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[MORRIS MEN IN RAIN]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 2983
 
Footage of Furness Morris Men performing in the street in a Lake District village on a rainy day.
 
 
 
[PACE EGG AND MORRIS MEN IN BARROW]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 2984
 
Morris men and pace-egg players performing in the street in Baycliffe, near Barrow-in-Furness. They are all in costume, and are accompanied by musicians.
 
 
 
[BAPTISTRY BUILDING WORK; MARCH WITH HYMN BOOKS]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3081
 
Restoration or building work being done on the floors of a Baptistry building with men working beneath the floorboards. There are then scenes of the congregation walking, holding their hymn books.
 
 
 
[ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE BRIGADE - ROYAL VISIT]
Date: *1971 Film Number: 3146
 
Film featuring a gathering of members of the St John's Ambulance Brigade at an airfield, for a visit by Princess Anne. Also includes brief scenes at a zoo, a church, a windmill and a very brief shot of the interior of a house.
 
 
 
[A WEDDING IN HORWICH]
Date: *1971 Film Number: 3153
 
Footage shot aroound the wedding of an elderly couple. Guests are seen arriving for the ceremony. There is a brief shot of a vicar in a church before shots of guests milling around after the ceremony. People are seen congratulating the happy couple before they depart in a car
 
 
 
MOBILE PEA VINER
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3203
 
The film shows a special machine pulled by a tractor which gathers up pea vines from plantations and sorts them into the pea pods and waste, which it expels. There are shots of the machine being assembled in a factory, and of a Polish ship at a quayside.
 
 
 
MARDON SHRINKWRAP SYSTEM FOR CANS
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3204
 
Footage of the 'Mardon' system for the shrink-wrap packaging of canned food. Cans work along a conveyor belt in a factory and are placed in batches of twelve into boxes which a separate arm of the machine has already made up. Two boxes are then wrapped, one on top of the other, in plastic. The final stage of the process is the heat treatment, which shrinks the plastic tightly around the boxes.
 
 
 
[MATHER AND PLATT PRODUCTS]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3208
 
Demonstrations of various products designed and built by Mather and Platt - a trailer for harvesting carrots; a device for cleaning and freezing peas; a machine to clean and prepare beans; a steam peeling device for root vegetables; a sterilising drum for cans; a shrink-wrapping machine for tinned food and a glass jar packer.
 
 
 
[ROMEO AND JULIET REHEARSAL 1]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3327
 
Footage of Salford University students rehearsing a production of 'Romeo and Juliet'. As well as larger-scale shots of the stage as a whole and people setting up lighting rigs, there are scenes shot in detailed close-up of the play in rehearsal.
 
 
 
[LANGUAGE CLASS AND STATISTICIANS]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3348
 
Shots of a man working with calculators, and women using calculation machines to calculate statistics. There are also scenes of a language class, with a row of people sat on a long table talking, reading out loud and smoking.
 
 
 
[CREDITS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT]
Date: *1971 Film Number: 3360
 
Credits for a film reading: "New Buildings for Department of Civil Engineering".
 
 
 
[ROMEO AND JULIET REHEARSAL 2]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3363
 
Scenes of 'Romeo and Juliet' being rehearsed by students at Salford University - identifiable scenes include Juliet's mother mourning the death of Tybalt - while there is also footage of the director going through a fight scene, and shots of lighting technicians and the film-makers.
 
 
 
[ROMEO AND JULIET PERFORMANCE]
Date: *1971 Film Number: 3379
 
Footage shot during and after a student performance of 'Romeo and Juliet' at the Turner and Newall Theatre at Salford University. There are shots of the play in progress, scenes of musicians and waiting actors in the wings, and views of the cast taking their bows. Other scenes show the audience leaving, and the director being interviewed.
 
 
 
[GILLETTE CUP FINAL 1971 LANCASHIRE V KENT]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3470
 
Footage of the Gillette Cup Final at Lords in 1971 between Lancashire and Kent County Cricket clubs. There are shots of the game in progress (including a century for Clive Lloyd), and views of the crowd and the scoreboard. The match ends with a win for Lancashire.
 
 
 
THE MACHINE IN THE ENGLISH COTTON INDUSTRY
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3490
 
Film about the increasing level of mechanisation in the cotton industry from 1720 to 1820, taking what was essentially a cottage industry into a factory environment. There are demonstrations of early spinning wheels, spinning jennies and mules (using authentic replicas) and also an early powered loom. The film ends with footage in a contemporary cotton mill in "Lancashire".
 
 
 
[WALTERS CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE GARDEN]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3546
 
Footage of small children playing in the Walters' family garden with an assortment of toys.
 
 
 
[CHILD AND PETS]
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3588
 
Footage of the filmmaker's daughter in the back garden with various animals, including a kitten, a huge Pyrenean mountain dog and a parrot /macaw eating a flower. Ends with the girl running around on the lawn.
 
 
 
ISTRIA
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3667
 
Scenes from Mr Taylor's holiday to Yugoslavia - locations include Pula, Polec and Motovun. There are shots of markets, street scenes, archaeological remains and beaches.
 
 
 
NORTH WEST MONUMENTS 1971
Date: 1971 Film Number: 3779
 
Footage of visits to various castles in the North West, including Shrewsbury Castle ( and shots of the town), the ruined Buildwas Abbey, and shots of Flint Castle and Denbigh Castle.
 
 
 
[BAKERY SCENES AT W.H. ODDIES]
Date: *1971 Film Number: 3928
 
Footage shot at W.H. Oddies Bakery - dough is seen being mixed from the basic ingredients, and then through various processes is shaped and prepared ready for the oven. There is a shot of a tray filled with the various finished products.
 
 
 
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