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| [MARGARET CHARNLEY'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: c1973 Film Number: 8950 | |||
| Guests can be seen arriving at a church for the wedding of Margaret Charnley. After the service, the newlyweds pose for photographs with family and friends. At the reception, the bride and groom cut the wedding cake. | |||
| [HEYES FAMILY AT HOME AND FARM] | |||
| Date: c1973 Film Number: 9079 | |||
| Farming and family scenes from the Heyes Family of Mossborough Hall Farm in Rainford, St.Helens. We see scenes from the farm, tractors and other farm machinery, building work, vegetable harvesting and farm animals. The family help a new-born calf to stand. We also see a helicopter spraying the crops. There are family scenes from around the farm and in the family home, including the family eating Christmas dinner. We also see scenes from a wedding. There are snow scenes and we see children sledging. There are scenes from a fairground and of a small aircraft flying. We see men standing by the side of the road, sign-posted as the B4574 near Rhayader. We also see men standing in front of gates in the grounds of Knowsley Hall with the dates 1948-1973 on them. There are scenes of horse riding and we see the family with their horses at an outdoor event. | |||
| [LEIGH SCOUTS SPORTS] | |||
| Date: c1973 Film Number: 9231 | |||
| Scenes from Leigh scouts sports day, the children take part in various activities such as track races, long jump, high jump and shot putting. | |||
| [LEIGH SCOUTS AT AN OUTDOOR EVENT] | |||
| Date: c1973 Film Number: 9232 | |||
| Members of Leigh scouts sit around at an outdoor gathering including shots of people on horseback and some scouts admiring the 'The Ideal Scout' statue in Gilwell Park in London. The scouts pack up their belongings and get ready to board a coach. | |||
| [LEIGH SCOUTS SPORTS AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1973 Film Number: 9233 | |||
| Scenes from Leigh Harriers Athletics Club including members of Leigh scouts taking part in various sporting activities such as track races and high jump. Later prizes are given out, some children are dressed in their cub scout uniforms. The film cuts to the scouts campsite, scout leaders and parents stand and sit around the campsite. | |||
| [FLYING SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1973 Film Number: 9632 | |||
| Flying scenes. We see shots of moving scenery as the plane flies through the air, and then when it lands, shot through the window of the cockpit. We also see close up shots of the controls in the cockpit. | |||
| [FLYING A SMALL PLANE] | |||
| Date: c1973 Film Number: 9633 | |||
| Flying scenes. We see close up shots of the controls in the cockpit of a small plane, and the pilots make adjustments to the controls as the plane takes off and then later lands. There are brief glimpses of scenery shot from the window. | |||
| [SCENES IN NORTH WALES] | |||
| Date: c1973 Film Number: 9634 | |||
| Scenes from North Wales. We see various short scenes, a steam train arrives at a station and we see scenes of moving scenery shot from the window. There are also scenes filmed in a harbour, a helicopter flies overhead and a boy is filmed with the boats in the background. | |||
| [CENTRE OF GRAVITY EXPERIMENTS AT CARR MILL PRIMARY SCHOOL] | |||
| Date: 1972-4 Film Number: 10326 | |||
| During physics class, head teacher Douglas Appleton and pupils of Carr Mill primary school conduct some centre of gravity experiments. | |||
| [SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AT CARR MILL PRIMARY SCHOOL] | |||
| Date: 1972-4 Film Number: 10327 | |||
| During physics class, head teacher Douglas Appleton and pupils of Carr Mill primary school conduct some centre of gravity experiments. Later, the class makes rainbow colours with a glass prism, experiment with reflections and glass. The pupils then sit down to record their findings. In order to study natural science, the class build a pond on the school grounds. | |||
| [FOTHERINGHAM FAMILY ON CANAL AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1973 Film Number: 5721 | |||
| Shots of members of the Fotheringham family in a small motor boat travelling along a stretch of canal. Footage of a mother holding her baby in the back of a car, followed by shots of a freight train speeding past. | |||
| [CHILDREN AND GO-KARTS] | |||
| Date: 1972-4 Film Number: 5732 | |||
| A black labrador runs across a beach. Footage cuts to the Greenwood boys on small go-karts, near a shopping centre and hotel. Shots from the manor house as the Greenwood children play in the back garden. A cat lounges in the sun. Footage finishes with the Greenwood boys playing rugby in the garden. | |||
| ALONG THE BOLLIN | |||
| Date: *1972-75 Film Number: 2032 | |||
| Film following the course of the River Bollin through Cheshire. Opens with shots of hang-gliders gathered on a hillside and airborne. Continues with footage of the river as it passes through Langley, Macclesfield, past the Trentabank Reservoir, through Prestbury, Bollin Bridge, Wilmslow and Styal, where Quarry Bank Mill is seen. The river crosses the Bridgewater Canal near Lymm and joins the Manchester Ship Canal. The film features the canal from this point to Liverpool. Intercut with footage of the River Bollin are shots of the surrounding countryside and various activities, settlements, wildlife and buildings found near its banks. Includes streetscenes from Macclesfield and Wilmslow, a conglomeration of boats and people near Lymm and children playing at a variety of locations. There is footage of Castle Mill open air swimming pool and of people playing tennis, golf and rugby union. A helicopter is seen lowering a girder into a forest clearing for the construction of a bridge and there are scenes from Manchester airport, including shots from a plane landing. Aerial shots feature at various points of the film. | |||
| ALL SORTS OF HEROES | |||
| Date: *1972-5 Film Number: 2510 | |||
| Model animation film about a rat (?) which builds a skyscraper. | |||
| [SMITHFIELD MARKET 1] | |||
| Date: 1972-5 Film Number: 3352 | |||
| Scenes in Manchester's Smithfield Market - stalls, traders and delivery vans are seen. Among the produce on view are chickens, boxes of lettuce and flowers. There are interviews with traders and shots of market workers pulling carts laden with boxes. The film ends with shots of the roof being demolished, and men breaking up the floor with picks. | |||
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| [SMITHFIELD MARKET 2] | |||
| Date: 1972-5 Film Number: 3353 | |||
| Footage shot in Smithfield Market in Manchester, featuring traders working on various stalls (flowers, fruit and veg). Other scenes show a policeman directing vans and men pulling carts into the market hall. Chickens are seen being prepared, and the film ends with a shot of an apple being crushed underfoot. | |||
| [DIAMOND WEDDING CELEBRATIONS AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1974 Film Number: 5709 | |||
| A little girl plays around in garden holding a teddybear, another woman joins her and starts throwing a ball to her. Shots of the little girl holding a baby and then images of large fish in a pond. Footage of the family gathered together in the loungean elderly couple cut their anniversary cake before the man makes a speech as everyone sits and listens. | |||
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| [KESTREL] | |||
| Date: 1972-6 Film Number: 5736 | |||
| A kestrel is filmed entering and leaving it's nest which is situated in an ornamental brick within the Greenwood's home outside wall. Shots of a black labrador in the garden besides a caged young kestrel chick. The Greenwood boys are seen swinging on a swing set whilst the kestrel watches. Footage of a ginger cat roaming the garden. | |||
| [PETTICOAT LANE] | |||
| Date: c1970s Film Number: 3760 | |||
| Mixed footage, primarily taking place in London, including Petticoat Lane market and Newbury park Underground station. At the market people cluster round stalls selling records, fashionable clothes (including David Cassidy T-shirts) and candles. The film also includes brief camping shots and views inside a paper mill or newspaper printers. Seaside and zoo scenes (including an eagle); also some shots of an archeological dig at Deansgate (now Castlefield). | |||
| [IN THE PARK AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1972-81 Film Number: 5766 | |||
| Scenes of the Ellis family playing in a park at Greenford, Middlesex. Shots of the Ellis family's 1972 Christmas celebrations held at Cambridge Road, Failsworth. Playing at Rodgers Park in the springtime. Beach and hillside scenes from Llandudno with the boys playing and Arnold Ellis in a motorboat. Scenes from an Australian BBQ and go-kart track. | |||
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