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| [A BLACKBIRD] | |||
| Date: 1970s Film Number: 11910 | |||
| A blackbird eating white bread, a cat in the farmyard and finally Mrs Moston feeding the blackbird with sliced white bread. | |||
| [PLAGUE CEREMONIES IN EYAM] | |||
| Date: c1975 Film Number: 2976 | |||
| Outdoor church ceremony in Eyam, Derbyshire, commemorating the plague. Also footage of a parade with banners from Heywood and Rochdale. | |||
| RAVENGLASS RAILWAY | |||
| Date: 1970s Film Number: 3042 | |||
| Shots of Ravenglass and Eskdale miniature railway. | |||
| [CHRISTMAS PARTY GAME] | |||
| Date: 1970s Film Number: 11822 | |||
| A group of adults play a game as they take turns trying to pick up dried peas with two cocktail sticks. | |||
| [BUILDING OF GARSTANG FREE METHODIST CHURCH & OTHER ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: 1970s & 80s Film Number: 6782 | |||
| Scenes from two weddings at Garstang Free Methodist Church including that of Arthur and Cherith Lodge, followed by views of the church under construction several years earlier. The congregation are seen at leisure inside and then rambling in the Lake District. Ends with a brief glimpse of a tractor working on a farm and geese being fed. | |||
| [PLANES TAKING OFF FROM MANCHESTER AIRPORT] | |||
| Date: 1970s Film Number: 6541 | |||
| Commercial and private aeroplanes taking off from Manchester Airport, and the Newton family are seen relaxing outside the perimeter fence plane spotting. | |||
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| [GREENWOOD FAMILY; TRAINS] | |||
| Date: 1970s Film Number: 4270 | |||
| Miscellaneous footage of the various members of the Greenwoods' family and friends - getting into the the car on a winter's day, watching a boat race, chopping wood and out and about in the countryside in Wales and Herefordshire. There are views of delivery vans being loaded at the family's soft drinks business, T Greenwood & Sons Ltd in Lydgate. Scenes at an Animal Defenders' (Junior RSPCA) dog show and a vintage car rally, as well as a number of different steam trains in different parts of the country - including Lydford in the West Country and a visit by the Zillertalbahn locomotive from Austria. | |||
| [GREECE AND SICILY] | |||
| Date: *1970-4/7 Film Number: 6338 | |||
| Assorted views of Greece and Sicily taken during holidays by the Thompson family - they visit a number of Greek and Roman ruins, and there are views of towns, villages and the coast. Brief scenes at Blackpool Pleasure Beach conclude. | |||
| [SCENES AROUND MANCHESTER] | |||
| Date: *1970/71/73 Film Number: 772 | |||
| A mixture of different shots including - student protests in Manchester streets; family groups in the Delamere Forest; general shots around the University campus; a scale model of University buildings which are then seen under construction; demolition sites and new housing under construction. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [WEDDING SCENES AND CORFU] | |||
| Date: 1970s Film Number: 5717 | |||
| The film begins with footage of people gathered outside in anticipation. The bride comes into shot followed by bridesmaids. The newly wed couple cut the cake indoors. People socialise outside afterwards. Interior shots of people sitting and celebrating. Footage of Corfu, the camera pans across the landscape and scenes are shot from windows. | |||
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| [KINGSWAY TUNNEL] | |||
| Date: *1970/2 Film Number: 4969 | |||
| Views of the final stages of construction of the Kingsway Tunnel - both at the entrance and inside - shot from a moving vehicle. Also rostrum shots of a map showing the tunnel and access routes to it. | |||
| [PUPPIES AND OTHER PETS] | |||
| Date: c1970s Film Number: 2559 | |||
| Opens on a shot of some goldfish swimming around a fish tank. Continues with footage of puppies playing in a back garden. Includes close up shots of the puppies sniffing the camera. Concludes with brief shots of a man stroking a mouse. | |||
| CHILDREN AT THE NURSERY SCHOOL; NURSERY SCHOOL 1971 | |||
| Date: 1970/75 Film Number: 5579 | |||
| Nursery children look through books, serve and drink milk, watch the preparation of the milk by a staff member and visit Shores Hey dairy farm in Briercliffe, Burnley. There are shots of the farm , cattle and a calf. A woman cuts up beans. Children look at books, paint, stand on a fire engine and watch firemen at work. Children play in a watertrough, and with toys and objects, including carts, tyres, a trampoline, climbing frame, wheelbarrow, slide and go carts. Children look down a mircoscope at rocks and pieces of grass. | |||
| [HOLMES FOR HAULAGE] | |||
| Date: 1970s Film Number: 6756 | |||
| Views of an extension under construction at a storage facility at Burscough, followed by the building of a bonfire. W H Holmes lorries are shown being driven in a convoy to the Sealink Harbour terminal at Heysham and then Peter Gardner challenges his friend Cliff to a foot race on country roads. Ends with scenes of a caravan being demolished, cargo being vacuum-packed for transportation and the laying of a concrete floor. | |||
| [WALLASEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL BUILDING] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 379 | |||
| Poor shots of the exterior of the school; a stage play, also poor. | |||
| PROSPECT OF SKELMERSDALE | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 514 | |||
| A history of the planning and development of Skelmersdale as an overspill town for Merseyside. The film shows where people are moving from and details the features of the better living conditions and work opportunities in the town - houses and shops; schools; industries; playgrounds; sports facilities and parks. 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/ | |||
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| PEAK PERFORMANCE | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 714 | |||
| Motor cycle racing, including Isle of Man TT footage from 1922; the correct maintenance of Renold's motor cycle chains. | |||
| [SOMEWHERE TO LIVE] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 768 | |||
| A look at student accommodation in Manchester - interior shots of 3 male students in a bedroom - in sleeping bags, smoking; shots around the grounds of the University, showing accommodation; the site of the Manchester Polytechnic residences; the train journey of a student travelling from Alderley Edge to Manchester Piccadilly; shots of a student living on a campsite in a Manchester bus. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [VINTAGE CAR RALLY] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 776 | |||
| A vintage car rally - shots of the cars and spectators, who include church men and women carrying placards. | |||
| [DAY OF ACTION FOR 'HANDS OFF STUDENT UNION' CAMPAIGN DEC 8th 1971] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 778 | |||
| Large student demonstration in Manchester - Manchester Evening News board seen, '10,000 N. West Students March'. They congregate to hear a speaker and then march along Oxford Road - the Manchester University Communist Party banner is seen. | |||
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