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| [SIGHT-SEEING IN LONDON] | |||
| Date: 1971-5 Film Number: 5735 | |||
| The Greenwood girls feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square, the guards marching past Buckingham Palace, feeding the ducks in a park and a boat trip on the Thames. A black labrador plays with a balloon in the Greenwood's garden. | |||
| [PARIS SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1971-6 Film Number: 2678 | |||
| Footage of a visit to Paris - Eiffel Tower, Place de la Concorde, Champs Elysses, Arc de Triomphe - followed by a party. | |||
| FAMILY ALBUM; CHILDREN AT PLAY | |||
| Date: 1971-6 Film Number: 7350 | |||
| Compilation of domestic scenes featuring members of the Turner family, plus a church walk. Features scenes at Christmas in the family home, with shots of the decorations, children opening presents, playing with toys and messing around, and the family sitting down for dinner. There are several children's birthday parties throughout the film where kids play games, eat party food and, on one occasion, are entertained by a ventriloquist. Young girls play in the garden on a sunny day, before four older girls perform a play and a dance for the camera in the sitting room. Also featured is a christian procession between the church and school of Our Lady of the Assumption in Blackpool. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| THE NEWCOMERS | |||
| Date: c1972-5 Film Number: 9221 | |||
| A film documenting the lives of Doreen and Arthur Hodgson, and Doreen's mother 'Nana' at New Ing Farm. The film opens with views of the village of Bolton by Bowland and countryside scenes. We see the work of the farm, and learn how Doreen and Arthur share the workload of the farm while Nana does the housekeeping and the gardening as well as smaller jobs around the farm. We see the family around the house and farm going about their work. There are farming scenes. We see how the Hodgsons care for their sheep and cattle and we see them at work on the land. We then learn the history of the herd of deer who live on the farm, starting with Arthur rescuing an abandoned fawn 'Bambi', who became so tame she would eat in their kitchen. Bambi eventually gave birth to more deer and the herd continued to expand, and we see how the Hodgsons care for their herd of tame deer, including creating a new paddock where they can all live together. | |||
| [DRIVING THROUGH THE PEAK DISTRICT AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1972-5 Film Number: 11056 | |||
| The film opens with scenes shot from a moving car, we see the other traffic on the roads and general views of the Peak District. We also see a viaduct, various pubs and road signs. There are scenes from Fountains Abbey, with shots of a mother and daughter who are most probably the filmmakers wife and daughter. There are shots of various places that they travel through, including York, Stafford, Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham. There are also brief scenes from Beamish Open Air Museum | |||
| [WILLCOCK HOLIDAY TO CALIFORNIA] | |||
| Date: *1971/2/4 Film Number: 4990 | |||
| Scenes from Willcock holiday to California - in the gardens of a church, possibly San Francisco, at Universal Studios and Mann's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles and on the plane on the way home. | |||
| [DEMONSTRATIONS AND SPEECHES] | |||
| Date: *1971/73 Film Number: 791 | |||
| Shots of Manchester city centre traffic - Mosley Street and Piccadilly. Student demonstration - students on the steps of a Umist building; Manchester Polytechnic Socialist Society banner seen; protestors listen to speeches and are then seen on Oxford Road - police line the route. Finishes with shots at Manchester airport and on the motorway. | |||
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| [SALFORD UNIVERSITY: ENGINEERING, HALLS OF RESIDENCE & DISCO] | |||
| Date: *1971/3 Film Number: 10229 | |||
| Engineering students and tutors at their drawing boards in Salford University's laboratories. We also see the students measuring and cutting sections of metal as well as using a computer. Cars pull up to the halls of residence where belongings are unloaded and students wander the corridors. Scenes from a disco with students dancing and close ups of the disc jockey and his deck. The film ends with scenes from behind the student bar with pints being pulled. | |||
| [BARROW PARADE] | |||
| Date: *1971/3 Film Number: 11024 | |||
| The annual Barrow parade begins with decorated floats with people in fancy dress collecting money for charity. They are followed by marching bands and local children's dance troupes watched by crowds lining the street The film ends with members of the Royal Artillery driving past in jeeps and lorries. | |||
| [PICCADILLY STATION, MANCHESTER] | |||
| Date: *1971/73/76 Film Number: 790 | |||
| Piccadilly station - a train arrives and passengers leave the platform; a couple enter the station and consult the timetable; the buffet bar. Student demonstration - students on the steps of a University building. | |||
| [WEBSTER JUNIOR SCHOOL COMMEMORATING THE SILVER JUBILEE] | |||
| Date: 1971/73/77-78 Film Number: 1280 | |||
| Webster Junior Schools Silver Jubilee celebrations. Also includes a school sports day and nativity play. | |||
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| [STUART GROWING UP] | |||
| Date: *1971/74 Film Number: 2572 | |||
| Family footage of Stuart as a toddler and young child. Includes scenes of various family members playing with the little boy in the garden and on a beach. Features a shot of the child rocking backwards and forwards on a sprung-loaded toy horse. | |||
| [KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK AND CHRISTENING] | |||
| Date: *1971/74 Film Number: 3155 | |||
| Footage from Knowsley Safari Park including shots of various animals and the gardens. Also features a procession of vintage cars being driven along a road. There is footage of a christening, a child playing in a garden and a baby. Closes with shots of a pony being led across a field and a horse and foal. | |||
| [SAVOY CINEMA ADVERTS, SALE] | |||
| Date: *1971/5 Film Number: 6099 | |||
| Compilation of advertisements shown at the Savoy Cinema, Sale. Includes adverts for local traders, services and restaurants, as well as more general adverts for alcoholic drinks. | |||
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| [HEATHER'S CHRISTENING, HOLKER HALL & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1971/6/8 Film Number: 7896 | |||
| Children raking up the leaves then a man with a ferret and a dog in the garden. Children playing swingball on a caravan site then in a playground on the slide and swings. Scenes outside the church at baby Heather's christening followed a parade with marching bands, cub scouts, brownies and girl guides. Heather in the garden learning to walk with the help of her mother and grandmother. Brief shots of a Whit walk with clergymen, choirboys and religious banners. A wedding with the bride and groom exiting the church and posing for the photographers. A group of boys with chickens followed by Heather in the garden with a dog and then walking on the street with her mother. | |||
| [ALTRINCHAM - BURY LINE 1971-1992] | |||
| Date: 1971/91/2 Film Number: 9168 | |||
| Views of the original electric trains on the Manchester to Altrincham line at Stretford and Altrincham shortly before their replacement in April 1971, and of the class 504 electric trains on the Manchester to Bury line during the conversion of the line to the Metrolink Light Rapid Transit network. Further views show trains on the last day of operation on the Altrincham line on 24/12/1991, and the new Metrolink trams on test in the city centre prior to opening. | |||
| [ERIC IDLE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS] | |||
| Date: *1972 Film Number: 787 | |||
| The comedian Eric Idle is featured - in a library, and advertising his book 'Rutland Dirty Weekend Guide'; a folk group play in the library. | |||
| [PRESTON GUILD 1972] | |||
| Date: 1972 Film Number: 830 | |||
| Preston Guild celebrations 1972 - a procession of decorated floats; drama in the park. | |||
| ANCIENT and LOYAL | |||
| Date: *1972 Film Number: 901 | |||
| Services in Wigan - the Mayor presides over a meeting of the council; how computer generated rate bills are printed and a look at what the rate payer gets for his money - fire and ambulance service vehicles; schools - children in the classroom; derelict buildings and new council estates; Wigan outdoor market - shoppers and stalls; leisure facilities - parks, swimming pool, the grounds of Haigh Hall; Beech Hill branch library. | |||
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| WEDDING BELLS | |||
| Date: 1972 Film Number: 1255 | |||
| The Jones Family having their photographs taken at a wedding in 1972. | |||
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