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Record 8564 – 8583 of 11241
| [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. | |||
| [BIG DIPPER] | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 2279 | |||
| Film shot with a camera mounted on the first car of the Big Dipper ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Also includes shots of the ride from ground level. Closes with a shot of children disembarking from the ride 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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| CONNEXIONS | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 2282 | |||
| Film about the importance of well maintained electrical equipment. Opens with a man listening to his record player, the plug explodes. He then demonstrates the correct method of attaching a plug to electrical equipment. | |||
| [AGE] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 2283 | |||
| Film featuring children playing and standing around in a park, in the street and in shopping precincts. An elderly woman and man are heard, separately, commenting on their youth compared with childrens experiences in the 1970s. After concluding that "they were happy days" the woman leaves the park in which she has been sitting. The film concludes with a shot of her knitting in her flat. | |||
| [HEAVEN AND HELL] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 2284 | |||
| Film with a soundtrack of poems and verses concerning heaven and hell. Images of religion, such as churches and paintings of Christ are seen as are photographs of wars and atrocities. Radio broadcasts concerning the bombing of Hiroshima and concentration camps are also heard. The images cease as the commentary exhorts people to enjoy themselves. There follows shots of people smiling as they walk down streets and work. | |||
| [NEW ORDSALL 1973] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 2342 | |||
| Scenes in and around Ordsall Park (including an exterior shot of Ordsall Hall.) Features footage of the new housing and flats (Fairbrother Lodge, Percy Lodge and Gurner Lodge) on Stoneway Avenue. Also includes high angle views of the surrounding docks, ship canal and slum cleared areas. | |||
| [THE RUSS BOYS AT NORDEN LAKES] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 2373 | |||
| Mrs Brookes, from Salford, is seen walking around Norden lakes with her daughter-in-law and three grandsons. Includes shots of the surrounding countryside and the family, taking it in turns, to climb over a wooden style. Concludes with brief footage of Mrs Russ playing cricket with the three boys and their friend. | |||
| [STEAM TRAINS AT HAWORTH] | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 2386 | |||
| Mrs Brookes, from Salford, is seen wandering around a steam train exhibition at Haworth. Includes various shots of steam engines moving slowly along the railway tracks. Also features an exterior shot of the Bronte Parsonage Museum. | |||
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