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PRESTON GUILD 1972 [2]
Date: 1972 Film Number: 11010
 
The 1972 Preston Guild pageant in the park with groups of children dancing in formation in front of a large crowd of spectators and a fly past by Concorde. A parade of vintage vehicles and floats from local industries and businesses are followed by dancing majorettes and armoured vehicles. The film ends with scenes from the Church of England procession, mounted police lead clergymen, banners, floats and brass bands.
 
 
 
[CANAL JOURNEY SCENES AND PRESTON GUILD 1972]
Date: 1972 Film Number: 11043
 
This film opens with scenes from a trip on a canal boat. We see the boats in the basin and then views from the moving boat of the passing scenery and finally Anderton Boat Lift. We then scenes from Preston Guild 1972. There is a procession featuring floats, people in fancy dress, horse drawn carriages and veteran and vintage cars. At the carnival field we see the horses and carriages arrive and various exhibits and displays as well as people enjoying fairground rides.
 
 
 
[BARROW MAYOR'S SUNDAY]
Date: 1972 Film Number: 8499
 
The first half of the film shows the Mayors Parade in Barrow. The parade includes sea cadets and police. There is footage of the parade leading into church and then carrying on through Abbey Road to Barrow town hall. The second half of the film shows views taken from the hills above Barrow and the surrounding areas.
 
 
 
[GYPSY CARAVAN HOLIDAY]
Date: *1972 Film Number: 11843
 
Two little girls cross a stream on a stone bridge followed by gypsy caravans in a field. The horse drawn caravan on a country road then John and two girls feeding and riding a shire horse.
 
 
 
[PLOUGHING COMPETITION]
Date: *1972 Film Number: 11862
 
Mr Moston and son fixing plough onto tractor then competing in a ploughing match at a country fair then ploughing the fields on their own farm.
 
 
 
[CHANGING TRACTOR WHEEL AND PLOUGHING]
Date: *1972 Film Number: 11868
 
Two men changing the tyres on a tractor for metal wheels in the farmyard then ploughing the field. The film ends with Phil then a young girl riding a horse in the farmyard.
 
 
 
[STEAM RALLY AT ASTLE PARK]
Date: 1972 Film Number: 11870
 
Crank starting a vintage tractor then driving it whilst pulling a dumper tractor at the Astle Park steam rally Various vintage tractors pass by followed by shots of a steam carousel. The film ends with the cleaning of the tractor and driving it on the Moston family’s farm.
 
 
 
[SOWING CORN & LAKES ]
Date: *1972 Film Number: 11871
 
Planting corn seeds in the Moston families farm, the boys enjoying a break and a drink then flattening the earth with a roller dragged behind the tractor. A young man with a rucksack climbs up a mountain and enjoys the views of the lakes and surrounding mountains.
 
 
 
[HIKING ON SCA FELL]
Date: *1972 Film Number: 11875
 
Hiking in the mountains above a lake, a young man joins a large group of fellow hikers at the summit. Scenic views of mountains then a man with a rucksack running down the mountain side followed by a phantom car journey on a country road.
 
 
 
[TRACTOR PULLS HORSE RAKE]
Date: *1972 Film Number: 11883
 
A tractor pulls a horse rake on a field collecting cut hay. At a country show the tractor pulls the binder followed by a parade of vintage tractors on the show ground and various steam powered engines.
 
 
 
[ASTLE PARK FAIR]
Date: *1972 Film Number: 11884
 
Children ride on a tractor pulled train followed by a parade of vintage tractors and steam traction engines and carousel lit up at night. A steam powered washing machine with the laundry being hung up to dry. More vintage tractors and people riding on the steam carousel.
 
 
 
LOWER WITHINGTON ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL 1ST JULY 1972
Date: 1972 Film Number: 11894
 
Floats gather in a field on 1st July 1972 in preparation for the festival parade, the parade begins with a marching band, fancy dress, tractors pulling decorated floats and the Rose Queen in a horse drawn carriage. At the show ground we see the Rose Queen coronation ceremony as well as the fancy dress and float decoration competitions and prize giving.
 
 
 
[CROAL; SPEEDWELL CAVERN; HEATON PARK]
Date: *1972 Film Number: 2358
 
Members of the Brookes family are seen visiting Winnatts' Pass in Derbyshire. Two of the boys, Philip and Nicholas, are seen climbing up the side of a hill. Includes shots of people queuing to go into Speedwell Cavern. The family are also seen walking through Heaton Park. The boys are seen rowing on the boating lake and swinging on a rope hanging from a tree. Also features footage of a man and woman walking around Croal Housing Estate. The man, who is blind, has a guide dog by his side.
 
 
 
A DAY WITH SELNEC
Date: 1972 Film Number: 3610
 
A film about the work of SELNEC (South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport Authority), and its provision of bus and rail services in the area. Shots include buses in suburban streets, views of Salford, Brooklands train station, and people boarding trains and buses. Training scenes include bus drivers in a classroom, a bus undergoing tests on a skid pan, and a driver training session on the road. There are numerous scenes in and around Piccadilly bus station, and Piccadilly Gardens, plus shots of the airport and scenes shot at night. There are also views of Piccadilly train station and footage taken of, and from, trains in that area.
 
 
 
THE ANCIENT CEREMONY OF RUSHBEARING
Date: 1972 - 73 Film Number: 2917
 
Rushbearing ceremonies (children carrying rushes, followed by a brass band) in Grasmere, Urswick, Ambleside and Newchurch in Pendle.
 
 
 
AUTUMN AND SPRING
Date: 1972-79 Film Number: 2950
 
Two sequences of seasonal film - the first headed 'Autumn' shows autumnal trees, sheep, rivers, close-ups of leaves and various plants. The second - headed 'Spring' - shows flowers, budding plants, leaves and trees.
 
 
 
[CHILDRENS FIRST COMMUNION AT ST PATRICKS]
Date: 1972-3 Film Number: 3486
 
Views inside a church as young children are seen giving flowers to the Priest and then receiving their first communion. In a nearby school, the children perform a play and are again seen in church, Holy Infants, for a service.
 
 
 
[CANARY ISLANDS 4]
Date: *1972/3 Film Number: 3839
 
Footage of holidays in the Canary Islands. Includes scenes on board a ship and views from the ship. Also views of the islands themselves. Finally the return to Liverpool by ferry.
 
 
 
[AFGHANS OUTDOORS]
Date: *1972/3 Film Number: 4073
 
Footage of Afghan Hounds being shown at several outdoor dog shows including the Three Counties Show at Malvern [and possibly Blackpool]. The dogs are groomed by their owners, paraded round the arena and inspected by the judges. The winners of the Three Counties Show are briefly seen at the end.
 
 
 
[3RD BARROW IN FURNESS SCOUT TROOP - TROOP ACTIVITIES 1972-1973]
Date: 1972-3 Film Number: 5407
 
Activities of the 3rd Barrow in Furness (Grammar School) Scout Troop. New Year at Coniston, youth hostelling in Snowdonia, Spring Bank Holiday at Grasmere and summer camp in Morvich, Scotland. They spend time on these trips hillwalking, scrambling up mountains, swimming in lakes and the sea, camping and cooking. The summer camp is the longest trip, and the film takes includes the journey there and back. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]
 
 
 
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