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[GRIMSARGH FIELD DAY PROTESTS] | |||
Date: c1971 Film Number: 10584 | |||
Scenes from the Grimsargh Field Day. There is a procession with dance troupes, a marching band, the Rose Queen, people in fancy dress and floats. Local farmers also take part in the procession to protest against being evicted from their land to make way for the new town. | |||
[WEDDING IN PENNINGTON AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
Date: c1971 Film Number: 10666 | |||
The wedding party and guests arrive at Christ Church in Pennington, Leigh. After the ceremony, they all leave the church and pose for photographs; there are then scenes at the reception. Three girls sit in a garden and pose for a photograph, and the reel ends with an outing to the countryside. | |||
[GIRL GUIDE CAMP] | |||
Date: c1971 Film Number: 10675 | |||
A group of girl guides gather their camping gear together on a suburban street before boarding a coach. At their campsite, they put up tents, relax and are seen preparing food. | |||
[PLAYING IN THE SNOW AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
Date: c1971 Film Number: 10940 | |||
A compilation of scenes. The film opens with the Brice children playing in the snow, they throw snowballs in the garden and play with a sledge in the street. We then see them in warmer weather playing in the garden with their cats. There follow shots of children on what appears to be their confirmation day. The girls wear white dresses and the boys wear smart shorts and shirts. The film end with scenes of a school sports day, where we see the children participating in races. | |||
[TRIP TO GREECE AND IN THE GARDEN AND COUNTRYSIDE BACK HOME] | |||
Date: c1971 Film Number: 10951 | |||
The film opens with shots of tourists visiting various tourist sites in Greece. There are scenes from the Acropolis in Athens, and then a boat ride followed by a visit to an archaeological excavation. Back home the Brice family play cricket in the garden and kick a football. There are then scenes from the countryside of the family out walking and climbing rocks. | |||
[TRIP TO CRETE AND IN GARDEN AND PARK BACK HOME] | |||
Date: c1971 Film Number: 10952 | |||
The film opens with scenes from a trip to Crete including groups of tourists visiting archaeological sites and villages. Back home the Brice children play with a football in the garden, sweep up autumn leaves and play with a wheelbarrow. We see the children in the park playing on a slide and the swings and playing football. | |||
[PLAYING GAMES IN THE GARDEN AND WALKING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE] | |||
Date: c1971 Film Number: 10953 | |||
The film opens with scenes of what looks to be an event put on for children. We see children playing and taking part in various activities while their parents and men wearing religious attire look on. We see members of the Brice family out in the countryside, and the children act out scenes in a role playing game. We also see them playing near a river, the little boys play with fishing nets and the children clamber on the rocks. | |||
[TRIPS TO YORK AND BLACKPOOL] | |||
Date: *1970-72 Film Number: 10963 | |||
Sight seeing trips to York and Scarborough followed by a nice carnival parade with floats and children in fancy dress etc. Sunbathing in a garden, children buying a ice cream then a man using a rotovator to dig over some earth. A coach trip to Blackpool for a group of men who are later seen playing bowls and football on the beach as well as singing on the coach and walking down the promenade. The film ends with views of a caravan and extensive shots of the Merrivale model village in Great Yarmouth. | |||
WOOL GATHERING | |||
Date: *1970-72 Film Number: 8488 | |||
Judith Storey collects wool from the hedges and fences, cards and spins it. She collects various berries, roots and plants to dye the wool different colours, then using either knitting needles or a hand loom she produces clothing and blankets. | |||
THE KEY TO THE MATTER | |||
Date: c1971 Film Number: 7376 | |||
Fictional story about a man who gets drunk and ends up accidentally sleeping in his neighbour's bed. A woman locks herself out of her house but is able to get in by borrowing her neighbour's key which also fits her front door. Her buffoon of a husband returns home after bumping into a woman on the street. He eats the dog's dinner by mistake and heads off to 'the pub' to drink with the lads. By 10pm he's drunk and after getting a taxi home he mistakenly walks up to his neighbours' front door rather than his own. His key fits the lock and before long he is undressing in the bedroom where he gets a shock as he discovers a man is already in the bed. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT & UNIVERSITY EXTERIORS | |||
Date: 1970-3 Film Number: 3351 | |||
Scenes of an experiment being conducted in a controlled environment in the Department of Electrical Engineering. This is followed by scenes of students operating computers and shots of the exteriors of several of Salford University's buildings. | |||
[AIR DISPLAY] | |||
Date: *1970-73 Film Number: 3825 | |||
Film begins with brief shots of a boy in a canoe. Continues with footage of an air display shot from quite a distance, and possibly including a display by the Red Arrows. Ends with brief scenes from a caravan site of people sitting around and a woman falling off a spacehopper. | |||
[BAND IN SPRINGFIELD PARK AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
Date: *1970-73 Film Number: 7307 | |||
Scenes outside St Robert's Church in Longsight on the 9th February 1973, following the wedding of Danny and Brenda Hardman. In Springfield Park, Rochdale, band members sit by a stage drinking and talking before performing - the line-up includes Peter Cowap on lead guitar and Danny Hardman on drums. The film also includes shots of a couple on a ship, of a casino in Monte Carlo and of two long-haired men talking on wasteground. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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[PEMBROKESHIRE, GOLDIE AND HAWKSHEAD] | |||
Date: 1970-3 Film Number: 10885 | |||
Compilation reel with holiday scenes in Wales, in locations including Manorbier Castle, Tenby and St David’s; Goldie the corgi running around in a park and garden, and a family visit to Hawkshead, taking in Ann Tyson’s Cottage. | |||
[OFF-CUTS - TY COCH AND NEWSPAPERS] | |||
Date: 1970-3 Film Number: 10158 | |||
After brief shots from the TV screen, we see a sleeping dog, a man measuring a wall outside the filmmaker’s house in Anglesey, and shots of newspaper front pages relating the country’s economic problems. | |||
[PROJECTOR CARE OFFCUTS] | |||
Date: 1970-3 Film Number: 10164 | |||
An amateur filmmaker sets up his cine camera and lights to record himself making the film ‘Your Projector and its Care’. | |||
[CONWAY CASTLE, TRACTION ENGINE RALLY AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
Date: 1970-3 Film Number: 10355 | |||
Compilation reel of family home and leisure footage, including children and their mother playing at home; a visit to Conway castle and a trip on a steam train; a beach on a cold day, and a caravan site. There are also scenes of mounted guardsmen in London, and the reel ends with activities at a traction engine rally. | |||
[HOLIDAY IN BRITTANY] | |||
Date: c1972 Film Number: 3738 | |||
Scenes from a family holiday in Brittany, starting out at Manchester Airport. Cafe and beach scenes; also docks footage; views of the coast, sea and harbour; a fortress; nuns passing by and a ferry ride; around town; gendarmes; and close ups of shop fronts - patisseries and pharmacies. | |||
[PARADES; FUND-RAISING EVENT; JODRELL BANK; CROYDON] | |||
Date: *1970-4 Film Number: 3935 | |||
A wide variety of footage, including women in a rainy garden, a small group of uniformed St John's Ambulance volunteers gathering wild-flowers on a roadside, and a fundraising event at which people play various games of skill and chance. There is a brief shot of (what could be) the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, and the film ends with streetscenes in Croydon. | |||
[HEYSHAM PORT] | |||
Date: 1970-4 Film Number: 8814 | |||
Scenes from Heysham Port including footage of the Snaefell and Cambria ferries. | |||
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