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Record 8557 – 8576 of 11241
| 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. | |||
| [LAKE DISTRICT; BIRTHDAY PARTY; SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS; FUNDRAISING EVENT] | |||
| Date: 1972-83 Film Number: 10955 | |||
| Family film spanning around a decade, includes scenes of a family trip to the Lake District, family at home, baby playing in the garden. The son's 2nd Birthday party; Silver Jubilee Celebrations and a fundraising event. | |||
| [HOLIDAYS IN SCOTLAND, ANGLESEY AND CANADA AND SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS] | |||
| Date: 1972-83 Film Number: 12225 | |||
| The film begins with holiday scenes from Scotland, including views of boats on a lake and mountain scenery. We see the family visiting a church and there are also shots of a man playing bagpipes. We see the family on the beach and walking in the hills. In Wales we see the family visiting Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and they take a ride on a steam train and film the passing scenery. There are scenes from a street party for the Silver Jubilee. The streets are decorating with bunting and people wave flags. Children eat at long tables in the street and then play games, including wheelbarrow racing. There are snow scenes and we see children with sledges. We then see a scout visit to Canada, including a visit to Glacier National Park and a display of totem poles. | |||
| [SALFORD; CHRISTENING & FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1972/3/5 Film Number: 10292 | |||
| Family members at the seaside with children in a paddling pool. Children playing indoors and in the garden with a dog. Beach scenes at Blackpool with children paddling in the sea and views of the tower from the pier. A christening with family stood outside the church then on a suburban housing estate. Brief wedding scenes then views of the flats and tower blocks in Pendleton with children playing in the street. Children on funfair rides and exotic birds in cages followed by Whit walk scenes. A pan of the Salford skyline taken from a tower block. Beach scenes with children building sandcastles and seagulls and other birds by the water's edge. | |||
| [THOMPSON HOLIDAY TO CORNWALL; IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: *1972/3/7 Film Number: 6315 | |||
| Scenes from Thompson family holiday to Cornwall, the family are seen on the beach and in and around a small fishing village on the coast. Jillian Thompson is seen on her tricycle, having tea in the garden with the family and playing on a trampoline and a space-hopper. Views of a family outing to Chester Zoo conclude. | |||
| [RAILWAYS - DERELICT AND PRESERVED] | |||
| Date: *1972/3/9/80 Film Number: 6329 | |||
| Complation of footage featuring the remains of early railways, as well as views of preserved railways in Shropshire and Devon. Includes scenes from the 1980 cavalcade of steam engines celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Manchester to Liverpool line, and engines in the sheds at Carnforth railway museum. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ | |||
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| SYMPHONY IN STONE | |||
| Date: *1972/4 Film Number: 6431 | |||
| Following views of old and new buildings in Manchester and London, including the CIS Tower and the Shambles, the film looks at several castles in Scotland, and examines the reasons why their construction methods has enabled them to outlast many modern buildings. | |||
| [MESSENGERS] | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 762 | |||
| The messengers leave the airport and catch a taxi into Manchester city centre, where they enter a high rise building and go into a TV production studio. | |||
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| [STUDENT DEMONSTRATION] | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 780 | |||
| A student demonstration - banners, including one which reads 'Full Grants for Married Women,' and speeches; the crowd march to the Manchester Education Department offices - policemen and police vans are present. A woman is then seen washing up in a kitchen, and a man is sitting eating at a table - the film is speeded up. The film finishes with shots of bogle strollers - including three men having a drink outside a pub. | |||
| [DEMOLITION WORK] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 782 | |||
| Shows houses being demolished - the camera focuses on graffiti; high rise flats are seen (possibly Hulme); new houses under construction. | |||
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| [RAG WEEK FUN] | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 793 | |||
| Students generally larking about. Shots of terraced housing and the Barnes Wallis Building. | |||
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| [JONES FAMILY HOLIDAY - BLACKPOOL 1973] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 1247 | |||
| The Jones family on holiday in Blackpool. Includes high angle shots taken from the top of the Blackpool Tower; children swimming in St. Annes Open Air Baths and a visit to a zoo and a model village. | |||
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| JANUARY 1973 : JORDAN | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 1603 | |||
| Film shot in Jordan. Features beach scenes in Aqaba, desert footage at Wadi Rumm, shots from Mount Nebo and streetscenes in Amman. Also shots of historic sites at Jepash and Petra and brief farming footage. Followed by footage from Degania in Israel. | |||
| WHAT A SITE: THE USE OF SITE POTENTIAL IN HOUSING LAYOUT | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 2029 | |||
| Film showing how an area at Caldey Valley, near Chester, can be developed into a congenial housing estate by utilising its natural features. Includes footage of fields and lanes as well as of site drawings and plans. | |||
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