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Record 8197 – 8216 of 11241
| [WAITING FOR THE BOAT RACE] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 786 | |||
| Manchester students - playing with mud and water; at the side of the canal near Umist - banner advertising a boat race. | |||
| [DEMONSTRATION ON CITY CENTRE STREETS] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 792 | |||
| Student demonstration in the city centre - a close up of a Manchester Evening News board; interior shots of a student refectory. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [STUDENT ACCOMMODATION PROGRAMME] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 795 | |||
| A look at different types of student accommodation - living on a Manchester bus; Manchester Polytechnic halls of residence under construction. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [FIREFIGHTING] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 846 | |||
| Firemen attend a fierce fire at Woolworth's Distribution Warehouse, Rochdale on 6th May 1971 - turntable ladders are used to help fight the fire from above. | |||
| RITAS 21 | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 1254 | |||
| The Jones Family celebrating Rita's 21st birthday party and a wedding. Includes scenes of couples dancing and drinking before the cutting of the birthday cake and the bride and groom having their photographs taken outside a church. | |||
| SALFORD - THE OTHER SIDE | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 1365 | |||
| A film focusing on the parks, gardens, moorland and stately homes to be found in Salford. New developments are shown, as is the traditional housing which they are replacing. New uses for buildings given to the city are featured. | |||
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| JANUARY 1971 CUBA | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 1555 | |||
| Footage from a family trip to Cuba. Includes shots of Havana and other locations as well as shots of farming. | |||
| JANUARY 1971 [NASSAU, MEXICO] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 1571 | |||
| Haworth family footage from Nassau featuring children in a variety of locations including a beach. Also shots of ships in the harbour and streetscenes as well of footage of dolphins in a aquarium. Followed by material shot in Mexico, including streetscenes, churches and shots of architecture, pyramids, markets and small bots trading on a river. Ends with a bullfight in a stadium. | |||
| [SIR GEOFFREY HAWORTH - DEGREE CEREMONY DAY] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 1601 | |||
| Footage of Sir Geoffrey Haworth and family stood in front of Manchester University on the day he was presented with his degree. | |||
| [WEDDING OF ROBERT JOHN NUNNS TO LYNDA JOYCE AT ST LUKES CHURCH, CHEETHAM HILL, MANCHESTER] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 1674 | |||
| Footage shot before and after the wedding of Robert Nunns and Lynda Joyce at St Lukes church Cheetham Hill. Guests and the wedding party are seen outside the church prior to the wedding and leaving the church after the ceremony. Photographs are taken and the guests disperse. | |||
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| FOCUS ON COMMITMENT | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 1675 | |||
| Footage of a busy airport and streetscenes contrasted with the tranquillity of the countryside serves as a metaphor for hedonism and Christianity. A drunken gambler is seen, dancing wildly, materially successful yet evidently unfulfilled. The film then concentrates on the diverse and fulfilling life offered by the church, illustrated by the experience of the Anybody family, newly arrived in Altrincham. Welcomed to the community by a church steward and vicar the family enjoy a wealth of social and spiritual events, meetings and youth groups are seen as is the local church school. Geoffrey Wheeler's commentary stresses the variety and commitment inherent in Christian life. Diverse age groups and professions are seen engaging in activities such as dancing, playing games and attending committee meetings. Stills of church members and the church's 'sister' church in Africa close this semi dramatised documentary. | |||
| PROVING THE DUPLE DOMINANT | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 1710 | |||
| Film of the prototype Duple Dominant coach body being tested at the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) research station at Nuneaton. The coach is driven around a paved track for several days and a test track to simulate heavy use. | |||
| [RUSS FAMILY VISIT CORFE CASTLE] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 2374 | |||
| Philip, Nicholas and Christopher Russ are seen playing on a metal climbing frame outside their grandfather's flat on the Croal estate in Salford. The boys are also seen visiting a tank museum and Corfe Castle with their parents and grandmother - includes shots of the family walking along a country road, wandering around a miniature village and playing on a sandy beach. | |||
| [BROOKES HOLIDAY : WELSH RIVER; CROAL HOUSING] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 2379 | |||
| The Brookes family are seen on a Welsh holiday with a couple of their friends; June 1971. Includes scenic views of the surrounding coastline, cliffs and countryside. They are also seen visiting Montgomery [?] castle and waterfalls at Stack Rocks. Concludes with scenes of people relaxing in the sun, outside their flats on the Croal estate in Salford. | |||
| [SCENES OF THE WEST COUNTRY AND LAKE DISTRICT] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 2381 | |||
| Scenes of the Brookes family on various day trips and holidays to the West Country and Lake District; August 1971. Mr Brookes' three grandsons are seen playing in the sea while their parents relax in deckchairs on the beach. They are also seen posing for a photograph infront of the historic stones at Stonehenge. Further scenes feature the family having a trip on board a small pleasure boat and walking on the hills at Wrynose Pass in the Lake District. | |||
| [WRYNOSE PASS; LAKE DISTRICT AUG. 1971] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 2382 | |||
| Members of the Brookes family are seen on holiday in the Lake District; August 1971. Mr Brookes' three grandsons are seen walking in the countryside around Wrynose Pass, with their father. Mrs Brookes and her daughter-in-law remain back at the car park. Includes travelling shots of the journey along winding country lanes and a shot of the family standing on the shore of a large lake. | |||
| [YOUR WATER SUPPLY] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 2516 | |||
| Film showing the collection of water, its treatment and supply. Also looks at the maintenance of the supply. | |||
| [ROB'S NEW BIKE] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 2540 | |||
| Various shots of the White family in their front and back gardens. Rob and Carolyn are seen eating a meal, outdoors, with two of their friends. Continues with footage of Rob and Carolyn leaving the house to go to school - both children are wearing their school uniform and carry a satchel and bag. Concludes with footage of Rob riding his new bike, along the pavement, outside the front of the house and playing with a model boat on a pond in a park. | |||
| OUR VISIT TO MANCHESTER AIRPORT, MAY 25TH, 1971 | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 2977 | |||
| Footage of various planes taking off and landing at Manchester Airport. taxi-ing in and out of the departure gates. There are also shots of the Manchester Airport Hotel, and the airport entrance. | |||
| [NUDIST BEACH SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 2981 | |||
| Scenes of various people of all shapes and sizes on a nudist beach. | |||
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