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| [CONISTON CAMPSITE SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 8624 | |||
| Brief shots of rodeo riders falling off their horses are followed by scenes at a campsite by Coniston Water, where people enjoy a football dribbling race, and then a game involving hurling buckets of water. Finally, young children play outdoors, some wearing fancy dress. | |||
| [ALISON AND STUART'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 8631 | |||
| The bride and her father, and wedding guests, arrive at the church; after the ceremony, the bridal couple leave the church and photographs are taken. | |||
| [VINTAGE CAR PARADE] | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 9190 | |||
| A succession of vintage cars, interspersed with ordinary vehicles, pass by a fixed camera postion on the roadside. | |||
| [SCOUTS AT HULTON PARK 1973] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 9417 | |||
| The Scouts at Hulton Park camp site near Bolton, playing football, walking in the snow and in boats on the lake. | |||
| [SPORTS DAY - LONG JUMP, HIGH JUMP, OBSTACLE RACE AND RUNNING] | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 9419 | |||
| Groups of boys take part in a Sports day featuring the long jump, the high jump, an obstacle race and running races. Possibly at Lowton St Mary's CE Primary School. | |||
| [SPORTS DAY - RELAY RACE, OBSTACLE RACE AND RUNNING] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 9420 | |||
| Groups of boys take part in a Sports day featuring an obstacle race, a relay race and running races. Possibly at Lowton St Mary's CE Primary School. | |||
| [FLEETWOOD PITCH AND PUTT AND VANESSA'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 9503 | |||
| On Fleetwood seafront, a group of men play a game of pitch and putt, and there are wedding scenes at the Parish Church of All Saints in Stand, followed by the bridal couple departing in a decorated car from the reception venue, Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Clayton-le-Moors. | |||
| ONE MAN'S HOBBY | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 9555 | |||
| A look at the model railway of Sidney Stubbs, lifelong rail enthusiast and skilled craftsman, whose railway layout took 25 years to complete. We see him machining and producing intricate components, and look closely at the functioning railway, from the complex control system to the details on the rolling stock. | |||
| TED ROOCROFT - SCULPTOR EXTRA-ORDINARY | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 9556 | |||
| A look at the work of pig farmer and sculptor Ted Roocroft. The film includes many of his sculptures on display in the Undercroft Gallery at Manchester Polytechnic, where he also taught. There are scenes of him working on a sculpture at his home in Cheshire, and the reel ends with a woman and child looking at one of his works in a gallery. | |||
| THE PUDDLE FURNACE | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 9557 | |||
| Filmed at Walmsley's Atlas Forge in Bolton, and Barnshaw Smithy in Mobberley, this is a record of the manufacture of puddle, or wrought, iron, a dwindling industry even back in 1973. The film looks at the history of iron production, with some use of stills and diagrams, and the metal’s applications in industry and engineering, before scenes shot in the heat and smoke of the forge, and in the smithy, where a blacksmith is shoeing a horse. | |||
| [SUMMER 1973] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 9636 | |||
| The film opens with scenes of cattle grazing in field and then we see close up shots of wasps and of a butterfly on a flower. We then see scenes from Llandudno. The Great Orme Tramway takes people to the top where we see people relaxing in the sun. One man lets a sheep eat crisps off his bare chest. There are close up shots of a collection of Toby jugs on a mantelpiece. We then see various animals in a zoo including birds of prey, and there is a display of falconry. The film ends with scenes from home. We see a young boy in the living room with a cat, and then an older boy with a dog. | |||
| [WHIT WALK & HOLIDAY 1973] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 9818 | |||
| A Whit Walk through the streets of Radcliffe with children, church banners, cub scouts, brownies, girl guides, clergymen and mothers with their prams. A little boy and his dog play on the beach as the adults sit in deckchairs followed by shots of a hovercraft coming close to the shore. | |||
| SUBMARINE LAUNCHED AIR FLIGHT MISSILE SYSTEM [SLAM] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 9920 | |||
| This is a promotional film for the SLAM system demonstrating its capabilities in attacking targets on the surface and in the air, it also shows how it 'complements the torpedo'. The film looks at the system's operation in a submarine at sea, training facilities at Vickers as well as land trials. It also includes some archive footage of submarine warfare and basic animation. | |||
| WALES, LAND OF SONG | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 9949 | |||
| Scenic views and assorted locations around Wales featuring the old and modern buildings of Aberystwyth and a Majorettes competition. The other locations New Quay, Rheidol Valley, Devils Bridge, Mynach Falls, Elan Valley and Glyedog Dam. | |||
| [CHRISTINE AND GORDON ELLIOTT'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 10010 | |||
| Scenes from Gordon and Christine's wedding which took place at St Michael's Parish Church, Crewe Green. We see the bridesmaids and then the bride arrive at church. The bride enters the church and then we see her leaving the church with the groom. The newlyweds and their guests pose for photographs and then the bride and groom get in the car to be driven away. | |||
| [HOLIDAY & MISCELLANEOUS SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 10293 | |||
| An air show with parachutists and aeroplanes doing acrobatics followed by girls riding horses. A steam traction engine rally then a family walking in a park and playing on the swings. North Wales beach scenes with girls building sandcastles and enjoying donkey rides. Various exotic birds in cages then caravan holiday scenes followed by children in a playground on the swings and roundabout. The film ends with feeding chickens in a garden and views from a boat | |||
| [NORTH WALES HOLIDAY & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1973 Film Number: 10294 | |||
| Dairy cows in a field then North Wales beach scenes with children paddling in the sea followed by water skiing and caravan site scenes. Family walking along Rhyl promenade then beach scenes with children building sandcastles, playing in the sea and on funfair rides. The film ends with children playing in a garden in Broughton. | |||
| [FLYING SCOTMAN IN DEVON, AND EAST SOMERSET RAILWAY] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 10316 | |||
| Railway scenes in Devon, when the Flying Scotsman steams along the Torbay coast, with footage shot from the moving train; also scenes onboard of the driver, the fireman shovelling coal, and passengers in one of the carriages. The reel continues with scenes at the East Somerset Railway, where visitors look at the steam locomotive ‘Stowe’, amongst other attractions. | |||
| [CANOEING] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 10335 | |||
| The students of Carr Mill Primary school go canoeing in Fallbarrow. | |||
| [CANOEING AND MODEL AEROPLANE] | |||
| Date: 1973 Film Number: 10336 | |||
| The students of Carr Mill Primary school go canoeing. Some of the children and teachers fly model aeroplanes. | |||
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