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[SCENES FROM THE ZOO AND IN THE TYROL]
Date: 1930-6 Film Number: 9968
 
The film opens with scenes from a zoo. A zoo keeper feeds the giraffes and then we see polar bears that appear to have been trained to 'beg' for food, which is thrown to them by visitors. A zoo keeper walks chimpanzees round the zoo on leads. There are then scenes from Lake Como. Women wash their clothes in the lake and we see moving scenery filmed from a boat. We also see a cemetery, where people tend to a grave, A title tells us that the next part of the film is 'scenes from the Tyrol'. We see a parade with marching bands and people in uniform and army cadets. There are also street scenes and views of a waterfall.
 
 
 
[OPENING OF HOSPITAL]
Date: 1930s Film Number: 5512
 
A short film showing speeches given at the opening of a hospital.
 
 
 
[PRESTON LEISURE AND INDUSTRIES]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 386
 
Local events - a Whit walk with some particularly elaborate statues; a large fairground in the town; a carnival procession; Avenham Park packed with families; Lytham Show, with show-jumping events etc. Local industries - unloading timber at the docks; a cotton mill and employees leaving at dinner time; haymaking.
 
 
 
[THE WARBURTON FAMILY]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1030
 
Family film. On the beach - the children play in the sea. Watching a small aircraft in flight. Baby's bathtime. Playing in the snow. A procession, including the mayor and other civic dignitaries, is led by a brass band.
 
 
 
PART 2 STOCKPORT CARNIVAL TABLEAU - FANCY DRESS TURN OUTS
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1181
 
Carnival events at Stockport. Adults and children, dressed in fancy dress costumes, wander around the various stalls and displays at the gala field. Includes shots of the Carnival queen and her entourage. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.]
 
 
 
[HEATON FAMILY HOLIDAY TO THE SEASIDE]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1238
 
Heaton family holiday down by the sea. Includes various activities on the beach and a shot of a lighthouse. Also includes scenes of a tortoise feeding and a woman milking a cow.
 
 
 
[HEATON FAMILY HOLIDAY AT BLACKPOOL]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1244
 
Scenes of Blackpool taken from a moving car - Tower circus, trams, aquarium, illuminations etc. Also includes people swimming in an outdoor pool and walking in the countryside.
 
 
 
[NORTH WEST COUNTRYSIDE]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1289
 
Views of the North West Countryside - includes landscape shots of canals and locks, people playing cricket, a girl paddling in a stream, people having a picnic on the road side and people wandering around the grounds of a large country house.
 
 
 
[SMITH FAMILY OUTINGS AND 1934 SCOUT CAMP]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1398
 
Various scenes of a 1934 scout camp. Also includes shots of the Smith family on holiday at the seaside and a visit to the zoo.
 
 
 
[FALSE MOUSTACHE]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1475
 
Two men, wearing a false moustache, take turns to play with children in a garden. One addresses the camera (without the moustache).
 
 
 
[KISS IN THE GARDEN]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1476
 
Men and women stood in a garden, one of the men kisses one of the women.
 
 
 
[GIRL IN A DRESS]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1477
 
A young girl walks towards the camera wearing a dress.
 
 
 
[SCENES FROM THE BENELUX NATIONS]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1478
 
Carnival Queens (?) posing in tiaras and regal style outfits. Cuts to people walking along a seafront in Holland or Belgium (?), locals seen in national costume, women carrying babies. Finishes with brief (dark) shot of a person drinking in a window.
 
 
 
[GARDEN PARTY]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1480
 
Smartly dressed people parade past the camera. Followed by (very dark) shots of an outdoor banquet with tressle tables visible. Cuts to shots of women and then women with a child. Followed by people leaving a house in an open topped car pursued by waving friends (?). Finishes with footage of a man filling a car with petrol from a can and a brief shot of a woman.
 
 
 
[FAMILY PICNICS AND HARVESTING]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1482
 
Family footage including scenes shot in the country, on a farm, in a garden and on the beach. Includes footage of a group of workmen breaking up slabs of concrete with a sledge hammer in Glossop highstreet; farm workers harvesting a crop and a couple of small children playing with a miniature peddle car in the garden.
 
 
 
[PLAYING TENNIS AT BLACKPOOL]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1484
 
The film starts with brief shots of a fairground in Blackpool and continues with footage taken during a mixed doubles match on an outdoor tennis court.
 
 
 
[LEAPFROG ON BLACKPOOL BEACH]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1485
 
A group of men and women are seen larking about playing leapfrog and ball games on the beach at Blackpool. Also includes a brief shot of a biplane in the sky. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/
 
 
 
[PLAYING CRICKET ON BLACKPOOL BEACH]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1486
 
A group of men and women are seen playing a game of cricket on Blackpool beach. Also includes shots of them on a roller coaster at the fairground. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/
 
 
 
[CUTTING THE GRASS]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1487
 
Family footage of a whit walk procession. Also includes a brief shot of a woman cutting the grass with a pair of shears.
 
 
 
[FLURRY OF CONFETTI]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1488
 
Scenes of wedding guests throwing confetti over the bride and groom. Concludes with a brief shot of a thatched country cottage.
 
 
 
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