTRANCE] | |||
| Date: *1968 Film Number: 4978 | |||
| Scenes at the entrance of the Kingsway tunnel between Liverpool and Wallasey during its construction. A conveyor belt is seen removing earth from the excavations, and concrete sections to line the walls are loaded onto a lorry and taken into the tunnel. Diggers and other machinery are also seen at work near the entrance. | |||
| [PAUL & KAY 1968] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 5650 | |||
| A toddler and several children are seen playing in the garden, and on bikes and tricycles on the driveway and street outside a suburban house. | |||
| [PEAT CUTTING AT LINDOW] | |||
| Date: *1968 Film Number: 3863 | |||
| Men cutting and stacking peat by hand and with machinery at different times of year. Other shots include broken-down and working wagons on a small narrow-gauge railway, and tree felling and burning. | |||
| FLORAL HALL, SOUTHPORT, 2ND FEBRUARY 1968, MAYORESS'S CHARITY BALL | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 6563 | |||
| Scenes from the 1968 Mayoress' Charity Ball at the Floral Hall, Southport, hosted by the Mayoress, Mrs Mitchell. The Mayor and Mayoress are seen greeting guests as they arrive, and there are scenes of ballroom dancing, two different magic acts on stage and of the raffle being drawn. | |||
| [GRIMSARGH FIELD DAY 1968, HAYMAKING] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 7757 | |||
| Record of the 1968 Grimsargh 'Field Day' and of activities on the family farm. Field Day footage features a procession through the streets of the village, with many children wearing fancy dress, followed by speeches, presentations and the crowning of the carnival queen at the village green. Several sprint and sack races are shown and there is a glimpse of various fete stalls. At the farm, hay is turned and baled in the fields using a tractor and mechanised equipment. Some of these sequences are shown in reverse. Ends with an elderly lady posing for the camera and sitting on a garden bench. | |||
| [MOULTON CARNIVAL AND CROW DANCE] | |||
| Date: *1968 Film Number: 6958 | |||
| Scenes from Moulton Carnival showing crowds watching carnival floats and various dance troops parading along village streets on an overcast day. Includes brief shots of men dressed in crow costumes dancing the Moulton Crow Dance as part of the procession. Crowds are later seen gathered in a field for the village fete as a dance troupe perform a routine, families ride on fairground attractions and friends pose for the camera. Ends with brief shots of two cats playing in a backgarden. | |||
| [ST ERTH AND TRURO] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 3721 | |||
| Mrs Wintrobe and her two daughters on a railway platform, all wearing rain bonnets. The station is St Erth. They are then seen on the train, Mrs Wintrobe reading the Daily Mirror - 'Felicity Green on the Fashion Scene'. They walk about a town, probably Truro. We then see them on another station platform, and back in St Ives (?) strolling about. There are views of the harbour and town. The films ends on a close up of the front page of the News of the World. | |||
| MAJOR LESTER CP SCHOOL COLOMENDY CAMP 1968 MARCH 29TH-APRIL 5TH | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 5476 | |||
| Girls and boys from the Major Lester CP School attending the annual school trip in 1968 to Colomendy Camp in North Wales. The children took part in games and sightseeing, and the film then shows the children visiting Chester Zoo and a local swimming baths on their way home to Liverpool. | |||
| [MAJOR LESTER CP SCHOOL AT CEFN MAWR AND OTHER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 5487 | |||
| Major Lester CP School trip to North Wales where the pupils visited local landmarks such as Cefn Mawr Quarry, Valle Crucis Abbey, and Chuyd Forest. | |||
| [1968 SCHOOL TRIP TO ISLE OF MAN- MAJOR LESTER COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 5490 | |||
| Isle of Man school trip involving the pupils partaking in many leisure activities such as fishing, crazy golf, and a trip to the local Wildlife Park. | |||
| [SWIMMING RACES AND OTHER SPORTS OF MAJOR LESTER CP SCHOOL PUPILS] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 5498 | |||
| Scenes of Major Lester pupils taking part in swimming races and other sports day activities, with a prize giving being shown at the end of the day. | |||
| HOLIDAY 1968 SPAIN | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 6556 | |||
| Scenes from the Waller family holiday in Spain. They are seen enjoying the beach, a campsite, street markets, a flamenco floorshow and a staged 'mock' bullfight. | |||
| [BULGARIAN YOUTH FESTIVAL; ISTANBUL & FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 6640 | |||
| Scenes from a youth festival in Bulgaria, including activities to express communist solidarity with North Vietnam. An English bus is decorated with a Union Jack and representatives from all three countries congregate alongside, chatting and posing for the camera. There are views of Istanbul city centre, followed by sunbathing and camping by the Black Sea. Ends with a family playing football and larking around in the English countryside. | |||
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| [BULGARIAN YOUTH FESTIVAL] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 6642 | |||
| Scenes from Peter Ritman's visit with a British delegation to the 1968 Bulgarian Youth Festival in Sofia, featuring processions, displays of dancing and ceremonies in a stadium. Ends with views of Sofia and the Bulgarian countryside. | |||
| [MANCHESTER CITY IN ISTANBUL] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 8195 | |||
| Manchester City arrive in Istanbul for their first European Cup away match with Fenerbahce. Shots of the airport, views of the stadium and the Bosphorous. City players look around the stadium pre-match. Sight-seeing coach trip to the Roman remains of the Valens Aqueduct. | |||
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| CHRISTMAS DAY 1968 | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 8201 | |||
| Alex and Liz Dowd open their Christmas presents and then play with them. Presents include a doll, a plane and a cowboy hat and toy gun. | |||
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| [BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS 1968] | |||
| Date: 1968 Film Number: 7924 | |||
| Scenes from Blackpool Illuminations. We see various lit trams including trains, rockets and boats and moving lights and roadside dioramas. | |||
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