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Record 8384 – 8403 of 11241
BICKERSHAW BARGE [ITEM FROM GRANADA NEWSDAY] | |||
Date: c1972 Film Number: 1507 | |||
Opens with a shot of Bickershaw Colliery. Has shots of a barge being loaded with coal and travelling along a canal (probably the Leeds and Liverpool canal) to a lock. Shots of the colliery are intercut with the barge footage. | |||
1972 [ICELAND] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 1564 | |||
Further footage from a trip to Iceland. Features various landscapes including the Utvik Mountains, children and horses. There are also interior shots of children playing with toys and cats. | |||
ISRAEL JAN 1972 | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 1567 | |||
Footage shot in Israel, locations include Tel Aviv, Massada, Caesara, Nazareth, Sinai, Eilat and Jerusalem, with footage from the Wailing Wall. There are also scenes from the Golan Heights including shots of abandoned buildings, burnt out cars, armed men and Sir Geoffrey Haworth sitting on a tank. | |||
[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE 1972, TRIMS 1] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 1993 | |||
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC 'Chronicle' programme, shown as part of the 'Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain' series. Includes various shots of buildings and houses situated in and around Helmshore village - features the Co-op building, Methodist Church and Helmshore bandroom. [There is no final edit of the finished programme, see 1994 - 2001 for related material.] | |||
[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE 1972, TRIMS 2] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 1994 | |||
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC 'Chronicle' programme, shown as part of the 'Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain' series. Includes various shots of the water wheel and fulling stocks in action. [There is no final edit of the finished programme, see 1993 - 2001 for related material.] | |||
[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE 1972, TRIMS 3] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 1995 | |||
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC 'Chronicle' programme, shown as part of the 'Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain' series. Includes brief shots of a door opening, behind which , is a small canon with smoke coming from it. [There is no final edit of the finished programme, see 1993 - 2001 for related material.] | |||
[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE - TRIMS 4] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 1996 | |||
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC 'Chronicle' programme, shown as part of the 'Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain' series. Includes shots of Helmshore Brass Band playing in a room led by their conductor. Also features various views around Helmshore village and interior shots of Higher Mill, with close ups of the water wheel and fulling miller. [There is no final edit of the finished programme see 1993 - 2001 for related material]. | |||
[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE - TRIMS 5] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 1997 | |||
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC 'Chronicle' programme, shown as part of the 'Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain' series. Includes interior and exterior shots of Higher Mill. Derek Pilkington is seen talking to a group of children as they stand next to a working water wheel. [There is no final edit of the finished programme see 1993 - 2001 for related material]. | |||
[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE - TRIMS 6] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 1998 | |||
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC 'Chronicle' programme, shown as part of the 'Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain' series. Includes exterior shots of the Mill and interior scenes of the spinning machines at work. [There is no final edit of the finished programme see 1993 - 2001 for related material]. | |||
[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE - TRIMS 7] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 1999 | |||
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC 'Chronicle' programme, shown as part of the 'Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain' series. Includes exterior shots of a row of cottages and interior shots of the Counting House. Derek Pilkington demonstrates the use of various counting instruments and shows how a small spinning machine would have been operated in a worker's home. [There is no final edit of the finished programme see 1993 - 2001 for related material]. | |||
[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE - TRIMS 8] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 2000 | |||
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC 'Chronicle' programme, shown as part of the 'Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain' series. Includes interviews with an elderly gentleman (probably an ex-employee) sat next to the mill pond and a woman sitting inside the main mill building. Also features Derek Pilkington demonstrating the use of a spinning wheel; a hand powered spinning mule and a small weaving loom driven by a line shaft. Includes a shot of Derek Pilkington 'kissing the shuttle'. [There is no final edit of the finished programme see 1993 - 2001 for related material]. | |||
[HIGHER MILL, HELMSHORE - TRIMS 9] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 2001 | |||
Unedited footage of Higher Mill in Helmshore, shot in July 1972, for inclusion in a BBC 'Chronicle' programme, shown as part of the 'Industrial Grand Tour of Great Britain' series. Includes interior shots of the fulling miller followed by close up shots of the spinning machinery. The programme presenter is seen talking and looking at the mill from the overlooking railway viaduct. [There is no final edit of the finished programme see 1993 - 2001 for related material]. | |||
AN OLD WIVES TALE | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 2299 | |||
Film to promote relocation to Central Lancashire. Two genteel ladies, a mother and her daughter, are seen discussing the horrors of the slum-ridden, rain drenched cultureless North. A man interjects and is heard dispelling the various myths about the North. The voice over is illustrated by footage of Preston, Chorley and Leyland as well as of Manchester, Liverpool and Southport. Housing , leisure, shopping, sport, education, entertainment and transport options are all featured. The two women are completely won over. The man tries to dissuade the mother from coming to the North, he is seen running along a railway line into the distance, his arms waving frantically, as the film finishes. | |||
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[HEATON PARK; AIR SHOW 30TH MAY 1972] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 2340 | |||
Mrs Brookes from Ordsall in Salford, is seen walking around Heaton Park with her three grandchildren. They are seen stroking a horse, playing football with a friend and climbing on a lion statue. Concludes with scenes of an airshow. | |||
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[SPORTS DAY AND YORK] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 2375 | |||
Scenes of a school sports day held on 3rd June 1972. Also includes shots of a museum exhibition at York. | |||
[YORK RAILWAY MUSEUM. 16TH AUG. 1972] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 2376 | |||
Members of the Brookes family are seen on a day trip to York. Includes footage of the family having a picnic by the side of the A64. They all sit around a table cloth that is laid out with food and drinks. Another family is also seen having a picnic on the grass behind them. Continues with scenes of the family wandering around the streets of York. They are seen visiting the Railway Museum and castle. | |||
[STELLA'S : HEREFORD AUG 1972] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 2380 | |||
The Brookes family, from Salford, are seen visiting friends in Hereford; August 1972. Includes scenic views of various thatched and beamed cottages in a small country village. Also features scenes of cattle and pigs at a livestock auction. | |||
[PUPPIES IN THE GARDEN] | |||
Date: *1972 Film Number: 2541 | |||
Scenes of the White family playing with some puppies in their back garden - teddy bears, toys and a blanket are strewn across the lawn. The family's pet poodle runs around the garden, chasing the puppies, excitedly. Also features scenes of Carolyn, Rob and a couple of their friends holding the puppies up for the camera. Concludes with footage of Rob, and another couple of boys, throwing snowballs in the front garden. | |||
[WAR VETERANS IN FRANCE] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 2677 | |||
Footage of WWI veterans (accompanied by the filmmaker and his daughter) visiting Lille in France. They assemble at a large white monument to fallen soldiers, and then go to reconstructed trenches and a cemetery. There is a sequence from a party / reunion. | |||
[WESTON-SUPER-MARE 1972] | |||
Date: 1972 Film Number: 2832 | |||
The Moss family at the seaside in Weston Super Mare. | |||
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